Wayne State University is searching for an experienced Digital Content & Communities Assistant at its Detroit campus location.

Wayne State is a premier, public, urban research university located in the heart of Detroit, Michigan where students from all backgrounds are offered a rich, high-quality education. Our deep-rooted commitment to excellence, collaboration, integrity, diversity and inclusion creates exceptional educational opportunities which prepare students for success in a global society.

Essential functions (job duties):

POSITION PURPOSE

Assist with the development of WDET’s digital content and communications to reach and build relationships with new audiences. Implement strategies to grow WDET’s online communities and engage members in a way that cultivates loyalty, user creativity and viral energy.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Assist with the creation and incorporation of daily content into the WDET website.

Collaborate with a network of staff journalists; cultivate relationships with a network of diverse contributors and source out of house material for incorporation into daily content streams.

Assist in quality assurance of all digital content.

Develop brand defining communications across multiple social media, social networking and UGC outlets with niche web communities and blog.

Engage and grow a wide, diverse community of listener advocates and foster WDET’s ability to learn and adapt through perpetual audience and community engagement.

Serve in a liaison and resource capacity and remain current with industry developments and trends.

Assist in the gathering and preparation of data and audience analysis.

Perform related duties as assigned.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Coordinate activities to provide content and increase participation in WDET’s digital channels. Assist with the training and motivation of internal and external contributors. This position reports directly to the Digital Manager.

This position is bump ineligible.

This position is 100% on site.

Qualifications:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Graduation from an accredited college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience. Major coursework in mass communications, broadcast journalism or related field preferred.

Reasonable previous related job experience.

Demonstrated experience developing digital/multimedia content through a CMS and in depth understanding of CMS software.

Reasonable understanding of HTML and CSS.

Proven ability to build and engage in communities through social media.

Superior verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including high level understanding of digital metrics.

THIS DESCRIPTION IS INTENDED TO INDICATE THE TYPES OF TASKS AND LEVELS OF WORK DIFFICULTY THAT WILL BE REQUIRED OF POSITIONS THAT WILL BE GIVEN THIS TITLE AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS DECLARING WHAT THE SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ANY PARTICULAR POSITION SHALL BE. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO LIMIT OR IN ANY WAY MODIFY THE RIGHT OF ANY SUPERVISOR TO ASSIGN, DIRECT, AND CONTROL THE WORK OF EMPLOYEES UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION. THE USE OF A PARTICULAR EXPRESSION OR ILLUSTRATION DESCRIBING DUTIES SHALL NOT BE HELD TO EXCLUDE OTHER DUTIES NOT MENTIONED THAT ARE OF A SIMILAR KIND OR LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY.

School/College/Division:

Generic Division

Primary department:

H8703

Employment type:

• Regular Employee
• Job type: Full Time
• Job category: Staff/Administrative

Funding/salary information:

• Compensation type: Annual Salary
• Hourly rate:
• Salary minimum: $51,274.00
• Salary hire maximum: $61,531.00

Job openings:

• Number of openings: 1
• Reposted position: No
• Reposted reason: None (New Requisition)
• Prior posting/requisition number:

Background check requirements:

University policy requires certain persons who are offered employment to undergo a background check, including a criminal history check, before starting work. If you are offered employment, the university will inform you if a background check is required

Watch President Trump’s news conference live, scheduled at 11 a.m. 

President Donald Trump claimed overnight that the United States carried out airstrikes in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro, following a series of explosions and fires reported around Caracas in the early hours of the morning. Read the full article from NPR.

Live coverage begins on NPR at 8 a.m. during Weekend Edition Saturday.

Listen live at 101.9 FM or stream on wdet.org/live

Macomb County Executive Mark A. Hackel delivers his annual address which includes a wide-range of topics, including accomplishments, challenges, partnerships and important initiatives aimed at building the future of the 27 distinct municipalities that make up Macomb County.

The event will air live and can be viewed on the Macomb County website.

https://www.macombgov.org/departments/office-county-executive/2025-state-macomb-county

WDET’s Holiday On Air Fundraiser is underway. The weeklong event, running December 2–8, begins with a message of gratitude for the community that has supported the station throughout a challenging year for public media.

More than 12,000 members helped sustain WDET in the past year, with many offering additional gifts. Local businesses and nonprofit organizations also played a key role by underwriting programs, contributing to fundraisers and silent auctions, and providing meals during on-air fundraisers. Event attendees and foundation partners further supported WDET’s broadcasts and community engagement work.

With that strong foundation of support, WDET is now aiming to welcome 250 first-time members this week. Visit wdet.org/give to become a new member.

Give the gift of WDET

Listeners can now give a WDET gift membership to friends or family. When the recipient is new to the station, the gift helps WDET move closer to its goal of 250 first-time supporters. Details are available at wdet.org/holiday.

Empower DRIS and emerging storytellers

Wayne State University’s Giving Tuesday campaign is also highlighting two WDET initiatives.
The May Mitchell Royal Foundation is matching up to $5,800 in gifts for DRIS, WDET’s service for listeners who are visually impaired or socially isolated. WDET also aims to raise at least $7,200 to fund internships that support training for the next generation of radio talent.

Daily gift card drawings

Throughout the fundraiser, WDET will hold daily drawings for gift cards purchased from local small business sponsors as a way to celebrate community support during the season. Tune in or follow along on social media to catch each day’s featured gift card set.

Thank you, WDET supporters

WDET thanks all listeners, donors and partners whose contributions make the station’s work possible. You put the people in people-powered radio, and we couldn’t do this without you.

There is still time to support WDET this holiday season

WDET’s Liz Warner appeared on All Songs Considered, New Music Friday discussing the best albums for November 14.

View the entire article and listen to the broadcast.

It’s Friday, it’s mid-November, and the weekly deluge of new albums felt like it was finally starting to slow down as we approach the holidays — until we looked at our Nov. 14 list of LPs, EPs, compilations and reissues and saw triple digits. There’s no offseason in this business.

The most anticipated album out this week is Summer Walker’s Finally Over It … which we did not get to hear in advance, but that didn’t stop us from marveling at the Atlanta R&B star’s promo acumen. With 26 featured guests across 18 tracks, it’s going to challenge Taylor Swift for the top spot on the Billboard 200.

Each week, we welcome a different DJ from the NPR Music network of public radio stations, and this episode’s guest is the esteemed Liz Warner from WDET in Detroit, where she hosts an eclectic program called Alternate Take.

View the entire article and listen to the broadcast.