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Posted Job Title
Temporary Part-Time Digital Content Coordinator
Job Profile Title
Temporary Employee - Non-Exempt
Job Description Summary
The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania seeks a Temporary Part-Time Digital Content Coordinator who will support the development and implementation of digital content for ICA, including social media channels, email newsletters, video promos and animations, and maintenance of ICA's website. ICA seeks a creative, self-motivated, and intellectually curious individual to join the Marketing and Communications division in service of ICA's mission to connect with diverse publics through the support of artists and ideas that explore, contextualize, and resonate with the socio-political conditions of our time. The Temporary Part-Time Digital Content Coordinator will support the implementation of existing projects and help to maintain ICA's presence on all digital channels.
Responsibilities include assistance with planning and scheduling content across channels with knowledge of digital platforms and how to leverage and optimize content for each. They will contribute to content ideation, creation, and production for all platforms. They will receive training on existing workflow systems and platforms for areas including: website, email, social media, video, and audio; work across departments to obtain content, write and copyedit posts for social media, and be cognizant of key performance indicators across platforms. They will have a proactive and thoughtful approach in how we exist in the digital space.
The ideal candidate for this position is a generous colleague who works well in a team environment. This position requires a savvy, detail-oriented candidate with: a passion for contemporary art and for reaching diverse audiences, stellar writing skills, and proven success at creating successful digital content and social media marketing. ICA needs a team-oriented, confident, flexible content creator who is skilled at communicating ideas internally across teams. Externally, as a writer this individual considers and is skilled at distinguishing and determining a friendly and approachable tone and voice through engaging and accessible language without flattening the complexities of challenging contemporary art.
The ICA is a non-collecting laboratory of artistic experimentation that privileges polyvocality, collaboration, and interdisciplinarity. This work takes the form of exhibitions, commissions, performance, publications, and special projects that champion underrecognized artists and ideas.
The institution's mission is bolstered by its position as a center within the University of Pennsylvania. Working within a leading research university provides multiple opportunities to be in dialogue and to collaborate with colleagues and students across campus. ICA's location in University City also mandates that its work connects with its immediate neighbors in West Philadelphia while staying in dialogue with the concerns of a broader, international art community.
The Temporary Part-Time Digital Content Coordinator is integral to supporting ICA in its commitment to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable institution; treating colleagues and partners fairly and respectfully; and recognizing the value that diverse backgrounds and perspectives bring to our organization is vital to this position.
Job Description
Support Marketing/Communications needs across platforms/channels. Utilize pre-existing design assets and develop occasional new content formatted for social media: Facebook and Instagram. Write content and format and/or design images. Field website & social media requests from staff & departments to keep content fresh and updated. 40%
Website: maintain and ensure all information online is up to date, accurate, and complete; work across departments to aggregate information and images. 37%
Format images/gifs and select content for monthly newsletter. 10%
Work with freelance designers and videographers to assist with art direction. 8%
Other responsibilities and duties as assigned. 5%
Job Location - City, State
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Department / School
Institute of Contemporary Art
Pay Range
$7.25 - $155.75
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