Part Time Digital Content Planner: The Friend Magazine

About This Role

This role is responsible for helping to plan, create, and coordinate the publishing of multimedia content for children and parents across digital platforms for Church magazines. The ideal candidate will have a passion for teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ in clear and simple ways to children and families.

Responsibilities

• Pitch creative content ideas that engage children and parents and promote key gospel messages
• Help shape and maintain a content plan that supports editorial priorities and audience needs
• Write clear, engaging, child-friendly copy for social media, email, online articles, and print stories
• Work with video content creators, including social reels and YouTube content
• Work cohesively with a team of creators, editors, and partners
• Reach out to contacts locally and globally to request and gather content
• Collaborate with team members to ensure content aligns with Church standards, brand voice, and spiritual objectives
• Help evaluate what content resonates best with audiences and apply those insights to future planning
• Participate in ongoing refinement of content approaches, formats, and storytelling methods
• Monitor trends and analytics in digital and social media to inform content strategy and improve effectiveness for The Friend channels and audiences

Requirements

• Strong written and oral communication skills, including solid copyediting ability
• Demonstrated experience creating content for social media, including filming and editing video
• Experience using analytics and data to inform content or communication strategy
• Ability to work under deadlines and consistently complete tasks on time
• Sufficient understanding of principles of content strategy
• Sufficient understanding of doctrines of the restored gospel and their application to children and family audiences

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 3 years of professional experience in communication, social media, content creation, or related fields

Nice to Have

• Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro or similar video editing software
• Experience creating content specifically for children or family audiences
• Familiarity with social media management platforms such as Sprinklr
• Experience working in a collaborative editorial or publishing environment

Skills

* Required skills