Position Available: New Media Manager (Apply by: Friday, Oct. 20)
About the position:
We’re looking for a tech visionary/people person. The New Media Manager plays several
key roles in our small office: managing and innovating our online presence and building
an online community of nonprofit communicators, leading production of our annual
media guide, and overseeing our database and office technology. The ideal candidate
will have experience in and familiarity with both nonprofits and the news business.
About the Workshop
At Community Media Workshop, journalists and communications experts connect the
community with the media to promote news that matters. We offer media and public
relations coaching to nonprofit communicators and serve as a matchmaker between
those who have stories to tell about making communities stronger or better places and
journalists looking for sources off the beaten track. We do this through training and
consulting nonprofits and by providing background on nonprofit groups to news media,
and through a Making Media Connections event that brings together nonprofit
communicators and journalists. Started in 1989, the Workshop is based at Columbia
College Chicago in the South Loop.
Responsibilities:
1. Build community online:
 Strengthen existing and develop new relationships with nonprofit communicators and
journalists in Chicago and the Midwest,
 Lead initiatives to communicate via diverse new-media platforms with
appropriateness, accuracy, and clarity—both traditional (eg Web site, CMS, Listserv)
and Web 2.0 (eg RSS, audio/video, mobile);
 Produce and edit content and supervise web site’s back end including some ecommerce functions, and
 Manage IT consultants as needed.
2. Lead production of our annual media guide, Getting On Air & Into Print:
 Oversee all aspects of production, from setting annual schedule to research to data
entry to formatting, page layout, and printing, including supervising staff and
consultants’ contributions;
 Ensure guide accuracy, timeliness, and usability in CD-ROM plus print editions, and
 Contribute to marketing efforts.
3. Manage office IT:
 Manage office technology including server, regular back ups, and oversee purchases
of all software/hardware.
 Maintain healthy database (FileMaker 6.0v4 currently, upgrade to FileMaker 10
planned) including supervising staff members’ input and use of data, and
 Oversee technology consultants as needed.
4. Other:
 Train nonprofit communicators on new media; represent organization
locally/nationally as needed, and
 Other projects as appropriate.
Qualifications:
Demonstrated expertise with Web publishing technologies (social networking tools,
content management systems, image optimization, message boards and forums, etc.);
Demonstrated expertise with online style guidelines and online community standards;
Ability to actively participate in problem resolution, reacting positively and quickly to
changing dynamics;
Ability to work independently or collaboratively within strict deadlines;
Self-motivated creative mind who values collaboration and working with a diverse team;
Exceptional organization skills, high attention to detail and excellent communication;
Comfortable in a Mac environment; experience with graphic design a plus;
Familiar with both nonprofits and journalism ideal; Good sense of humor;
Bachelor’s degree required.
Compensation/Application information:
$40,000 to $50,000 with benefits. This is a full-time position.
Email resume and cover letter to: Gordon Mayer, Vice President/Senior Trainer,
Community Media Workshop at Columbia College, 600 South Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois 60605, 312-344-6404 fax, gordon@newstips.org. Email preferred; no
calls, please. Women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply.