Social Media and Digital Communications Manager

New York, USA (On-site)

$70K/yr – $85K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive SAR Academy’s social media and digital communications to tell timely, mission-aligned school stories across channels.

  • Own social plan creation and cross-channel content production.
  • Must-have: demonstrable social media management experience across multiple platforms.
  • Standout: data-driven storytelling with monthly performance reporting.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop a timely, creative, relevant, and mission-aligned social media plan
  • Develop, schedule, and post content across all social channels (Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, as appropriate).
  • Monitor trends, propose creative ideas, and shape new storytelling formats.
  • Track engagement, audience growth, and content performance across platforms; use data to strengthen storytelling and refine digital strategy, and generate monthly reports with recommended improvements.
  • Partner with the media team to catalog photo and video assets, produce high-quality posts (reels, short- and long-form videos, interviews, montages, stories, captions, graphics) and rapid-response pieces.
  • Provide on-the-ground coverage and capture moments across student activities, classrooms, and community programs for timely, high-impact posts.
  • Oversee quick-turn recaps for social media, newsletters, and the website.
  • Implement a strategic, thoughtful social media calendar that aligns with school values and both evergreen and news-related opportunities
  • Post news blogs, photo galleries, program highlights, and fresh content to keep the website current and dynamic.
  • Refresh images, blurbs, and pages as needed to reflect ongoing school life.
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SAR Academy

Imagine a school with no walls or barriers, where every student is unique...welcome to SAR!SAR Academy is a nursery through 8th grade Modern Orthodox co-educational day school dedicated to the belief that every child possesses a divine spark, has unique worth as an individual and should be encouraged to achieve according to his or her ability. Our warm environment promotes confidence, creativity and enthusiasm for learning. In our approach to academics, we nurture students to develop intellectual curiosity, critical thinking skills and a lifelong love of both Torah and Secular studies. We have created a program committed to excellence in every aspect of our educational goals:- To foster a community of b’nai and b’not torah who demonstrate sensitivity for their peers, respect for their teachers and environment, loyalty to their country, and an appreciation of the differences in others.- To advance and develop each student towards a value and mastery of Hebrew language, Judaic Studies, and General Studies.- To raise our students’ connection to Hashem (Ahavat Hashem and Yir’at Shamayim), commitment to Talmud Torah, observance of Mitzvot and connection to Medinat Yisrael.- To educate by nurturing and challenging each student to reach his or her individual potential.

Founded in 1969
Bronx, New York, USA
203 employees (9 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
10K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
59.6%
Direct
33.5%
Referral
3.1%
Social
2.9%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~203

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (2% of company)

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