Assistant Editorial Director | Columbia University Job at Columbia University, New York, NY

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  • Columbia University
  • New York, NY

Job Description

  • Job Type: Officer of Administration
  • Bargaining Unit:
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • End Date if Temporary:
  • Hours Per Week: 35
  • Standard Work Schedule:
  • Building:
  • Salary Range: $90,000 - $110,000

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Summary

Columbia University Irving Medical Center???s (CUIMC) Department of Communications seeks an Assistant Editorial Director to join our team. Reporting to the Senior Editorial Director, the Assistant Editorial Director will create content throughout the CUIMC digital landscape, which includes websites, a patient newsletter, and marketing campaigns. Our ideal candidate is an experienced content professional with demonstrated writing and editing skills and experience developing content for patient and professional audiences.

*** To be considered for this position, 3 web writing samples are required. ***

Responsibilities

  • Work with the digital production team and institutional stakeholders to conceptualize and plan website build and migration projects, marketing campaigns, and ongoing content and conversion optimization to support CUIMC???s clinical services
  • Write and edit patient-facing content that is optimized for search and adheres to editorial style and standards
  • Write and edit engaging patient-facing stories for our Health Insights website and email newsletter
  • Edit and package patient-facing stories for our Health Insights email newsletter
  • Proofread content across multiple digital platforms
  • Support final production of website build and migration projects
  • Conduct regular content audits, competitor reviews, and gap analyses to identify areas of opportunity
  • Ensure compliance with editorial house style, copyrights, ADA accessibility, HIPAA, PHI, and PII
  • Other duties as needed

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor???s degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus a minimum of four years of related experience
  • Strong understanding of style guides, including the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook
  • Experience in developing content for search engine optimization and conversions
  • Experience proofreading
  • Knowledge of patient/user journey and decision making, and how these are influenced by content

Preferred Qualifications

  • Degree in journalism, communications, English, or writing strongly preferred
  • 5+ years??? relevant work experience in content-related web and digital projects strongly preferred
  • Experience with email marketing and Salesforce Marketing Cloud is preferred
  • Digital content management is preferred
  • Google Analytics experience is preferred
  • Knowledge of digital marketing and media production is preferred

Other Requirements

  • Submit a minimum of 3 web writing samples.
  • Successful completion of Editing Assessment
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Strong work ethic with a dedication to excellence
  • Strong time management, organizational, and teamwork skills
  • Proven analytical capabilities with attention to detail

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

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