https://alumnijobs.cofc.edu Latest ALUMNI CAREER CENTER Jobs Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:56:46 Z https://alumnijobs.cofc.edu/jobs/rss/22233489/sr-manager-content-business-operations https://alumnijobs.cofc.edu/jobs/rss/22233489/sr-manager-content-business-operations Arlington, VA, The Senior Manager, Business Operations plays a key role in supporting the financial health and operational effectiveness of ISTE+ASCD’s Integrated Content division, overseeing budget strategy, managing business relationships, and coordinating deliverables across journalism, research, and multimedia production. This position project manages grant-funded initiatives, ensures analytics and audience engagement data are translated into actionable insights, and works closely with the Managing Director, Integrated Content to identify opportunities to strengthen efficiency, grow grant funding and advertising revenue, and ensure the long-term financial sustainability of ISTE+ASCD short-form content. Essential Functions and Responsibilities 1. Business Development Strategy and Operations Manage the department's budget and business strategy, overseeing forecasting and reconciliation and striving to attain advertising and sponsorship revenue. Support team in external partner (client) invoice work, contract and agreement fulfillment, including monitoring and approving contractor invoices. Represent Integrated Content internally and externally with cross-functional partnerships, colleagues, peer organizations, and industry stakeholders. Play a lead role in managing operations, defining audience strategy and development, website auditing, and analytics reporting. Serve as the point of contact and signatory for internal and external programs and processes (including social media accounts). 2. Philanthropic Revenue Support Support relationship maintenance with funders (led by the Strategic Partnerships Team) by preparing materials, coordinating communications, and ensuring follow-through on commitments. Work closely with the ISTE+ASCD Strategic Partnerships Team to align resources and support cross-organizational philanthropic initiatives. Compile and present audience engagement and impact data to support grant reporting and funder communications. 3. Earned Revenue Support Manage relationships with third-party vendors, overseeing contract and agreement compliance, monitoring revenue and sales performance against established goals, and proactively identifying strategies to grow and optimize advertising and sponsorship revenue. Provide support to Creative Studio team implementing delivery of sponsored content. PRIORITY WILL BE PROVIDED TO CANDIDATES LIVING IN THE DC METRO AREA(MD, DC, or Northern VA); you will be REQUIRED to come into the Arlington, VA office one day per week. Qualifications Knowledge Bachelor's degree required, ideally in education, business, nonprofit management, or a related field. Familiarity with grant processes and philanthropic funding cycles. Business development knowledge, especially in mission-driven or nonprofit contexts. Familiarity with HubSpot, Salesforce, Asana, and Google Analytics. Skills and Abilities Excellent data and financial analysis and reporting skills. Strong organizational skills: managing and tracking multiple overlapping projects and relationships with varied deliverables. Ability to navigate potentially competing interests and find areas of alignment across teams with different functions and priorities. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex content strategy and impact data into clear, persuasive narratives for philanthropic partners and internal stakeholders. Strong systems orientation with a track record of implementing and enhancing tools and processes, developing new solutions, and staying well-informed of new and emerging options. Capability to operate within lean environments with limited resources and the need to create new processes. Proficient with Google Suite, budgeting software, project management tools, and remote-work team software. Critical Success Factors / Leadership Attributes Must be able to create value for the organization. Possesses the ability to make meaning by keeping others well-informed on key issues. Applies learning by seeking new knowledge from a variety of disciplines and addressing obstacles immediately and directly. Recognizes the importance of acting together by encouraging imagination and creating opportunities for others to step up and contribute. Executes accountably by creating clear plans to achieve goals and monitoring costs, progress, and results. Continuously reinvents by demonstrating the ability to adapt and change. Leads self by setting a personal example of authenticity and inspiring others. Experience 5–10 years of work experience across education, business operations, partnerships, and project management. Experience coordinating or project managing grant-funded initiatives; familiarity with philanthropic funding in education, journalism, or research is a plus. Experience working in or alongside digital media, journalism, or content organizations preferred. Experience managing department or divisional budgets. Experience with analytics platforms (e.g., Google Analytics) and a track record of using audience data to inform strategy and reporting. