Employment Opportunity: Writing and Digital Content Coordinator

Established in 1789, King's College is Canada's oldest chartered university and is associated with Dalhousie University. A small and extraordinarily lively academic community located in Halifax (Kjipuktuk), Nova Scotia, King's is known nationally and internationally for its highly acclaimed interdisciplinary programs in the humanities, including its renowned Foundation Year Program, its professional programs in journalism and its fine arts program in creative writing. King's is a community where students, faculty, alumni, and staff work to bring greater understanding, creativity, and compassion to the world.

Reporting to the Associate Director, Communications, the Writing and Digital Content Coordinator supports the university's goal to build and strengthen King's reputation through institutional storytelling and digital platform programming. They will lead the development of social media content as it is planned each week by the Associate Director, Communications (ADC) in weekly team social media meetings. Meetings include members of the Enrolment and Student Life Office's (ESLO) communication team, including their Manager of Digital Marketing (MDM).

In accordance with King's Editorial Style Guide and Canadian Press Style Guide, they will be responsible for drafting copy for the University of King's College social media channels and proofreading content for web, email, some print. In consultation with the ADC, the Writing and Digital Content Coordinator will optimize social media copy for different platforms with the aid of account tagging, hashtags, and tracked links as appropriate as well as identify and share images for social media posts.

The successful candidate will draft multi-week social media content plans for writing workshops, future students webinar series, schedule social media posts in Hootsuite and develop story frames for pre-planned Instagram and Facebook story content. They will monitor social media channels and news for news items that might require schedule changes and flag these to colleagues. Using Hootsuite, they will analyze metrics and create monthly social media reports.

The Writing and Digital Content Coordinator also develops stories and news items for ukings.ca on an ongoing basis and provides other writing, copyediting, editing and digital content support as required. They will also source photos to accompany stories and coordinate any required photo-video releases; support the development of short-form video and photo content for social media; and draft copy for web pages. They will perform any other duties assigned by the Registrar.

This is a full-time, one-year (renewable) contract position which is expected to commence as soon as possible.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in a related field, and equivalent work experience.

They must have exceptional writing ability and the ability to modify tone for different audiences, basic knowledge of Canva, Photoshop and/or Lightroom, experience writing for social media and attention to detail and judgment. Knowledge of platform analytics for primary social media, experience with Hootsuite or other social media scheduling platform and knowledge or willingness to learn optimal calls to action on primary social media platforms are desired.

Closing Date: November 8, 2024

Salary will be commensurate with level of education and experience. The salary range for this position is: $45,143 to $55,182 including a benefits plan with medical and dental.

To apply for this position, please forward resume and covering letter to:

Pethrona Russell
Human Resources Manager
University of King's College
6350 Coburg Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 2A1
[email protected]

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

The University of King's College is committed to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. We encourage and welcome applications from Indigenous persons (especially Mi'kmaq), persons with a disability, racialized persons, including persons of Black/African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), women, persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversification of our community.