Social Media and Digital Content Producer

Norfolk, VA (Unknown)

$75K/yr – $80K/yrMid LevelPart time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Owns day-to-day social media and content production for campus enrollment marketing, turning recruitment priorities into an integrated social content calendar, and collaborating across teams to drive awareness, engagement, and inquiries.

  • Manages organic social channels and platform-native content
  • Collaborates with Growth Marketing, University Communications, and vendors on campaigns
  • Uses performance data to optimize results

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The Social Media and Digital Content Producer on the Campus Enrollment Marketing team leads the day-to-day social media presence for campus enrollment marketing and creates timely, platform-native content that strengthens awareness, engagement, and enrollment.
  • The position manages organic social channels and editorial planning while producing accessible short-form video, photography, graphics, and written content centered on prospective students and their supporters.
  • Working across the Division, this role translates recruitment priorities into an integrated social content calendar, publishes and monitors content, engages audiences, and uses performance data to improve results.
  • The position independently produces agile, social-first content and partners within the Growth Marketing team, University Communications, and vendors when campaigns require specialized or high-production execution.

Requirements

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, public relations, digital media, journalism, or a related field. Or related education, training, and professional experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in the proceeding fields.
  • Demonstrated experience managing organizational social media channels, including editorial calendars, scheduling, publishing, community engagement, and performance reporting.
  • Strong knowledge of platform-native practices for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, ZeeMee, Campus ESP and emerging channels, including audience behavior, formats, trends, and accessibility requirements.
  • Ability to create agile social content using photography, mobile or DSLR video, basic lighting and audio, and non-linear editing tools such as Adobe Premiere Pro, CapCut, or comparable software.
  • Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate academic and admissions information into clear, engaging, student-centered social content and calls to action.
  • Ability to manage a high-volume content calendar and multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines, with strong judgment, organization, and attention to detail.
  • Demonstrated collaboration skills across diverse stakeholders, including admissions counselors, faculty, students, leadership, creative professionals, and external partners.
  • Working knowledge of social media analytics, social listening, platform management tools, brand standards, accessibility, copyright, privacy, and ethical communication practices.
  • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation for on-campus and local content capture.

Preferred

  • Experience managing social media for higher education, enrollment, admissions, student recruitment, or another audience-driven organization.
  • Experience developing and executing social media strategies that increase reach, engagement, audience growth, website traffic, inquiries, applications, or other measurable outcomes.
  • Experience with social media management and listening tools, Meta Business Suite, paid and organic social coordination, digital asset management, and basic design tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud or Canva.
  • Experience coordinating social media takeovers, creators, and user-generated content, and familiarity with crisis escalation and time-sensitive communications protocols.
  • Master’s degree in communications, marketing, public relations, digital media, journalism, or a related field. Or a Bachelor’s degree with related education and professional experience equivalent to a master’s degree in the proceeding fields.

Salaries

Posted range

$75K/yr – $80K/yr

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