Black Hawk College is hiring: Content Specialist in Moline

Black Hawk College, Moline, IL, United States

Content Specialist

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Content Specialist

Salary

$45,000.00 - $51,000.00 Annually

Location

Quad Cities Campus - Moline, IL

Job Type

Full-Time Staff

Job Number

22-00536

Department

Marketing & Public Relations

Opening Date

02/11/2026

Closing Date

Continuous

Application materials required

Resume/CV

Work Hours

Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (40 hours per week). Work hours may be flexed occasionally to support campus events, interviews, or other needs.

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General Information & Responsibilities

The Content Specialist is a high-level individual contributor responsible for developing compelling written content and stories that support the college’s marketing, enrollment, and communications goals. This role serves as a primary institutional storyteller, proactively identifying and developing content that highlights students, employees, alumni, community impact, academic programs, and campus life. The Content Specialist collaborates with the Marketing & PR team and college partners to produce accurate, engaging, and audience-focused content across web, campaigns, social media, and internal communications.

Description of Duties

Writes original, audience-focused content for website pages, feature stories, social media, marketing campaigns, recruitment and enrollment communications, and select internal communications.
Proactively identifies and develops storytelling opportunities by building relationships across the college and conducting interviews with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners.
Ensures all written content aligns with the college’s brand voice, tone, messaging standards, and audience goals.
Edits and refines content for clarity, accuracy, consistency, inclusivity, and accessibility.
Collaborates with the Director to plan content priorities and storytelling initiatives that support departmental and institutional goals.
Contributes to content calendars and campaign planning in coordination with the Director, Social Media Coordinator and Public Relations Specialist.
Assists with website content updates, including posting news stories and events, in coordination with the website administrator and established web publishing workflows.
Captures occasional smartphone photography and short-form video to support storytelling and social media content needs.
Supports department efficiency by following established workflows and timelines and contributing to content templates, guidelines, and best practices as needed.
Helps identify messaging gaps and opportunities to strengthen storytelling across campaigns and channels.
Uses appropriate tools (CMS, analytics, AI support, etc.) to enhance productivity and improve content development processes.

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, English, or a related field required.
Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in writing, content development, communications, or marketing required.
Demonstrated strong writing, interviewing, storytelling, and editing skills, along with sound judgment and the ability to work independently and proactively.
Ability to work collaboratively and manage multiple projects and deadlines with minimal supervision.
Experience in higher education communications and marketing or similar institutional setting preferred.
Photography or videography experience (professional or smartphone-based) preferred.

Familiarity with digital publishing platforms (e.g., WordPress or comparable CMS, email marketing tools, and social media publishing/scheduling tools) and accessibility best practices preferred.

Supplemental Information

Assists with additional communications and marketing projects as assigned to support institutional priorities.
Collaborates with student workers or interns on content-related projects as needed, assigning discrete tasks and providing guidance and feedback.
Provide occasional evening or weekend and on-site coverage at Quad-Cities Campus, East Campus, and other district locations as needed to support storytelling, content development, or key college events.
Reports directly to the Director of Marketing & Public Relations.
Works collaboratively with Marketing & PR staff.

While you contribute your talent and enthusiasm to BHC, as an eligible employee you will have access to outstanding health benefits, ample time off, a pension plan, educational opportunities, and much more. In this section, you will find an overview of our comprehensive and generous benefit programs. Be sure to check out the Compensation section as well.

Core Benefits

Medical

Prescription Drug Plan

Mail Order Pharmacy

Dental

Vision

Basic Life Insurance

Tuition Waiver

Employee Assistance Program

Long-Term Disability

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)/Dependent Care Account (DCA)

Paid Holidays

Sick Leave

Vacation

Personal Days

Retirement Pension Plans

State University Retirement System of Illinois (SURS): Employees working in a regular and continuous position or one in which services are expected to be rendered on a continuous basis for at least four months or one academic term, whichever is less, may be eligible to enroll in SURS. To learn more about SURS, visitwww.SURS.org.

Optional 403b Tax-Deferred Investment Program: Employees may set up a 403b plan through Empower Retirement.

Do you have Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, English, or a related field?

Do you have a Minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in writing, content development, communications, or marketing?

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Employer

Black Hawk College

Address

6600 34th Ave

Moline, Illinois, 61265

Phone

309-796-5222

309-796-5224

Website

http://www.bhc.edu