About DVFriends

Delaware Valley Friends School is a national leader educating bright students in grades 1-12 with reading, writing, and other related learning differences. The school attracts students from across the Philadelphia area and is in the midst of several years of program expansion and enrollment growth. Students receive a comprehensive, research-based, college preparatory curriculum, individualized instruction, cutting-edge assistive technologies, and successful college placement, with an emphasis on metacognition and self-advocacy within a community based on Quaker values.

About you and the role

The Digital Marketing Manager will join a collaborative and growth-minded team and report directly to the Director of Marketing & Communications. The Digital Marketing Manager monitors, develops, and posts content to the school’s social media platforms, updates the school’s website and online profiles, creates and manages online advertising, and builds relationships with other members of the DVFriends community to discover and showcase stories that reflect and resonate with our existing and prospective audiences. The Digital Marketing Manager is an integral member of the school community, providing digital marketing support to the Admissions and Development offices as needed and being present and engaged in various aspects of campus life.

Here’s a taste of what you’ll do:

• Build relationships with faculty, staff, administrators, and students to discover and develop story ideas for social media and other online marketing

• Write crisp, engaging, error-free social media posts and marketing copy that reflect the DVFriends brand and key message points

• Take photographs and video of events and happenings at school and use them in digital marketing pieces

• Carefully monitor the school’s online presence for engagement and any concerning or inappropriate activity

• Use graphic design software to develop additional visuals for stories and collateral pieces

• Ensure that the school’s website content is updated regularly

• Create and manage digital advertising campaigns on Facebook and Google

• Partner with the Director of Marketing & Communications to develop digital marketing strategies and initiatives that further the growth of the school’s online marketing presence

Your skills

You'll be the right person for this job if:

• You want to work for an organization that improves kids’ lives alongside people who share that motivation.

• You are energized by people and storytelling

• You are capable of working independently, but brainstorming ideas and collaborating with others on projects get your creative juices flowing

• You’re a digital native. Online communication platforms are one of your happy places and you understand how they fit into a larger marketing framework for a small, growing organization

• You’re an effective communicator across multiple platforms

• The Quaker S.P.I.C.E.S. (Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, Stewardship) resonate with you

• You know yourself well, faults and strengths, and approach others with empathy and generosity of spirit

• You have a growth mindset, enjoy continuous learning, and thrive with constructive feedback

• You’re willing to pitch in and support the school when and where needed

Benefits

You'll benefit from:

• A robust health insurance plan, including a school contribution that covers the employee cost and a portion of the cost for a partner and dependents.

• Generous time-off policies, including 15 vacation days the first year and 21 thereafter, and 14 holidays a year.

• Employer match of retirement plan contributions up to 6% of salary.

To get started, enter your email on the top right of this page.

You’ll answer some questions that are related to your day-to-day job. After the job closes, your answers will go through our sift process: all answers will be anonymized, randomized and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers.

If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you to the next step, which includes a set of inteviews over Zoom and/or on campus.

We are an equal opportunity employer

DVFriends is working to create a community that recognizes the strength of diversity and aspires to create an inclusive, respectful and just community. We welcome people of any race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender, gender identity and expression, age, military or veteran status, family structure, marital status, disability, citizenship status, and socioeconomic status to join our community. We do not discriminate on the basis of these characteristics in our policies or practices.