Web Writer & Content Specialist

Bryn Mawr, PA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead web content strategy and execution for Bryn Mawr’s digital channels, ensuring accessible, well-structured content aligned with branding.

  • Own end-to-end web writing and content governance across the site and related channels.
  • Must-have: 2+ years of web writing or content development experience in higher education or nonprofit settings.
  • Standout: Experience coordinating with campus partners and managing content across multiple formats.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Web and Digital Content Writing
  • Write, edit, and maintain high-quality content across Bryn Mawr’s website and related digital channels ensuring clarity, accuracy, tone, and consistency.
  • Serve as a steward of the College’s digital voice, helping departments align their content with institutional messaging, branding, and style guidelines.
  • Work with campus partners to understand their programs, audiences, and goals and translate that knowledge into effective digital content.
  • Lead content reviews and rewrites for departmental sites and communications, including restructuring content, improving readability, and clarifying messaging.
  • Collaborate on website refreshes, launches, and content initiatives by developing, editing, and organizing content for new or updated pages and messages.
  • Adapt and repurpose content for different formats, audiences, and distribution channels while maintaining consistency of voice and message.
  • Develop and maintain content calendars to support ongoing maintenance and improvement.
  • Stay informed about best practices in web writing, content design, and user-centered communication.
  • Accessibility, Quality, and Performance

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in communications, English, marketing, digital media, or a related field required. Master’s degree in relevant field or relevant professional certifications preferred.
  • Minimum 2 years related professional experience in web writing or content development. Relevant higher education or nonprofit experience a plus.
  • Experience writing or editing content with SEO best practices in mind, including headings, metadata, and keyword strategy.
  • Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with the ability to adapt tone for different audiences and multiple digital formats, including websites, email, and internal communication platforms.
  • Strong organizational and project-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple content projects simultaneously.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of campus partners.
  • High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
  • Commitment to Bryn Mawr College’s mission and inclusive excellence in both content and workplace culture.
  • Successful completion of satisfactory background checks.

Preferred

  • Master’s degree in relevant field or relevant professional certifications preferred.
  • Relevant higher education or nonprofit experience a plus.

Benefits

  • The College offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits
  • This full-time, 12-month appointment includes a hybrid schedule (1 - day remote / 4 days on-campus), subject to College policy
  • The position is eligible for 22 days of vacation per year, three days personal leave, generous holiday time (including an extended winter break between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day), sick leave, medical, dental, and vision, and more
  • Waiting periods may apply.
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Bryn Mawr College

Since its founding in 1885, Bryn Mawr College has been the preeminent college for women interested in the pursuit of wisdom necessary to challenge the world's expectations. Our community has repeatedly broken barriers to achieve greater equity through exceptional academics and a deep dedication to learning. Our more than 35 undergraduate majors span the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and arts. Two co-educational graduate schools offer selective master’s and Ph.D. programs across the Arts, Sciences, and Social Work, and our Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program is one of the most successful in the nation for placing students into medical school. We are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, which serve as the engine for excellence and innovation, helping us pave the way for gender equity and inspiring brilliant minds who find life-long community here.

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
1.4K employees (90 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
754K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
51.3%
Direct
41.4%
Referral
5.7%
Social
1.1%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
65 (5% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$800K
Last Raise
$800K
Grant, 12 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2013
    Grant • $800K

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