Digital Content Specialist

Ann Arbor, MI (On-site)

$31/hr – $33/hrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the content engine for digital properties and campaigns, turning web, email, and social content into measurable engagement and traffic with a focus on SEO, UX, and platform-specific storytelling.

  • Content ownership across website, blogs, and newsletters driving engagement and discoverability.
  • Optimize UX and content flow while applying SEO to lift organic traffic.
  • Bridge content plans with campaigns and channels, using analytics to improve results.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and update website content, landing pages, blogs and priority web pages.
  • Improve user experience, readability and content flow across digital properties.
  • Apply SEO best practices to increase discoverability and traffic.
  • Manage content presence on channels such as Reddit, Substack, blogs and future digital platforms.
  • Repurpose organizational stories into channel-ready formats and adapt messaging for each platform’s audience and behavior.
  • Monitor digital performance across web, email, and content channels and use analytics to improve engagement and results.
  • Build and deploy eblasts, newsletters, donor communications, and audience campaigns, through the development of compelling subject lines, headlines and calls-to-action.
  • Support paid digital campaigns and audience targeting as assigned.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to translate initiatives into digital content plans.
  • Stay current on emerging digital platforms, audience behavior and content trends.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, digital media, communications or related field plus three years’ relevant work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Two years of experience in digital content, email marketing, web marketing or related roles.
  • Hands-on experience with CMS platforms (WordPress or similar).
  • Experience with email platforms such as Mailchimp, Constant Contact, HubSpot or similar.
  • Experience using Canva or Adobe Creative Suite.
  • Experience with video editing.

Preferred

  • Experience writing for Reddit, Substack, blogs, newsletters, or community platforms.
  • Prior experience in a healthcare organization, transplant center, or organ/tissue procurement organization.
  • Familiarity with paid digital campaigns or conversion-focused marketing.
  • Basic photography/video skills a plus.
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Gift of Life Michigan

Our Core Purpose: We honor life through donation.Our Core Values: Determined, Compassionate, ProfessionalGift of Life is the state's only federally designated organ and tissue recovery program, providing all services necessary for organ donation to occur in Michigan. We're a non-profit organization working 24/7/365 as a liaison between donors, the state's hospitals and transplant centers.Gift of Life was incorporated in 1971 by Michigan transplant surgeons to provide a network for sharing kidneys. Today, Gift of Life recovers more than 900 organs every year for transplantation from 300 or more donors, saving hundreds of lives. Bone, skin and other tissue also is recovered from nearly 1,000 donors, helping to significantly improve the lives of thousands of seriously injured and sick recipients. Gift of Life also works with Eversight Michigan to facilitate cornea and eye donation.Additionally, Gift of Life maintains and grows the Michigan Organ Donor Registry in partnership with the Michigan Secretary of State. The registry is a confidential database of state residents who have expressed their desire to someday help others by becoming an organ, eye and tissue donor.

Founded in 1971
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
332 employees (24 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
15.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
20.8%
Direct
29.6%
Referral
3%
Social
7.6%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~332

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
19 (6% of company)

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