Carnegie Mellon University is a private, global research university that stands among the world's most renowned education institutions. In a region booming with opportunities, CMU is the only U.S.-based research university offering its master's degrees with a full-time faculty, staff, and operations in Africa.

CMU-Africa seeks a passionate and experienced Impact Storytelling and Outreach Manager to join our Learning Science for Innovators (LSFI) team, working with EdTech Hubs to manage and implement storytelling projects about education technology and research.

Responsibilities

Lead the content development of the LSFI project website, social media channels, project stories/ blog, as well as other marketing and branding materials.
Collaborate across EdTech Hubs to promote LSFI offerings as key supports for the development of successful learning tools that are culturally relevant in African educational contexts.
Manage promotion for events, learning opportunities, meetups, and storytelling campaigns.
Produce branded, professional video, motion graphics, and interviews for marketing and capturing program impact.
Manage external narratives on channels like project websites, LinkedIn, and handle media relations.
Create an outreach strategy and implement timely and professional internal and external initiatives.
Liaise with Learning Engineers to help produce and manage digital assets by request.
Meet accessibility guidelines and language localization requirements across assets and channels.
Maintain the CMU and project's brand reputation.
Evaluate outreach initiatives and campaigns to determine their effectiveness.
Develop reporting strategies to measure outreach and narrative impacts.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in writing, media production, advertising/ marketing, journalism, education, or other related fields.
Strong portfolio demonstrating culturally relevant writing and outreach examples.
Media production skills including film, motion graphics, audio and video editing.
Graphic design experience with a visual command of color use, typography, iconography and information visualization techniques.
Experience working in outreach and education in the African context.
Experience working on multicultural and multilingual teams.
English fluency; excellent written and verbal English skills.
Proficiency in front-end technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript) and production tools (Figma, Framer) a plus.

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