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:07:46 -0400 https://alumnijobs.cofc.edu/jobs/rss/22218541/editorial-director-journalism https://alumnijobs.cofc.edu/jobs/rss/22218541/editorial-director-journalism Arlington, VA, POSITION SUMMARY The Editorial Director, Journalism, oversees journalism content and strategy for EdSurge, ISTE+ASCD's digital news platform, managing a small team of 3 education reporters, editing stories, overseeing newsletters, and directing grant deliverables and budget strategy. This role serves as the primary point of contact for journalism grants. The position requires a creative, collaborative leader and storyteller who is fluent across multimedia formats and able to partner effectively across a complex, mission-driven organization. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES . Drive and oversee EdSurge and ISTE+ASCD’s journalism strategy and integration across organizational platforms. Review, approve, and assign story pitches to staff reporters and editors, including articles, podcasts, and newsletter content. Manage reporters, guide story development through editing and feedback, and foster a strong reporting culture.  Develop and manage the editorial budget, including overseeing grant-funded journalism initiatives and ensuring responsible stewardship of resources. Serve as a confident, credible partner to high-level grantors and philanthropic stakeholders. Stay abreast of emerging publishing platforms and analytics tools (like GA4) to improve workflows, content dissemination and experiment with new story formats. Produce investigative and analytical journalism. Set and maintain the editorial style guide to ensure consistent standards. Preserve the editorial independence and journalistic integrity of the organization’s media platforms. Develop new content and content-delivery approaches, including multimedia features, video and podcast production, and cross-platform social and digital media projects, with a creative eye toward emerging storytelling formats. Lead interdepartmental editorial projects and initiatives. Collaborate with cross-functional teams on business and operational integration of media platforms, including marketing, technology, and events programming. PRIORITY WILL BE PROVIDED TO CANDIDATES LIVING IN THE DC METRO AREA (MD, DC, or Northern VA); you will be REQUIRED to come into the Arlington, VA, office one day per week. Qualifications Knowledge Deep understanding of journalism principles and ethics. Knowledge of digital publishing strategies, tools, and platforms. Fluency in the social and digital media landscape, including platform strategy, audience development, and content distribution. Skills and Abilities Exceptional editing and reporting skills. Deep creative instincts for storytelling across formats, including long-form journalism, video, podcast, and social/digital media. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and build strong relationships across teams, functions, and organizational levels. Ability to make fast, well-reasoned editorial and operational decisions in a deadline-driven environment. Strong interpersonal and communication skills for engaging with high-level grantors, funders, and external partners. Critical Success Factors / Leadership Attributes  Must be able to create value for the organization. Possesses the ability to make meaning by keeping others well-informed on the big issues. Can hire and cultivate talent who are strong contributors to the organization.  Applies learning by seeking new learning from a variety of disciplines and addressing obstacles immediately and directly.  Recognizes the importance of acting together by encouraging imagination and creating opportunities for others to step up and contribute. Executes accountably by creating clear plans to achieve goals and monitoring costs, progress, and results. Sets a personal example of authenticity and inspires others to want to follow their lead.   Experience Bachelor’s degree or higher in journalism, communications, or a related field. At least 6 years of reporting and editing experience, including time at a journalism enterprise. Demonstrated portfolio of published articles. Experience leading content strategy for an organization or team and managing staff. Demonstrated experience with video, podcast, and social/digital media content production and strategy. Experience in covering K-12 education is strongly preferred.   WORK ENVIRONMENT Normal demands associated with a deadline-driven office environment. The noise level is generally quiet to moderate. Daily contact with external customers, vendors, colleagues, associates, supervisors, and staff at all levels of the organization.   PHYSICAL DEMANDS Ability to remain at a desk for extended periods of time. Ability to communicate and exchange information with others. Ability to move about to coordinate work in areas of varying heights. Ability to perceive and inspect records in a document management system.  Ability to operate general office equipment. Ability to travel to off-site meetings. Ability to lift, carry, move, or position objects weighing up to 10 pounds.  Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:55:45 -0400