About Roxbury Community College:

Roxbury Community College is an urban, public, 2-year College serving a diverse community, including peoples of color, recent immigrants and non-traditional populations. The College's mission is to facilitate student success in achieving educational goals through the delivery of high-quality transfer and career programs. RCC strives to honor traditional commitments, and to be responsive to new challenges and insights through workforce training, ESOL, and community education. The student population at the college is diverse in ethnicity, gender, language, age and background. Roxbury Community College is an AA/EO employer and strongly encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of its staff. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Job Description:

The Senior Writer & Social Media Manager is a talented writing professional with a strong project management skill set and experience developing and executing social media strategy. The senior writer is responsible for creating compelling copy and stories for RCC print publications, the website, and other digital marketing initiatives. The Manager is able to both develop and execute social media strategy, and crafts messages based on intended audiences. They support all department efforts aimed at increasing brand awareness and improving College reputation.

Supervision Received: Reports to the Executive Director

Writing, Copy Editing & Asset Production:

• Composes feature stories and copy for RCC's bi-annual magazine, RCC's website and newsletters
• Creates outlines and serves as primary production manager for RCC's bi-annual magazine and other large scale publications (print & digital).
• Creates and composes Constant Contact emails, Eventbrite pages, and other digital marketing tools as needed
• Copy-edits departmental content
• Works with graphic designer to re-purpose photos and stories into digital and print marketing assets
• Assists with the development of media pitches, as needed
• Assist other departments with content development and refinement, as available

Social Media Management

• Develops audience-specific social media strategy for all College social media channels, proactively reporting on success metrics.
• Collaborates with departments to identify opportunities for organic, live content.
• Sets guidelines and policies for College-approved social media accounts.
• Executes and manages official social media profiles for RCC, using a combination of Hootsuite and platform management tools.

Event Marketing

• Works closely with the Marketing and Communications Team to create event materials including save-the-date notices, ads, invitations, program booklets, press releases and other promotional marketing materials to maximize outreach efforts.
• Work with Executive Director to determine appropriate target audiences for events and programs.
• For ticketed events: create and manage online event portal, producing reports on ticket sales as request.

Completes other special projects and oversees other programs intended to enhance the reputation of Roxbury Community College, as required.

Requirements:

• BS in English, Marketing, or related field
• Proven event management experience
• Proven experience managing social media accounts, in a professional setting
• Excellent time management and communication skills
• Exceptional communications skills/Proven ability to communicate effective with a diverse range of constituencies
• Ability to manage multiple projects independently
• MS Office proficiency

Additional Information:

This is a full-time, Non-unit Professional position.

Compensation
Starting salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Appointment is subject to SORI (Sexual Offense Registry Information) background check, and a publicly accessible Massachusetts CORI (Criminal Offense Registry Information) background check.

Candidates for employment should be aware that all Community College students, faculty and staff are required to be fully
vaccinated by January 3rd, 2022. Accordingly, initial employment is dependent upon receipt and verification of full vaccination
status records; details of how to fulfill vaccine record verification requirements will be provided during the hire and onboarding
process.

Roxbury Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity or sexual orientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes and college policies. The College prohibits sexual harassment including sexual violence. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or sexual violence shall be referred to the College's Affirmative Action Officer/Title IX Coordinator, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act requires all institutes of higher education to disclose campus policy statements and crime statistics. Our annual report is available at www.rcc.mass.edu/clery.