Digital Media Manager

Job Description

One day you might be at your computer, optimizing stories on various digital platforms, designing ad promotions, and scheduling our marketing content for the week ahead. The next you might be meeting a leading Oregon brand to help tell their story, drafting a video brief and digital content strategy.

The Oregonian Media Group in Portland is looking for a Digital Media Manager with a track record of creative digital design and project management, someone who is inspired to produce engaging content and experiment with emerging platforms.

The Digital Media Manager will work closely with our talented marketing teams on the new platform Here is Oregon, and dive into collaborations with our award-winning social media and engagement teams. The digital media manager will also support new business development efforts to promote our industry-leading digital and print advertising products. We're looking for someone with energy and enthusiasm in telling Oregon's story and thinking about how we strategically share it with the rest of the world.

This position gives the opportunity to do it all, including talking through strategy with top Oregon brands and building content that flexes legacy media while utilizing emerging platforms. We want to be where our audience is, and you will be expected to help us be there in smart, forward-thinking ways that elevate the content and the brand. We are looking for someone who enjoys variety, is skilled at juggling multiple projects, thrives in a fast-paced environment and loves to create clever design.

What you'll be doing:

• Leverage digital media tools and content to build the base for Here is Oregon and other Oregonian Marketing products
• Plan, produce and optimize sponsor contenton relevant social channels, making tweaks to content where appropriate to maximize impact
• Design and create promotional content to suit platform needs and reach audiences such as social media, web, video promotion, digital display and more
• Create content to reach maximum audience engagement for ambitious marketing projects
• Collaborateclosely with our marketing, sales, social media, and visual design teams to produce and promote relevant content
• Coordinate production across teams for multi-channel partnership deliverables
• Assist social media and content team in building a robust digital media strategy

Our ideal candidate has the following:

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, marketing, communications, or a related field or equivalent education and experience
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in content production, social media presence, and digital media engagement
• Proven track record of using your experience to independently advise on building, maintaining, and engaging audiences on social media platforms
• Working knowledge of analytics reporting suites for websites and social media
• Tech-savvy content creation with experience in animated gifs, manipulating photos, producing and editing video a plus
• Ability to collaborate on projects, completing tasks accurately and on time and communicating thoroughly to stakeholders

Additional Information

Advance Local Media offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package with affordable options for your healthcare including medical, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, fertility assistance, a substantial 401k plan to help plan for your future, generous paid time off, paid parental and caregiver leave and an employee assistance program to support your work/life balance, optional legal assistance, life insurance options, as well as flexible holidays to honor cultural diversity.

Oregonian Media Group is the most trusted source for news and information in Oregon and Southwest Washington. A digitally focused company, Oregonian Media Group provides content when and where readers want it - online, on smartphones and on tablets - through OREGONLIVE and a range of digital products. As the largest media company in the state, Oregonian Media Group is also advertisers' strongest media partner, with an innovative suite of products to help them connect with their best customers.

Oregonian Media Group is a part of Advance Local Media, one of the largest media groups in the United States, which operates the leading news and information companies in more than 20 cities, reaching 58+ million people monthly with our quality, real-time journalism and community engagement. Our company is built upon the values of Integrity, Customer-first, Inclusiveness, Collaboration and Forward-looking. For more information about Advance Local, please visit www.advancelocal.com.

Advance Local Media is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other category protected under federal, state or local law.