The top-ranked College of Education is seeking a creative, curious and digitally savvy Social Media Manager to help tell the stories that define our community. From student successes and groundbreaking research to alumni achievement and campus events, this role brings the college’s work and community to life across social media platforms and helps shape how audiences engage with the MSU College of Education every day.
Beyond creating content, this position serves as a college-wide resource for social media governance, accessibility, account management and digital engagement best practices.
The Social Media Manager leads strategy, content development, audience growth, analytics, governance and accessibility efforts for the college’s social media presence. Content developed through this position supports recruitment, engagement, reputation and community-building among prospective and current students, alumni, donors and other internal and external audiences.
This role transforms research, student experiences, alumni achievements, faculty expertise and college priorities into engaging, platform-specific content with a strong emphasis on video, visual storytelling and audience engagement.
The ideal candidate must be comfortable working both independently and as part of a team. In addition, the ideal candidate must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, including balancing multiple projects and requests at once.
This selected candidate will join a collaborative Communications team that works across multiple channels and areas of expertise. Opportunities may include supporting web content, email, print and digital publications, podcasts, video projects, promotional materials and other strategic communications efforts.
The role contributes directly to how MSU and the College of Education are represented to prospective/current students, alumni, donors, peer institutions and the public. Thoughtful, accurate and engaging content helps build connection and trust, while errors may negatively impact reputation and judgment.
This position reports to the Senior Director of Communications for the MSU College of Education and works closely with multiple individuals and teams across the College of Education.
The hybrid position requires at least two (2) days of on-campus, in-person work each week. Additional on-campus time may be required based on events or business needs. While most work can be done during normal business hours (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.), occasional evening or weekend work may be required to support time-sensitive communications, events or emerging opportunities.
Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in Communications, Telecommunications, Journalism, Marketing, or Public Relations; up to six months of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in internal communications; news, broadcasting, and print media, and/or marketing, advertising, and creative services; graphic design; word processing; desktop publishing; web design; presentation software; spreadsheet and/or database software; public presentation; or radio production; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.
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MSU strives to provide a flexible work environment, and this position has been designated as remote-friendly. Remote-friendly means some or all of the duties can be performed remotely as mutually agreed upon.
