Classification Title: Senior Digital Content Specialist
Salary: $67,967.00
Department: Marketing and Communications
Pay Grade: ADM4
Reports To: Associate Director, Marketing
FLSA Status: Exempt
Unit: Administrative
Opening Date: 4/8/2026
Closing Date: 4/29/2026 11:59 p.m.
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB
The Senior Digital Content Specialist will be a creative and collaborative member of the Marketing and Communications Department responsible for producing high-quality, compelling visual content for the College across a variety of platforms and planning content strategy.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Functions:
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Leads the development of digital content by generating creative ideas to tell the Middlesex College brand story on existing and new platforms and at live events.
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Ensures digital content reflects the College’s mission, values, and brand standards.
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Partners closely with College leadership, including the President and Board of Trustees, to strategically align digital content and displays with institutional priorities and strategic initiatives.
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Translates institutional priorities into clear, engaging digital content for internal and external audiences.
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Takes professional photos on the Edison Campus or at The Centers (New Brunswick and Perth Amboy) and at the various College events as requested. These photos may be indoors or outdoors and may be during evening and weekend hours.
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Attends athletics games and events to take photographs of student athletes and coaches.
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Uses photo manipulation software such as Adobe Suite to get desired results in line with branding.
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Shoots and edits short- and long-form video content for web, social media, digital advertising, and internal communications, ensuring all final deliverables align with College branding and accessibility standards.
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Manages post-production workflows including video editing, color correction, sound mixing, captioning, and file formatting using Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and related tools.
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Collaborates with Marketing and Communications team members and campus partners to translate creative briefs into polished video assets, meeting deadlines for campaigns, events, and institutional priorities.
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Handles concept and storyboard development; location scouting and booking; managing content production schedules; securing talent; and editing.
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Develops a library of images that can be used on the College’s website; social media; press materials; events; paid advertisements such as television commercials and social media paid advertising; and other marketing collateral.
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Archives footage and related assets.
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Supervises and provides guidance to work-study students and interns, including assigning tasks, training on equipment and workflows, and reviewing completed content for quality and brand alignment.
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Maintains equipment storage system.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor degree- Four (4) years of relevant work experience
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with exceptional attention to detail
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Remote Pilot Certificate (drone license)- Ability to stand or crouch for hours during photoshoots
- Strong relationship-building skills and ability to balance many projects at once and meet tight deadlines
- Access to personal photo/video equipment including digital cameras
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
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Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
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Hearing 2: Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
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Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
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Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
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Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
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Visual Acuity: Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
SCHEDULE: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Occasional evenings and weekends as needed.
RETIREMENT: Pension Eligible
NJ First Act
Any Middlesex College employee hired after September 1, 2011 will have to meet the New Jersey residency law requirement.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Middlesex College is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, familial status, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for service in the armed forces of the United States, or disability.
Affirmative Action and Compliance Statement
Middlesex College is firmly committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. The College will implement this policy to assure that the educational programs, activities, services, benefits and employment opportunities offered by the College are available to all persons regardless of sex, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, nationality, color, marital status, civil union or domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, age, handicap (and/or disability), service in the armed forces, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, refusal to submit to genetic tests, or refusal to make available results of genetic tests, in accordance with State and Federal laws. All employees and students are expected to accept these principles and to reflect their spirit in everyday relationships with fellow employees and students. Inquiries regarding compliance may be directed to the Affirmative Action Officer, Middlesex College, Chambers Hall, 2600 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, New Jersey 08818-3050.