Responsibilities

• coordinates the school's outward-facing editorial content, social media channels, electronic newsletters, website communications, and parent-facing communication channels.
• helps ensure that Kennedy’s stories, programs, people, and community are represented consistently and engagingly across digital platforms.
• crafts and supports communication initiatives that strengthen engagement with prospective families, current families, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the broader school community while ensuring consistency of messaging across all platforms.
• identify and develop short-and long-form content for editorial, website, and social media use, creates and manages social media content; maintains publishing calendars; supports community engagement across social platforms; and helps implement school-wide communications plans and editorial standards.
• play a significant role in the development and launch of Kennedy International School’s new website, including content development, organization, migration, and ongoing management

Requirements

• Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and storytelling skills.
• Demonstrated experience creating content for social media and managing organizational or brand social media accounts.
• Strong understanding of social media formats and best practices.
• Experience creating photography, short-form video, reels, stories, and other digital content.
• Strong visual judgment and an understanding of how photography, video, design, and copy work together to tell a compelling story.
• Experience with content management systems, email marketing platforms, social media publishing tools, and digital communications. Experience with FinalSite is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and publishing schedules.
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff, leadership, students, and community members.
• Ability to work independently, identify content opportunities, and move projects from idea through creation and publication.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining brand, editorial, and communications standards.

Preferred

• Experience with FinalSite is a plus.
• Bilingual ability (French and/or Japanese) a plus.

Benefits

• This role is eligible for benefits including medical insurance (80% covered by employer), dental, vision, Flexible Savings Account (FSA), and 401K retirement plan.