Assistant Manager, Digital Media

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$60K/yr – $65K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive Education marketing and digital content for NYBG, coordinating campaigns, content creation, and cross-channel promotion.

  • Own end-to-end Education marketing content and campaign execution for admissions and events.
  • Must-have: Experience managing Dotdigital emails and CMS publishing for accessibility.
  • Standout: Producing video, social, and written content across Education programs.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work in collaboration with content managers across each Education department to drive registrations for courses and programs.
  • Support relationships with outside advertising agencies to develop, implement, optimize and report on media plans.
  • Develop the scheduling, creation, review, and distribution of email through Dotdigital, ensuring messaging follows NYBG Brand Guidelines, and is up-to-date with accessibility WCAG best practice and privacy policy.
  • Create new digital content that provides search engine and Google AI optimization for the NYBG.org website, including seasonal and audience specific blogs.
  • Analyze and report on effectiveness of digital and direct mail campaigns, including working with registration offices to review registration and customer reports, and implementing and tracking mailing plans.
  • Coordinate Education division photography including image sourcing for a variety of website and advertisement uses, processing and collecting imagery in collaboration for marketing use.
  • Provide occasional in-person support and public engagement during on- and off-site Education events.
  • Work with the Creative team to manage and execute print projects for the various Education divisions, including advertisements, catalogs, and signage.
  • Develop, film , edit, and star in social content and paid media that promotes Education, Science and Exhibition offerings at NYBG, with skill in video and audio editing and visual storytelling.
  • Oversee budgets for digital and print advertising for each Education department.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of Marketing, Digital Media, Communications experience, or similar preferred but not required.
  • Ability to oversee multiple projects simultaneously, and work in a fast-paced environment .
  • Strong organizational and verbal communication skills with extreme attention to detail .
  • Experience with analytical and database management a plus.
  • Continued interest in best practice and innovations in digital communication and social media.
  • Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office.
  • Basic audio/video editing from iMovie, Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, or comparable a plus.
  • Experience in HTML, CSS, Content Management Systems, Dotdigital, WordPress, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, and other web-based publishing platforms preferred.

Preferred

  • Experience with analytical and database management a plus.
  • Basic audio/video editing from iMovie, Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, or comparable a plus.
  • Experience in HTML, CSS, Content Management Systems, Dotdigital, WordPress, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, and other web-based publishing platforms preferred.

Benefits

  • 15   Vacation Days
  • 13 Paid Holidays
  • 12 Sick Days
  • Health and Dental Insurance Coverage
  • 401K
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Bronx, New York, USA
710 employees (66 in marketing)