Social Media & Content Specialist

Iowa Falls, IA (Unknown)

$40K/yr – $53K/yrMid Level2+ years exp

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and manage District marketing content across platforms, coordinating campus storytelling, social strategy, and campaign support.

  • Develops and executes district-wide social media and content strategy
  • Coordinates content with campus partners and campaigns
  • Monitors performance and provides reporting to Marketing leadership

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Content Creation: Creates and produces original content for District marketing channels. Writes and edits social media, news, feature, promotional, web, email, and campaign content. Captures photography and produces short-form video, including shooting, editing, captioning, and adapting video for social platforms. Identifies and develops student, alumni, faculty, program, employer, and community stories.
  • ECC Support: Provides strategic marketing and content support for Ellsworth Community College. Serves as on-campus marketing support at ECC, develops relationships with campus stakeholders, identifies stories and content opportunities, and provides photography, video, social media, news, and event support.
  • Social Strategy: Develops and implements District-wide social media and content strategy in collaboration with Director of Marketing and the Marketing team. Establishes content priorities, recommends platform- and audience-specific approaches, maintains the social media calendar, schedules and publishes content, and ensures social communications align with enrollment priorities, institutional goals, brand standards, and accessibility requirements.
  • Campaign Support: Supports integrated marketing and enrollment campaigns. Participates in campaign planning; develops organic content plans that complement paid advertising, web, email, recruitment, and other campaign activities; identifies appropriate stories, testimonials, video opportunities, and calls to action; and coordinates content according to campaign timelines and objectives.
  • Contributor Coordination: Works with faculty, staff, students, athletics, admissions, workforce programs, and other departments to identify content opportunities and obtain information, photos, video, and stories. Provides guidance on content standards, brand consistency, accessibility, social media practices, and submission workflows.
  • Performance Analytics: Monitors and evaluates social media and content performance. Tracks engagement, reach, audience growth, video performance, referral activity, and other relevant measures. Uses available analytics to identify trends, evaluate effectiveness, and recommend adjustments to content, cadence, platforms, and audience approaches. Provides regular performance observations and reporting to the Director of Marketing and the Marketing team.
  • Works and communicates professionally with others in a timely manner. Performs in a manner which benefits student learning.
  • Supports the overall success of the District by performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Education and Experience: Completion of a Bachelor’s degree and two years of experience required.
  • Completion of a Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, public relations, journalism, digital media, or a related field.

Benefits

  • This position offers a full benefit package including health, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability, retirement plan, vacation, sick and staff development opportunities.
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Iowa Valley Community College District

Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) was organized in 1966 as one of 15 community college districts in Iowa. The District operates Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls (founded in 1890), Marshalltown Community College (founded in 1927), and Iowa Valley Continuing Education, as well as a satellite center (Iowa Valley Grinnell, established in 1993).ECC and MCC offer one-year and two-year career-technical programs as well as Associate in Arts (AA) and Associate in Science (AS) transfer degrees. Iowa Valley Continuing Education offers training for business and industry as well as thousands of adult education programs and services throughout the Central Iowa service area. Iowa Valley Grinnell offers both college credit and adult education programs and services in Poweshiek County.

Founded in 1966
Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
175 employees (8 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$40K/yr – $53K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (2% of company)
Median Tenure
2.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
22.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.4%
Direct
50.6%
Referral
5.4%
Social
0.9%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~176

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Social Media & Content Specialist

Iowa Valley Community College District · Iowa Falls, IA · Unknown