Content Specialist

Position Purpose

The Content Specialist is a key member of the Marketing team responsible for creating, editing, and managing content that promotes SIAM’s brand and initiatives. This role ensures consistency in messaging and style across all communications, supports strategic marketing projects, and helps position SIAM as a global leader in applied mathematics and computational science. The Content Specialist works collaboratively to drive engagement, increase membership, and support revenue-generating activities.

Key Responsibilities

Content Creation & Editing

·        Serve as lead writer and editor for marketing and communications materials.

·        Write, proofread, and edit content for newsletters, blogs, press releases, proposals, reports, emails, and promotional collateral.

·        Ensure adherence to SIAM’s style guide across all written communications.

Publications & Newsletters

·        Manage SIAM’s monthly e-newsletter (Unwrapped), including content collection, editing, formatting, distribution, and performance tracking.

·        Manages Inside SIAM (10 issues annually), including content development, editing, and layout in Adobe Illustrator.

·        Update design and templates as needed.

Public Relations

·        Lead SIAM’s PR efforts, including generating topic ideas, drafting and distributing press releases, maintaining media contact lists, and serving as liaison to external PR firms.

·        Manage media database.

·        Position SIAM as a thought leader through strategic media outreach.

Advertising & Promotions

·        Manage SIAM’s paid advertising program, including media kit updates, pricing, and client relationships.

·        Oversee advertising exchange partnerships and annual ad calendars.

·        Collaborate on promotional copy and marketing descriptions.

Special Projects and Responsibilities

·        Coordinate branded merchandise orders and budgets.

·        Creative member of the team who suggests new marketing ideas and angles.

·        Support marketing initiatives such as the Careers in the Mathematical Sciences brochure.

Qualifications

·        Bachelor’s degree; 5 years of experience in marketing, communications, or related field.

·        Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills.

·        Strong organizational and project management abilities.

·        Ability to use data insights to guide content strategy and improve performance.

·        Skills and experience to handle urgent/crisis communications or PR issues effectively.

·        Proficiency in MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and Adobe Acrobat; basic HTML knowledge preferred.

·        Experience with graphic design and familiarity with design software preferred.

·        Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly; science writing experience a plus.

·        Creative thinker with strategic marketing insight.

·        Team-oriented with ability to work independently.

Performance Expectations

·        Deliver high-quality work within deadlines.

·        Maintain professionalism in all interactions.

·        Collaborate effectively across departments.

·        Advocate for SIAM’s mission and understand its audience.

This position is full-time and is asked to work hybrid in SIAM’s office in Philadelphia, PA.

Pay Range is $66,000 - $80,000.

To apply, please email resume and cover letter to azacharia@siam.org.

SIAM offers a competitive and comprehensive salary and employee benefits package. SIAM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) is an international community of 14,500 individual members. Almost 500 academic, manufacturing, research and development, service and consulting organizations, government, and military organizations worldwide are institutional members. SIAM was incorporated in 1952 as a nonprofit organization to convey useful mathematical knowledge to other professionals who could implement mathematical theory for practical, industrial, or scientific use. SIAM continues today to advance the application of mathematics, computational science, and data science through research, publications, and community.