Senior Content and Community Manager

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

$85K/yr – $100K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 5 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own content strategy and production, lead ambassador and community initiatives, and drive social, editorial collaboration to support discovery and growth across EF High School Exchange Year.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Content strategy and production
  • Build an editorial strategy that connects audience interests with EF High School Exchange Year’s brand and growth priorities.
  • Develop distinctive stories, recurring formats, and campaigns for prospective exchange students, parents, and the wider exchange community.
  • Personally write, create, edit, and publish content while coordinating contributions from designers, colleagues, ambassadors, and creators.
  • Translate ideas into clear briefs and realistic production plans.
  • Partner on website and editorial content that supports organic discovery and helps audiences explore the exchange experience.
  • Social media and organic growth
  • Own social strategy, channel priorities, editorial planning, and content performance.
  • Develop a recognizable voice and creative approach that makes EF High School Exchange Year relevant to its audiences.
  • Make informed decisions about formats, trends, platforms, and distribution opportunities.

Requirements

  • Experience owning content, social, or community programs from strategy through execution, with examples of work you personally helped create
  • Strong editorial judgment: you can recognize a compelling story, develop an interesting angle, and adapt it to an audience and channel
  • Excellent writing and editing skills, alongside practical experience producing social content or short-form video
  • Evidence that you can build something from an initial idea, establish a working process, and improve it over time
  • Experience activating communities, ambassadors, or creators as contributors and collaborators
  • An understanding of organic distribution and how content supports broader marketing goals
  • Comfort using performance data to make creative and commercial decisions
  • The ability to prioritize independently, manage several initiatives, and follow through reliably
  • A collaborative approach and confidence giving constructive creative feedback
  • Sound judgment when working with young people and personal stories, including attention to consent, privacy, and appropriate participation

Benefits

  • Commitment to professional growth: robust monthly calendar of trainings and workshops
  • Four weeks paid vacation your first year, ten paid holidays, and two floating holidays
  • Exciting business travel opportunities
  • 25% company match on your 401(k) contributions
  • Market-leading medical, dental and vision coverage, along with options for life and disability insurance, accident and hospital insurance, legal and pet insurance
  • Dependent care, healthcare and commuter Flex Spending Accounts (FSAs)
  • Access to fertility care and family-building support
  • Wellness benefits including a yearly fitness reimbursement
  • Frequent social and learning events, including access to our employee-run resource groups
  • Robust Employee Assistance Program
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EF High School Exchange Year

EF High School Exchange Year brings together curious high school students from across the globe with welcoming host families throughout the USA. As a U.S. Department of State-designated cultural exchange organization and CSIET-certified J-1 Inbound program, we create meaningful connections that foster global understanding and build international families.Our MissionWe believe that cultural exchange makes the world a better place. Through cross-cultural understanding, tolerance, and open-mindedness, we foster global citizenship and create bonds that transcend borders—a mission more vital than ever in today's interconnected world.Our LegacyCultural exchange became a U.S. priority after World War II, thanks to Senator J. William Fulbright, considered the father of exchange programs. Since launching our non-profit high school exchange program in 1979, we've guided more than 90,000 students from nearly 40 countries through life-changing experiences. Over four decades of continuous operation have established us as one of the world's largest and most trusted cultural exchange organizations.Our ApproachStudents, host families, and schools are equally essential to successful exchange—our program wouldn't exist without them. Many of our team members have walked this path themselves as exchange students or host families, giving us unique insight and empathy. We listen, advocate for all participants equally, and work as one global team to bring dreams to life while applying our program standards fairly.Our Commitment to SafetyEvery student deserves a safe and meaningful exchange. We've established our comprehensive Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct in partnership with Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children program, ensuring the highest standards of care and protection.Join the MovementBe part of a growing community promoting positive cross-cultural communication and contributing to a more peaceful world through the creation of global families.

Founded in 1979
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
436 employees (8 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$85K/yr – $100K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Community Management median pay in the United States

$75K/yr

Most pay falls between $60K and $94K. Based on 1,015 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
30.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$13.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
41.8%
Direct
27.9%
Referral
10.2%
Social
5.3%
Paid
5.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~436
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Senior Content and Community Manager

EF High School Exchange Year · Boston, MA · Hybrid