Director of Digital Engagement

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:

- Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
- Managing 55 public buildings.
- Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
- Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
- Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
- Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It's an opportunity to provide impactful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do.

The Director of Digital Engagement will develop fun, engaging, and innovative ideas and concepts that align with Office of Communications and agency goals. They will also advise on creative strategy for marketing, graphic design, videography and photography, and other related work. The candidate will be the lead social media content creator and supervise the agency social media team.

The responsibilities are but not limited to:

- Reporting to the assistant commissioner of Public Affairs, establish and lead implementation of the creative vision for the agency’s external social media channels.

- Develop creative messaging and strategies to advance agency goals across communications channels.

- Develop and help execute the agency’s strategy and content development for social media.

- Develop creative and compelling copy, reels, and other work product to use on social media, in marketing materials, to script and support multimedia projects, and across other communications channels as directed by the assistant commissioner and director of public information.

- Provide strategic guidance and support on synergizing messaging and aligning goals across communications channels, including social media, marketing, press, and multimedia platforms.

- Supervise the digital media coordinator.

- Collaborate with colleagues across the agency to implement creative strategies.

To Apply:

Please go to www.nyc.gov/careers and search for Job ID #: 771552

For current City employees please go to www.nyc.gov/ess and log into Employee Self Service.

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1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience in one or more of the following fields: real estate management, policy analysis, urban development, public relations, journalism, fund raising, advertising, public or business administration or a related field, at least eighteen months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity or supervising personnel performing duties in one or more of the fields described above; or

2. A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have the eighteen months of administrative, managerial, executive supervisory experience described in "1" above.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.