Assistant Director of Content Strategy

The University of Texas at Austin
retirement plan
United States, Texas, Austin
101 East 27th Street (Show on map)
Apr 18, 2025
Job Posting Title: Assistant Director of Content Strategy ---- Hiring Department: University Marketing and Communications ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 ---- FLSA Status: Exempt ---- Earliest Start Date: Immediately ---- Position Duration: Expected to Continue ---- Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS ---- Job Details: General Notes Must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship. Purpose The Assistant Director of Content Strategy is a key leadership role within University Marketing and Communications (UMAC), responsible for managing the editorial calendar and overseeing the coordination of content initiatives across platforms. Reporting to the Director of Content Strategy, this position leads cross-functional workflows, facilitates content intake and project planning, and ensures seamless collaboration among writers, designers, and other stakeholders within UMAC and across the university. The Assistant Director also supervises a small team of content creators, helping to drive operational efficiency while contributing to content ideation and strategy. This role requires a detail-oriented, proactive, and collaborative leader with a passion for effective storytelling and streamlined execution. Responsibilities Strategic Content Operations and Project Oversight: Serve as point of contact and collaborative partner with colleagues across campus on editorial and other content requests, form submissions and content status. Oversee end-to-end project coordination for content initiatives, ensuring deliverables flow efficiently between stakeholders, writers, editors, designers, social and digital teams and other content creators. Monitor project progress, address bottlenecks and communicate status updates to relevant team members. Manage review and approval cycles to uphold quality standards and meet delivery deadlines. Maintain and update the University's editorial content calendar, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, campaign timelines, and seasonal priorities. Track deadlines and ensure timely delivery of content assets across various teams. Team Leadership and Operational Excellence: Lead, mentor and develop a productive team of content creators, making assignments, facilitating project meetings, distributing other action items and ensuring high-quality content creation. Maintain project tracking tools and processes to streamline content workflows. Serve as a point of contact for content-related questions, ensuring clarity on priorities and responsibilities. Editorial Expertise and Brand Stewardship Contribute to content development through writing and editing across a variety of platforms, including websites, articles, and social media. Support ongoing content audits and ensure all materials adhere to the university's brand guidelines, editorial standards, and tone of voice. Provide editorial guidance and feedback to content creators to maintain consistency and elevate the quality of storytelling across channels. Other related functions as assigned. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, journalism, English or a related field. At least 5 years of experience in a content coordination, project management or other editorial role. Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Asana) and editorial planning tools (e.g., content calendars, scheduling software). Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail, with a proven ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Familiarity with content production workflows, including writing, editing, design and publishing processes. Basic knowledge of content management systems (e.g., WordPress, Drupal) and understanding of digital content strategies. Preferred Qualifications Master's degree. Experience with higher education content strategies and storytelling. Experience managing a team. Working knowledge of SEO principles, web analytics, and digital marketing. Ability to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, including faculty, staff, and external vendors. Familiarity with AP Style or other editorial guidelines. Professional experience within higher education, marketing, or a creative agency is a plus. Salary Range $90,000+ negotiable depending on experience Working Conditions Typical office environment. This position is based in Austin, TX and is required to work on campus. Required Materials Resume/CV 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor Letter of interest Importantfor applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure thatALLRequired Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above. ---- Employment Eligibility: Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval. ---- Retirement Plan Eligibility: The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. ---- Background Checks: A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position. ---- Equal Opportunity Employer: The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer,complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. ---- Pay Transparency: The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. ---- Employment Eligibility Verification: If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university. ---- E-Verify: The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university's company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following: E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF] E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF] Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF] Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF] ---- Compliance: Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031. The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.