Communications and Social Media Coordinator (Staff Assistant, SL-2)

S399P

Communications and Social Media Coordinator (Staff Assistant, SL-2)

10/30/2025

Communications and Creative Services

Full Time

$51,500 (+ $4,000 Location Pay)

$54,000 (+$4,000 Location Pay)

The ideal candidate will:

• Work alongside the communications team to implement a strategic social media plan.
• Keep tabs on social media trends and trending topics.
• Create content tailored for different audiences.
• Reach out to campus members to coordinate content-gathering.
• Capture spontaneous moments on campus—they’ll know potential content when they see it.
• Use their outgoing nature to engage with campus community members.
• Document events on campus, including specific events, classes, and programs to support recruitment and marketing initiatives.

The Social Media Manager is also responsible for general office duties such as purchasing requisitions and Accounts payable, credit card transactions and reconciliations, work orders, as well as vendor relationships as needed for the Office.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree and at least two years of experience in content creation.
• Fluent on TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram in terms of each platform’s abilities, features, and audiences.
• Ability to create and edit videos, photos, and images appropriate for social media, utilizing a range of apps and programs.
• Able to look at social media insights and data and adjust content as needed.
• Familiarity with posting through programs such as Hootsuite is a plus.
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite is a plus.

A top 10 public school, according to U.S. News & World Report, Purchase College, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, was founded in 1967 by Governor Nelson Rockefeller. His aspiration for Purchase was to create a dynamic campus that combined conservatory training in the visual and performing arts with programs in the liberal arts and sciences, in order to inspire an appreciation for both intellectual and artistic talents in all students. Today, Purchase College, SUNY is a community of students, faculty, and friends where open-minded engagement with the creative process leads to a lifetime of intellectual growth and professional opportunity. For more information, visit Purchase College.

Benefits -

• Health, dental, and vision benefits are available to eligible employees after a 28-day waiting period. More information regarding other benefits, such as generous paid time off, tuition assistance, and retirement systems, can be found on SUNY’s Benefit Summaries website.
• Purchase College is a qualifying government employer, allowing eligible employees to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
• Access to the NAEYC-accredited, on-campus child care at The Children’s Center.
• Discounted access to the world-class Performing Arts Center, free admission to the Neuberger Museum of Art, and free access to the athletic facilities.
• Other benefits include business-casual dress and an opportunity to telecommute. For detailed information on some of the College’s employee benefits, visit the College’s Human Resources/Benefits website.

Nondiscrimination Policy – Purchase College is committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to service, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual’s race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, or criminal conviction. Employees, students, applicants, or other members of the Purchase community (including vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic. To view the entire policy, please visit the following website: Purchase College Human Resources Policies and Procedures.

Women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Purchase College is an AA/EEO employer. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, without exception, prepare, publish, and distribute an Annual Security Report. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the University’s crime statistics for the past three years, and the availability regarding the University’s current campus security policies. Purchase College’s Annual Security Report is available at Purchase College’s NYS University Police Website.