GOT-IT

Public Information Specialist 2 Digital Content

Grade 23

New York State has approximately 36 positions* in this title statewide. You may view a breakdown of positions by county. This position exists in various agencies statewide. View links to all New York State agencies including agencies that have this title. For more information, New York State employees can contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322. If you are not a current New York State employee, you can use the Department of Civil Service Web site to explore possible employment opportunities.

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Career Ladder

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Summary of Job Description

Incumbents in these non-competitive positions lead digital media campaign planning, including research, development, and scheduling posts specific to departmental needs.   They also coordinate, review, and edit the posting of information to agency Facebook and Twitter accounts.  Incumbents are responsible for supervising lower-level subordinates with a Digital Content parenthetic.  They report to Public Information Specialist 3 (Digital Content).  

As a Public Information Specialist 2 (Digital Content), you would:

Monitor websites, social media sites, and digital communications to ensure that information is kept current, fresh, informative, and appealing.

Coordinate and review the upload content to YouTube and Flickr.

Perform quality assurance checks of work to ensure that all editorial and graphic assets have been uploaded properly to the page, and are free of technical issues.

Use the content management system to create, modify, and edit webpages under the direction of management.

Work with staff and serve as liaison with Information Technology staff as needed to manage HTML coding for e-mail blasts and custom media projects.

Provide support executing social media strategies.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

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Summary of Minimum Qualifications

There is currently no Min Qual details available for this title.

How to Apply

An examination is not used to fill this title. You must meet the minimum qualifications of the title in order to be considered for this position. You must apply directly to the agency or agencies that have this title.

Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience. For additional information or clarification, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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