Berkeley Carroll is a pre-K through Grade 12 college preparatory school of close to 1,000 students located in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn in New York City. Our vibrant intellectual community draws students from all over the city. Admission to the school is competitive, and both our parents and students value achievement and community.

The Berkeley Carroll School seeks a dynamic Communications & Social Media Coordinator to join its Marketing and Communications team. This role is key to enhancing the School’s visibility, engagement, and communication strategies across various platforms. The ideal candidate will have exceptional writing skills and the capacity to craft compelling stories that resonate with our community. This position reports to the Director of Strategic Communications.

Successful candidates will possess current knowledge and experience with social media, digital, and print communications as well as an interest in the education field. They should have exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills and be able to work efficiently while producing quality, detailed work.

As an internal reporter for the school, they will regularly attend and document school events and activities. This content will be utilized for social media posts, as well as for updates on the school's website and magazine.  

Key responsibilities:

• Manage and curate the school's social media channels: identify, attend and document events and activities, and create interesting, compelling content in the school's voice
• Suggest social media strategies that leverage the strengths of Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn 
• Expand key social media stories into longer form articles for the school’s website and magazine
• Perform internal and external communications projects as assigned. This includes updating News Stories on the school’s website, and helping to organize a photo bank with teammates, as well as copy-editing various school documents and communications collateral as directed.

Note: School events sometimes occur before 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m., so the ability and willingness to attend them (with reasonable notice) is important.

Qualifications:

• A bachelors' degree and a minimum of two years of work experience in communications, marketing, journalism or a related field
• Excellent writing and editing skills
• Demonstrated recent experience curating and managing social media channels and creating content for them, including covering and taking photos at events
• Strong organizational skills, with an ability to successfully manage multiple projects, think out-of-the-box, and work under deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills 
• An ability to build relationships with multiple diverse constituencies
• Experience with Finalsite or another CMS is helpful
• Basic HTML, and experience working with Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Hootsuite and other social media management platforms is desirable

To Apply:

Interested candidates should send a resume, cover letter, list of references, portfolio containing relevant work you are most proud of, and completed Berkeley Carroll Employment Application to Director of Strategic Communications Joanna Rodriguez Dugan at jrodriguezdugan@berkeleycarroll.org. 

The start date for this position is summer or early fall 2024. 

Salary and benefits are highly competitive and will be offered based upon experience and credentials. The salary range for this position is $55K-70K. 

Berkeley Carroll is committed to creating an environment that includes a diversity of perspectives and to cultivating an equitable, inclusive learning community in which everyone has the opportunity to experience a sense of belonging. Candidates with a demonstrated commitment to and experience with diversity, equity or inclusion work are especially encouraged to apply. For more information, visit www.berkeleycarroll.org. 

About Berkeley Carroll:

The Berkeley Carroll School is an independent, nonsectarian, co-ed pre-K through Grade 12 day school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. 

A passion for learning is at the heart of Berkeley Carroll. The school is an intellectual, creative, and equitable community where devoted teachers challenge and engage talented students. The demanding curriculum and vibrant civic life prepare the diverse graduates for success in college and for the greater endeavor—a life of critical, ethical, and global thinking. Berkeley Carroll is committed to an inclusive program and a diverse faculty and student body.