| Position Overview:
The Open Education Network (OEN) is a diverse community that works together to make higher education more open, equitable, and accessible. Launched in 2014, the OEN has grown to include more than 1,000 higher education member campuses in the U.S. The librarians, instructional designers and administrators at those campuses are at the heart of our community, and are committed to taking action to support student learning through open education practices, including the adoption and creation of open educational resources (OER).
The OEN is hiring a digital content strategist to create and share web content and stories about the work OEN members are doing, manage our website, and promote the use of related resources and best practices to a broad higher education audience. Our goal is to create stories and content experiences that are useful to our audiences, including how open educational practices can support diversity, equity and inclusion, and move them to act. Our digital channels are opportunities to build relationships and amplify the open education work that is being accomplished across the country and around the world.
The digital content strategist brings initiative and creativity to planning and implementing programmatic communications and campaigns across a variety of web and social media channels. On our small team, you’ll be responsible for content strategy across several programmatic areas, as well as copywriting, designing, and maintaining our creative content and platforms, including our website.
Working in a collaborative culture, the digital content strategist leads OEN communications with responsiveness and enthusiasm, engaging with a variety of stakeholders across the open education landscape. We will look to you to ensure OEN external communications have a consistent voice and style focused on inclusion, sharing and gratitude.
The Open Education Network is affiliated with the Center for Open Education, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota. The position reports to the publishing director and is available to work remotely.
This is a position fully funded by external sales and has been approved by OHR. Job Responsibilities: Web Content Creation and Strategy (60%) - Write content and design visual assets to promote open education and member benefits, current programming, and common good resources
- Write and share stories for the OEN blog that reflect an inclusive organizational culture of member-driven collaboration, problem solving and sharing
- Maintain website, including backend development, user experience and periodic redesign
- Ensure content meets SEO best practices and includes clear calls to action
- Lead the design and implementation of a variety of external communications, including recruitment campaigns
- Create materials for marketing, publication, and/or internal and external relations that incorporate both written and graphic work, and utilize multiple media methods
- Design creative social media engagement campaigns for a variety of channels, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn
- Monitor social media accounts and offer constructive interaction with users
- Engage with partner organizations and member institutions to write and highlight community stories and contributions
- Prepare a variety of illustrated materials for informational or instructional use, including infographics and updates (what’s new, how to use it, best practices)
- Edit webinars and other video content
- Write, design and distribute quarterly newsletter
- Design digital collateral, including invitations, announcements and annual reports
Programmatic Communication and Marketing (40%)
- Design, implement and evaluate internal and external communications plan based on organizational goals for new and existing audiences
- Develop and implement marketing strategies for a variety of programs
- Communicate and amplify member benefits, accomplishments and resources to demonstrate how the OEN contributes to the common good
- Ensure tone, voice and terminology consistency
- Copyedit and design community created resources and guides for broad distribution
- Provide communication and tech support during webinars and other online events
- Respond to the public’s questions, comments, and requests for information
- Create and consult on adaptable communication plan for members and their stakeholder audiences that reflects benefits of OEN membership
- Collaborate on drafting press releases and manage distribution
- Other programmatic communication and marketing duties as assigned
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