Minimum Requirements:
Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s degree and five years of
relevant work experience is required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Demonstrated understanding of the principles, terminology, procedures, and best
practices of communications, public relations, and editorial content.
• Extensive experience in planning and implementing complex
publications/editorial projects.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize and coordinate materials
from multiple resources.
• Demonstrated ability to edit complex
stories for both style and substance.
• Exceptional attention to detail and thorough command
of editorial and proofreading skills.
• Experience producing highly effective work within the deadline and cost constraints of clients.
• Extensive experience and understanding of job-required software
applications.
• Demonstrated ability to apply ingenuity
and creativity in solving complex problems.
• Demonstrated ability to apply discretion and judgment in evaluating implications of information release
to internal and external audiences.
Preferred Requirements:
An advanced degree is highly desired.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Demonstrated
experience
editing a range of articles (e.g. op-eds, long features, profiles of
organizations) and working with a variety of authors (e.g. journalists,
academics, consultants, foundation CEOs). Must be able to take articles that
are written by people who are not professional writers and turn them into
informative and compelling articles for an intelligent yet non-academic
audience. Must be able to meet all deadlines. Must also be able to work well
with faculty, researchers, executives, and consultants who may be strong-willed
and not used to being heavily edited. Editing experience at a magazine or
website is highly desired.
•
Demonstrated experience leading and managing an editorial website or
significant portion of an editorial website. This includes developing and
implementing an editorial strategy, and managing the obtaining, editing,
publishing, and promoting of at least one original article every working day
(Monday through Friday). It also requires leading and managing SSIR’s editorial digital strategy and
operations, including leading and managing the social media efforts, insuring
all content is optimized for search, managing the look and feel of the website
itself, evaluating the effectiveness of SSIR’s
digital efforts, making sure the website is optimized for all platforms, and
other related digital tasks (using outside contractors when needed).
•
Demonstrated experience using a variety of software, applications, websites,
and other tools to create, manage, and promote Internet content, including: social
media (in particular LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter); social media tools (e.g.
TweetDeck and HootSuite); content management systems (specifically Expression
Engine); video tools and websites (e.g. YouTube,); publishing software (specifically
InDesign); photo and illustration software (e.g. Illustrator and Photoshop); and
website analytics tools (specifically Google Analytics, but also others, e.g.
Parse.ly).
• A strong work
ethic, the ability to work independently, a willingness to express one’s ideas
and opinions, an ability to work well as part of a team, and a devotion to
getting the details right.
•
Demonstrated ability to perform detailed work with high level of accuracy and
attention to detail, while meeting all deadlines.
• A passion for the
field of social innovation. Being widely read and knowledgeable about the field
social innovation, and an interest in and knowledge of related subjects—such as
politics, economics, sociology, business, and psychology—is highly desired.
Certifications and Licenses:
None
Physical Requirements*:
• Constantly
perform desk-based computer tasks.
• Frequently
stand/walk, sit, use a telephone,
and grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
•
Occasionally grasp forcefully, writing by hand.
• Rarely
sort/file paperwork; lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
* Consistent with its obligations under the
law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with
a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of
his or her job.
Working Conditions:
• Occasional
work on evenings and weekends.
Work Standards:
•
Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford
colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote
Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value
for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors
based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to
and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and
procedures,
including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's
Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.
Final offers
of employment are contingent upon successful completion of national criminal
background check, national sex offender registry search and, where applicable,
driving record.
Stanford is
an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other
characteristic protected by law.