Director of Digital Content Strategy

Hamden, CT

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the university's digital content strategy end to end, shaping topics, format standards, and discoverability to drive enrollment and awareness.

  • Editorial and narrative: guide topical selection, framing, and audience-centered content across channels.
  • Discoverability and formats: own SEO, AEO, GEO, and standardized formats for findability by search engines and large language models.
  • Enable teams: create briefs and tools, train MarCom leads, and build a collaborative, data-driven content culture.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Inform topical story selection, influence narrative framing, and build best practices for format across all channels
  • Strategically identify and prioritize topics that advance institutional and enrollment goals
  • Provide editorial input to shape content in line with the university's marketing and business goals
  • Evoke emotional connections with the audiences this content serves, consistently centering the needs, aspirations, and decision-making journeys of prospective and current students in every content recommendation and creative decision.
  • Develop and implement a comprehensive discoverability strategy spanning SEO, AEO, and GEO, anticipating changes in search and LLM behavior in collaboration with key contributors
  • Define, document, and enforce format standards, including page architecture, structured content, and format-specific benchmarks, to make content findable and citable across search engines and large language models
  • Apply consumer research platforms, databases, and trend analysis to continuously surface objective market needs and audience demand signals, ensuring all content decisions are grounded in current data
  • Lead initiatives to achieve measurable increases in organic and AI-driven visibility, citation, and reach
  • Design and implement briefs and reusable tools to enhance the value, efficiency, and scalability of content production across the university.
  • Train and empower MarCom channel leads to develop and execute on-strategy content with autonomy and consistency.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree is required
  • Master's degree is preferred
  • A minimum of 10 years of experience in digital content strategy, communications, marketing, or a related field, with a demonstrated ability to drive organizational impact through content
  • Exceptional communication, writing and editing skills , with a talent for translating complex information into compelling, audience-centered content.
  • Experience managing and optimizing content within a Content Management
  • Demonstrated experience working within a CMS
  • Proven track record of providing strategic communications direction and consultation at all levels of an organization
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and direct activities of direct reports
  • Strong project management experience with the ability to manage multiple priorities, coordinate cross-functional initiatives, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment
  • Demonstrated key accountability and leadership skills
  • Excellent people and project management skills

Benefits

  • We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time faculty and staff which includes tuition remission and a culture that is inclusive and driven by excellence.
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Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac University is located in Hamden and North Haven, Connecticut, less than two hours from New York City and Boston. Quinnipiac is a suburban campus comprised of 600 acres on three sites enrolling more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate, law and medicine students.

Founded in 1929
Hamden, Connecticut, USA
3.4K employees (210 in marketing)