Digital Producer
The Opportunity
The Digital Producer ensures the timely planning and production of our website as well as our weekly newsletter in order to advance the marketing and communications goals of the League. This position reports to the Director of Development and Communications and works closely with programs and communications staff to shape and create website and newsletter content.
This is a part-time position (approximately 18 hours/week.) (The League currently has a 36-work week, generally with a half day on Friday.)
Start date: October 1, 2024
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate and produce the creation of new website pages and content, and make updates to existing pages as needed using our WordPress CMS
- Coordinate and produce the creation of our weekly newsletter and as-needed ecards in MailChimp. The newsletter will require adapting text and images from various sources, including headlines, body text, and links into our template. Ecards are sent for special announcements and invitations
- Image processing for web, and archiving assets on our shared server
- Participate in on-call website support with our web developers in collaboration with other team members
- Be available to join our weekly communications team meeting on Mondays at 10 am
- Coordinate and track a 7/30/90 day schedule for newsletter and web page creation
- Occasionally help produce lecture recordings to be uploaded to Youtube and posted on our website, as needed
- Produce and share monthly email and website (archleague.org and urbanomnibus.net) analytics reports
- Stay up-to-date with platform changes and digital best practices, including accessibility
- Maintain and enforce the League’s style guide across all materials, ensure brand and institutional voice consistency across newsletter and web deliverables
Qualifications and Skills:
REQUIRED
- 2+ years of digital production, content strategy, editorial experience, communications, and/or website design and development (or equivalent from school)
- Highly organized, attentive to detail
- Excellent project management and organizational skills, able to coordinate and communicate across departments
- Proactive and takes initiative in gathering assets, asking questions, and scheduling projects
- Experience publishing through WordPress or similar web publishing platforms
- Sensitive proofreader
- Excellent written and in-person communication skills
- Experience collaborating and coordinating with multi-faceted teams
- Familiarity with analytics (Google Analytics, Mailchimp) and knowledge of best practices for website architecture, design, user experience, accessibility, and SEO.
- Experience with project management software (Notion, Slack)
- Proficiency in text editing software such as Microsoft Office and Google Drive.
- Experience managing digital assets for the web
- Experience with editorial photo selection for web pages, newsletters, etc.
- Experience with the Adobe Suite
- Knowledge of usage rights and best practices
STRONGLY PREFERRED
- Experience with basic tools of digital content production: HTML, CSS
- Experience with video editing
- Demonstrated interest in architecture, design, art, and the built environment
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Though this position is remote, the ideal candidate is based in NYC, allowing for in-office meetings when appropriate/desirable by all parties.
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff members and other stakeholders by email, phone, virtually, and in person
- Though the role is expected to be active primarily during daytime hours (10–4, M–Th), some evening and weekend work may be required, rarely, for time-sensitive tasks
Terms & Benefits
This is a part-time position, estimating approximately half time (currently 18 hrs/week). League employees regularly working more than half time have the option to buy into the League’s health benefits package at the employee’s own expense. The hourly rate is $35/hr. The Digital Producer will have access to all League events, in person and online.
How to Apply
Please send a resumé, cover letter, and examples of digital communications work, i.e., link to a newsletter, campaign PDF for both web and print, web page, etc. to William Kelly, Director of Research and Operations at kelly@archleague.org, with the subject line “Application: Digital Producer.” In one page or less, please use your cover letter to tell us about your interest in working with The Architectural League, your experience with website production and CMS administration, and what your favorite project management software is and why. Please also specify how you found out about this role. We strongly encourage people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and others who may contribute to the diversity of perspectives on the League staff to apply.
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply. We are dedicated to considering a broad array of candidates, including those with diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds. The position will remain open until the position is filled.
About The Architectural League
The Architectural League of New York supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. As a vital, independent forum, the League stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today’s converging crises of racism, inequity, and climate change, in service of a more livable and just world. League live events, digital media, publications, installations, and exhibitions present important work and ideas to inspire and help shape the path to a better future. The League encourages the development of talented emerging architects and designers through competitions, commissions, and travel grants. In addition, the League creates opportunities to explore challenges in the built environment, through design studies and commissioned work, and pursues important areas of inquiry to help support the contribution of architecture to the common good, through research and sustained attention to selected topics.