Digital Manager

Start Date: Immediate

Public Square Amplified (PSA) is an award-winning grassroots local nonprofit newsroom founded by a team of Black women with over 80 years of combined experience in the nonprofit, academic, journalism, and community organizing sectors headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. 

PSA positions journalism as a civic tool and creates a pipeline for a new cadre of local journalists of color representing their geographic and ethnic community. Our reporting centers on democracy, social and economic justice, racial equality, and the immigrant experience. 

Digital Manager reports to Executive Director. This position oversees digital and online operations of the organization.

Duties and responsibilities: 

In collaboration with the news management team, responsibilities include:

Administration 

  • Provide support to the organization as needed

    • Reporting—grants, analytics, partnerships

    • Outreach—newsletters, meetings, grants, cohorts

    • Onboarding processes

  • Provide administrative oversight when designated

  • Track digital—website and publication—processes

  • Manage the setup to and termination from all digital/virtual portals for PSA 

  • Track and problem solve security concerns

  • Serve as the point person with external parties, where necessary

Digital project management

  • Digital operations

  • Manage website 

    • Squarespace management - basic understanding of platform to include set-up, design and editing functionality

    • Building, updating and editing of website pages

    • Upload, editing and publication of news articles - may include minor editing and graphic design for weekly publications

    • Upload, editing and publication of community events - both adding to calendar and posting of events

  • Track and report analytics

  • Manage Google Workspace operations

  • Troubleshoot technical issues

  • Oversight of access and permissions on website operations

  • Project manage public engagement events

Community Engagement

  • Outreach to community partners 

  • Support the development of community partnerships that support the mission of the organization including communication with community partners, and the monthly community events newsletter 

Skills/Experience: 

  • Project management 

  • Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

  • Proficient in Squarespace and other news platforms, Mailchimp, Google Workspace, AirTable, Donorbox

  • Familiar with Canva a plus

  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

  • Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills

  • Open to learning new approaches and methods

  •  Bachelor's degree or equivalent education/experience

Reporting: Contractor will report to the Executive Director/Publisher

Timeline: TBD

Compensation: TBD

Time: 10-15 hours/ weekly

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