Digital Communications Associate

Job Summary:

The Digital Communications Associate supports the day-to-day content and communications work that keeps an exciting new initiative visible, connected, and active between major convenings, extending its reach and impact. Reporting to the Communications Lead, this role manages the initiative’s Substack, social channels, and content calendar, and plays a hands-on role in creating and managing multimedia content that reflects the initiative’s voice and audience.

Job-Specific Responsibilities:

• Package video, events, and research updates into shareable content.

• Produce podcast and video segments that complement and/or amplify the Substack.

• Set up and manage a dedicated Substack, helping to determine publishing cadence, formatting, and collecting metrics to document subscriber growth.

• Manage subscriber or audience growth efforts including outreach and cross-promotion with other HGSE initiatives and coordinate collabs.

• Suggest, draft, collate, and edit posts from the team and faculty into a consistent voice.

• Oversee the day-to-day social channels, track performance, and report on what resonates.

• Own and maintain the content calendar to ensure steady and reliable cadence.

• Support convenings from a communications angle including capturing photo, audio, and video content and drafting recaps (may require hours beyond regular workday when necessary)

• Draft short-form written content beyond the Substack, e.g., bios, web copy updates, or event descriptions; proofread and light copyedit communications as needed.