Alumni Relations Assistant, Engagement Marketing and Communications
Harvard University Alumni Affairs and Development
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Posted: 25-Mar-24
Location: USA - MA - Cambridge
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 65283BR
Job Summary
Alumni Affairs and Development (AA&D) Alumni Affairs and Development is a dedicated team supporting Harvard's advancement activity through front-line fundraising, alumni and volunteer engagement, technology, prospect management and research, business process, events, communications, and many other areas.
Our goal is to create an environment of respect that leverages the many talents, perspectives, and experiences of our employees; to deliver the strongest possible results by incorporating diverse perspectives into our daily work; and to make AA&D a great place to work for everyone. We strive to live our values of respect, inclusion, trust, collaboration, continuous improvement and innovation; and open communication and effective information sharing in our daily interactions and our work.
AA&D is comprised of the University Development Office (UDO), Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Development, AA&D Resources, the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), and the Office of the Vice President (OVP).
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) is the University-wide alumni association for Harvard University. It is also the home to the Harvard College and Radcliffe College alumni/ae association and the staff that support them. In its University-wide capacity, the HAA serves alumni of all eleven schools at Harvard in a manner supportive of and complementary to the work of the individual school alumni offices. Harvard University alumni span the globe at nearly 400,000 strong – more than 327,000 are in the USA, with 204 international countries represented.
This Alumni Relations Assistant role provides supports work across Harvard Alumni Association's (HAA) Engagement Marketing and Communications (EMC) team. Key aspects of the position include supporting the work of the Marketing Strategist in the creation of email newsletters; providing support and back-up coverage for the Digital Content Strategist's work managing the HAA's four social media channels, including social posting, scheduling, and some content creation; regularly updating monthly data reports; and providing primary administration support to all members of the EMC team, especially the Senior Director and Senior Associate Director.
Position Description
In support of the Marketing Strategist, plays a key role in curating content and events from across Harvard for the EMC team's weekly and monthly newsletters;
Regularly monitors four HAA social media networks, which includes tracking replies, retweets, and communicating regularly with the Digital Content Strategist about any issues or flags that arise. This position also manages responding to direct messages across a variety of social networks to ensure alumni outreach receives a timely response;
Provides writing support for Twitter, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, and Facebook content;
Manages regular social listening and reporting tools, creating and sharing reports on social media trends and sentiment on a regular basis.
Manages moving pieces on most team email projects including submitting projects with complete information to our email queue, supporting or managing the email testing process, and running point on all email proofreading.
Pulls all data and analytics across email, web, and social media channels in advance of the EMC team's monthly reporting meetings;
Provides back-up social media coverage at key HAA and Harvard events in support of the Digital Content Strategist;
Performs archival and other research to support the marketing efforts of the EMC team;
Provides regular administrative support to the Senior Director and Senior Associate Director and other team members as needed;
Manages the EMC team's proofreading queue;
Makes updates and build pages on alumni.harvard.edu on an as needed basis;
As needed, manages vendor who provides captioning for all HAA video content and regularly manages YouTube uploads of videos to the HAA YouTube channel;
Provides back-up support for HAA phone line as needed;
Manages and updates the EMC team's section on the Alumni Affairs and Development intranet (
About Harvard University Alumni Affairs and Development
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Harvard has more than 360,000 alumni around the world. The University has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a truly global education. Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States.