Full time, Montgomery, AL
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a leading civil rights organization located in Montgomery, Alabama, seeks a New Media Manager. The New Media Manager is SPLC’s chief online strategist and advocate. The manager manages the SPLC web presence (including websites, social media and email outreach) and a web team of content producers. The New Media Manager also plays a prominent role in communications planning for the organization.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide vision and direction for SPLC websites, ensuring that web presences remain usable, interactive, competitive with other organizational or advocacy sites, and engage the interest of users;
- Coordinate SPLC’s participation on social media platforms and develop social media strategy;
- Propose content ideas to promote SPLC’s mission.
- Manage web projects
- Manage bulk email operations;
- Work with other departmental directors to ensure appropriate use of web presence;
- Recruit and interview prospective team members;
- Manage and oversee web-related vendors.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Experience managing a content-rich web presence that includes websites, social media, and bulk e-mail;
- Substantial experience managing content and development teams;
- Significant experience managing multiple concurrent full life cycle projects in a deadline-driven environment;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as the ability to present and explain technical and business information;
- Understanding of online marketing concepts, especially content marketing;
- Expert understanding of web industry best practices regarding IA, usability, content and functionality;
- Strong interpersonal skills;
- Personally active in social media.
Technical Requirements:
- HTML and image-editing skills.
- Understanding of SEO concepts
- CMS experience using various software suites such as Wordpress and Drupal (commitment to open-source software is a plus);
- Experience with copyediting and use of style guidelines;
- Knowledge of web analytics;
- Familiarity with online marketing systems like Blackbaud and Convio is a plus.
To Apply
The Center offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, including fully paid health, dental, life, long-term disability insurance and a generous 401(k) retirement savings plan.
Interested candidates should apply below and attach a résumé, cover letter, and three references.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of rate, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.
Click here to apply.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a leading civil rights organization located in Montgomery, Alabama, seeks a New Media Manager. The New Media Manager is SPLC’s chief online strategist and advocate. The manager manages the SPLC web presence (including websites, social media and email outreach) and a web team of content producers. The New Media Manager also plays a prominent role in communications planning for the organization.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications/Requirements:
Technical Requirements:
To Apply
The Center offers a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, including fully paid health, dental, life, long-term disability insurance and a generous 401(k) retirement savings plan.
Interested candidates should apply below and attach a résumé, cover letter, and three references.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of rate, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.
Click here to apply.