Coordinator of Marketing and Communications (Full-Time)
To support production logistics, create marketing collaterals based on existing templates, monitor social media inboxes, and respond to inquiries to ensure online customer service, as well as day-to-day administration needs of the Marketing team as part of the general goal to foster the reputation of The Newark Museum of Art as a progressive, distinctive, and bold leader in the museum field.
This position is a hybrid, on-site/remote position with three days required on-site.
Reports to: Director of Marketing and Communications
Salary: $50,000 and a comprehensive benefits package including medical plan, dental plan, vision, life insurance, pension, 401K retirement, and generous paid time off.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Support the Director of Marketing and Communications in the day-to-day production of Marketing projects to ensure deadlines and deliverables are met
- Ensure customer service for online audiences through social media
- Perform other general administrative duties
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in a cultural or arts entertainment environment or from a related Associate or Bachelor’s degree
- Proven ability to coordinate projects according to scope, budget, and timeline under tight deadlines
- Experience in social media community management
- Skilled in Creative Cloud software and other image-editing tools
- Strong collaboration skills to work with diverse staff across different departments
- Video production, WordPress, and MailChimp experience preferred
- Understand of Teams, Microsoft Office Suite, and other communication tools suggested
- Creative, resourceful, entrepreneurial mindset, with a roll-up-your-sleeves mentality
Physical Demands/Accommodations
- May sit for long periods of time
- May conduct repetitive movement
- Use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls
The physical demands described here are representative of those that are to be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable persons with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Due to the potential high volume of submissions, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
The Newark Museum of Art is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In addition, we aspire to make the Museum and our environment – staff, audiences, artists, programs, and exhibitions – reflective of the diversity of the city of Newark and to capture the spirit of access, inclusion, and equity in all we do. We strongly encourage and welcome applicants from our BIPOC, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ communities as they must be centered in the work we do.
About The Newark Museum of Art:
We acknowledge the traditional homelands of the Lenape, also known as the Delaware, upon which The Newark Museum of Art resides
Founded in 1909, The Newark Museum of Art (NMOA) is the largest museum in New Jersey and ranks twelfth nationally in collection size, with more than 130,000 artworks and significant holdings of science and natural history. The NMOA is committed to the values of Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion by responding to the evolving needs and interests of diverse audiences through participation, visitor experiences, and community engagement.
From the ancient world to contemporary art, the Museum boasts a renowned collection of exceptional quality and depth, spanning concentrations in the Arts of Global Africa; Arts of Global Asia, featuring a Tibetan Buddhist altar; Arts of the Americas; American Art, with a particular strength in Native American art; Decorative Arts; Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean; and Science.
With a focus on welcoming everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community, the NMOA offers groundbreaking exhibitions, engaging programming, a research library with 60,000 volumes, paid internships, and impactful local and global partnerships. A four-acre campus includes the Ballantine House (1885), a National Historic Landmark; the Ward Carriage House (1860); the Old Stone School House (1784); the Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden; and Horizon Plaza. Under the leadership of Director and CEO Linda C. Harrison, the NMOA has launched an era of transformation to create an engaged citizenry by reimagining the role of the art museum in the 21st century.