Produce high-quality Reels, Stories, and carousel posts ensuring our content meets accessibility standards
Serve as part of the student administrative management team, working independently and collaboratively with other managers
Provide leadership guidance to student content creators, ensuring content meets deadlines and is produced according to best practices
Provide updates and platform information and statistics to Welcome Center full time administrative employees, serving as knowledge holders of current trends and use by the incoming class
Manage the content team's assignments, ensuring adherence to deadlines and accessibility standards
Create content briefs to ensure consistency from project to project
Have extensive experience with Premiere Pro and Canva video, photo, and design capabilities
Edit and produce multimedia content for different content platforms, including Reels, Stories, and other formats, from video clips provided by Content Creators and Welcome Center administrators
Direct, film, edit, and produce multimedia content for our different content platforms, online events, and as needed
Research trends and suggest opportunities for use on our social platforms
Learn, apply, and educate team members in inclusive and accessible practices in content creation
Meet all content deadlines, attend all content team and manager meetings, and represent Admission Communications at in-person and online events
Check in daily with our content team and Welcome Center professional administrators on our Slack workspace
Be comfortable in front of the camera
Create dynamic, authentic, approachable multi-media content for our communications platforms that provides an honest view and personal insight into student life
Learn and understand our different audiences and platforms, including prospective students, applicants, parents/families, Instagram, ZeeMee, and CampusESP
Enjoy connecting with and assisting our audiences, answering questions about student life and admission processes, and providing support
Enjoy collaborating with professional staff and other student team members
Contribute to a friendly, fun working environment
Be a positive, dependable, professional resource for our team
Complete other content creation and review duties as assigned
Manage their own time
Commit to working 9 hours per week
Design creatives and both print and digital assets for Admitted Students Days, Discover Days, and recruitment travel, including postcards, table displays, and posters
Design creatives for CampusESP posts, advertisements, and email messaging
Design creatives for Slate email messaging
Design templates and guides for the Content Team to use in content creation
Design sticker GIFs for use on Instagram
Fulfill design requests from direct supervisor as well as the Associate Provost for Enrollment Services and Communications and the Vice Provost of Enrollment Management leadership
Manage work within
Additional Information
The New School is looking for an enthusiastic, responsible, creative individual to join our Admission Communications team as a Content and Communications Assistant. This position is hybrid, with required on-campus content creation, weekly in-person office time, mandatory staff meetings, and mandatory event coverage. This position is an important, integral part of Admission Communications and Welcome Center work, and essential to the success of Enrollment Management's mission. Our Content Team members connect with and create content for prospective students, applicants, parents, and families on Instagram, ZeeMee, CampusESP, and other communications platforms. They also engage with our audiences at in-person and online events. Importantly, individual Content Creators work independently and collaboratively, contributing to a positive, enjoyable work environment. As a member of the Content Team, the Content and Communications Assistant will operate in a student administrative leadership and creative position, producing high-quality Reels, Stories, and carousel posts ensuring our content meets accessibility standards. The Content and Communications Assistant also designs creatives and both print and digital assets for Admitted Students Days and other large admission events, for various communications platform needs, and at the request of their direct supervisor as well as the Associate Provost for Enrollment Services and Communications and the Vice Provost of Enrollment Management leadership. The Content and Communications Assistant will contribute to content creation and complete additional assignments as needed.
Candidates considered for this role will be asked to complete a creative assessment/video editing exercise. Finalists may be asked to provide references who can evaluate qualifications and overall fit for the position. Candidates will be contacted at their New School email addresses after a review of all applications submitted for the position.
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