Careers

Reporting to the Director of Marketing and Communications, the Digital Content & Social Media Coordinator is responsible for sharing the Forest Ridge School story through a variety of digital platforms and plays a vital role in creating and implementing the School’s visual branding and messaging. The ideal candidate will be extremely nimble with technology and able to quickly master new software, apps and equipment. The Digital Content & Social Media Coordinator works with departments across the School, including Development, Enrollment Management and Academics on projects such as social media content and graphics development, web page creation and maintenance, brochure and collateral design, photography and video production. Strong graphic design skills and an eye for design are essential for this role.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Graphic Design:
  • Works with Director of Marketing and Communications to craft compelling visual storytelling content for use across social media, brochures, ads, website and other mediums as needed
  • Create materials for multiple school departments, including Enrollment Management, Development, Academics and the Head’s office, designing programs, flyers, brochures, signs and more
• Social Media & Digital Communications:
  • Develop an annual social media plan along with the Director of Marketing and Communications that aligns with and supports the School’s overall marketing and communication strategy and strategic goals
  • Manage, execute and report on measurable social media strategy and goals that continues to build strong engagement and brand advocacy through primary social media channels
  • Write content and design social media posts and graphics across the school’s social media channels
  • Monitor social media channels and engage with audience using sound judgement in a timely manner
  • Report on analytics for social media and use data to drive decisions for future digital communications and outreach
  • Steward the School’s editorial and brand standards by ensuring consistency and visual integrity on all communications
  • Write content for, design and send email communications using school’s email system (including weekly school newsletter) to various school constituents
  • Stay up to date with digital marketing trends, strategies and new technologies
  • Manage email distribution lists
• Website Maintenance:
  • Serve as front-end website administrator and designer
  • Update pages with new content, information, graphics, photos, etc.
  • Create new pages as necessary
• Photography & Videography:
  • Shoot and edit photo and video for use on social media and the website
  • Depending on candidate skills, shoot photos and video of a variety of constituents, including students, faculty and staff, etc. for use across social media, website and marketing materials
• Technology:
  • Act as primary organizer of the school’s marketing photo and video storage folders
  • Maintain email lists used for communications to parents, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and prospective students
• Writing/Copy Editing:
  • Revise and edit communications from multiple departments to ensure alignment with the School’s brand guidelines with oversight from the Director of Marketing and Communications
  • Ability to write compelling captions for social media
  • Ability to write content for emails to various groups across the school (parents, students, alumni, donors, prospective families) as needed
  • Ability to proofread and copy edit content for faculty and staff including, but not limited to, Head of School, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Director of Institutional Advancement and others across School community

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree preferred; Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in marketing, graphic design, communications or a related field
• Preferred 2+ years relevant marketing, social media and graphic design experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Enthusiasm about working in a school setting
• High level of initiative, proven ability to work independently and as a member of a team, good time-management skills, and ability to work within tight deadlines
• Strong Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign Skills
• Experience using email marketing software (Constant Contact, HubSpot, etc.)
• Knowledge of content management systems and website maintenance (Wordpress, etc.)
• Working knowledge of html
• Strong creative eye for graphic design, photography and video production
• Eagerness to stay ahead of trends in social media, graphic design and marketing
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter with ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
• An eagerness to learn new approaches and a positive attitude
• Interpersonal skills, including the desire to work in a collaborative environment
• Excellent diplomacy skills with respect to enforcing quality standards with school constituencies
• Excellent time-management skills
• Work under tight deadlines with high attention to detail
• Strong work ethic
• General digital literacy (use of a laptop, connecting to the network, internet safety, operating a network phone system and copier system, etc.), intermediate to advanced skills in MS Office Suite products (Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.), web applications such as Google Suite, video conferencing software, etc. as appropriate to job duties; ability to master common automated systems, and confidently learn new technology
• Ability to sit and keyboard up to 8 hours per day
• Ability to talk on the phone
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds
• Ability to walk around campus
• Ability to successfully pass both initial and periodic federal, state and local background checks
• Some local travel required
• Flexibility, maturity, and a good sense of humor

To Apply: To apply for this position, please email a cover letter, resume and a portfolio or relevant graphic design work (if applicable) to Erika White '04, Director of Marketing and Communications, at ewhite@forestridge.org.

Forest Ridge is seeking a Science and Math teacher for two sections of 8th grade life science, one section of Algebra 1, and a high school Environmental Science course.  

The successful candidate:  

• Builds connections between science and other academic disciplines 
• Implements instruction that engages students and is differentiated to meet the needs of diverse learners
• Works collaboratively with colleagues and under the direction of the department chair and the Director of Teaching and Learning  
• Supports the school’s mission by participating in and attending required meetings, professional development and events  

Qualifications:  

An ideal candidate will hold a degree in a relevant subject area; a master’s degree is preferred. S/he will have teacher certification in Washington state, two to five years of teaching experience and a demonstrated ability to teach science to students from beginners to advanced. Forest Ridge is a one-to-one laptop school; experience with technology is also preferred. 

Personal Qualifications:  

• A personal understanding of and commitment to the Goals and Criteria of a Sacred Heart Education  
• Experience working with a diverse constituency 
• Demonstrated commitment to learning and promoting best practices in global education. 

Salary/Benefits: Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding employees through competitive compensation.  

Application Process: Qualified applicants should email a cover letter and resume to Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Attn: Teri Anderson, Director of High School Operations, at tanderson@forestridge.org. This position is open until filled.

Forest Ridge is seeking a theater director to oversee all aspects of the planning and production of the high school’s after-school theater program. The director will be responsible for all aspects (technical, costuming, sounds, etc.) of two annual performances. This is a contract position. Additional teaching could be added, depending on the interests and skills of the person selected. 

Responsibilities 

• Provide the vision, skills, and knowledge to instruct students in all facets of theater production. 
• Conduct audition workshops. 
• Audition, callback, and cast students for assigned show. 
• Teach acting principles, techniques, styles, script analysis, character development, as well as conduct exercises in voice and speech, movement for the actors, improvisation skills and additional warm-up or specialty exercises as needed for performance. 
• Director will lead the production team schedule bi-monthly production meetings as well as two pre-production meetings.  
• Create a learning environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social and emotional development of students and aligned with the stated mission of the school. 
• Establish and disperse rehearsal, production-meeting and production-week schedules. 
• Attend two set builds on scheduled Saturdays. 
• Establish communication and coordinate with families about schedules and volunteer opportunities. 
• Create production program. 
• Guide and oversee student production assistants during the rehearsal period in activities that include stage management, backstage crew, and booth crew.  

Qualifications 

• A minimum of two years of theater teaching experience and familiarity with stage management, set design, lighting and audio. 
• A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a related field. Washington state teaching certificate is preferred but not required. 
• Successful completion of a background check, including fingerprinting. 
• Experience teaching high-school aged students is preferred. Must enjoy working with teenagers. 
• Flexibility when extra rehearsals and/or tech week require longer time commitments. 

Salary/Benefits: Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding employees through competitive compensation.  

Application Process: Qualified applicants should email a cover letter and resume to Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Attn: Teri Anderson, Director of High School Operations, at tanderson@forestridge.org. This position is open until filled. 

Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart does not discriminate in its employment decisions or practices on the basis of gender, age, race, color, marital status, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or any disability that can be reasonably accommodated in the administration of its educational policies and school-administered programs.