Digital Marketing Specialist

Big Rapids, MI (On-site)

$48K/yr – $50K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the university web program lifecycle, owning content strategy, SEO, and site analytics with a campus-wide collaboration lens to improve engagement and conversion across program pages and blogs.

  • Content and SEO Ownership: Maintain search-optimized pages, program landing pages, and long-form content to boost organic traffic and conversions.
  • Collaboration and Enablement: Drive campus-wide updates, editor training, and consistent digital experiences across departments and portals.

Job Description

Responsibilities - Develop and maintain engaging, search-optimized web content that supports university marketing efforts. - Collaborate with departments across campus to update key webpages and ensure content accuracy. - Oversee the development and optimization of academic program landing pages to improve engagement and conversion. - Support marketing operations by creating landing page content for paid campaigns as needed. - Manage Ferris360 (student/employee portal), internal communications, ensuring critical updates reach students and employees. - Contribute to SEO strategy, including keyword research, on-page optimization, and site performance tracking. - Track and analyze organic search performance and make recommendations for improvements. - Develop and manage blog and long-form content to drive organic traffic growth. - Provide training for new website editors to ensure consistency and usability across the university website. - Collaborate with web developers to develop landing pages and website features. Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Digital Media, or a related field - 2+ years of professional experience (including internships) in website content creation, SEO strategy, and/or digital communications - Hands-on experience with web content management systems (Omni CMS, WordPress, Drupal, or similar) - Strong understanding of SEO best practices, keyword tracking, and content optimization - Experience writing and managing web content, blogs, and long-form digital content - Experience with Google Analytics and/or other digital analytics platforms - Experience with Slate and/or other customer relationship management platforms (CRM) - Experience working in higher education marketing - Proficiency in Google Analytics, Google Search Console, and SEO research tools (SEMrush, etc) - Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and accessibility best practices (WCAG, ADA compliance) Benefits - Comprehensive benefits package (health care, vacation, etc.). Please see the following link for a list of benefits offered with this position.
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Ferris State University College of Business

The College of Business provides career-oriented programs, responsive to the changing needs of the business world. The College focuses on creating problem solvers as members and leaders of tomorrow’s workforce.

Founded in 1970
Big Rapids, Michigan, USA
29 employees (6 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
624.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
50.2%
Direct
43.8%
Referral
4.2%
Social
1.2%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~29

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (14% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2