Part Time Digital Content Planner Friend Magazine

Part Time Digital Content Planner 2:
The Friend Magazine

Salt Lake City, UT, United States

To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

The Digital Content Planner 2 plays a vital role in fulfilling the mission of Church magazines to help God’s children joyfully live the gospel of Jesus Christ. This role is responsible for helping to plan, create, and coordinate the publishing of multimedia content—including written, video, and visual media—for children and parents across digital platforms such as The Friend social media channels and email and the Gospel for Kids You Tube channel.

The ideal candidate has a deep love for the gospel of Jesus Christ, a passion for teaching children and families the gospel in clear and simple ways, and the creative and technical skills to produce engaging, inspiring digital content.

This is a part-time position. Hybrid and remote work are a possibility for the right candidate.

Content Leadership and Planning

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, print stories and articles.

Work with video content creators, including social reels and You Tube content.

Collaboration and Coordination

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.

Analytics and Continuous Improvement

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.

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

• Principles of content strategy
• Doctrines of the restored gospel and their application to children and family audiences

Preferred

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.

To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment.

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Children and parents are consistently served with uplifting, engaging, and spiritually strengthening content.
• Digital channels show strong engagement and alignment with editorial goals.
• Content is delivered on time, on brand, and to quality standards.
• The team experiences strong collaboration, creativity, and shared purpose.
• Content strategies continuously improve based on feedback and performance data.

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