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Content Specialist roles are a strong fit for OPT work authorization. Most positions require a degree in communications, marketing, English, or journalism, and F-1 students on OPT can work full-time for any employer willing to hire without sponsorship. Your 12-month OPT window starts the moment your EAD arrives.
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This position requires on-site presence in Vancouver, Washington, with a hybrid work schedule (3 days/week).
Summary and Qualifications:
Support our recruiting team hire talent by making our employer value proposition clear to our prospects and candidates.
Work on projects big and small to develop and create strategy, implement campaigns and get into the details of the metrics to assess success on a number of levels.
Facilitate associate storytelling, craft print and digital content, develop national and localized campaigns, evolve our career website, and be a champion of all items relating to our employer brand.
Essential Responsibilities and Tasks:
- Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team.
- Collaborate with recruiters and agency partners to deliver highly-targeted localized campaigns to drive interest in, and applications to, open roles at Banfield.
- Build relationships and influence with business partners such as, marketing, corporate affairs, EI&D and talent acquisition teams.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to redefine and adopt Banfield’s evolving employer brand and employee value proposition - bringing Banfield associates stories to life for candidates in a compelling way.
- Manage cross-format content creation, research, scheduling, and publication/delivery across all channels (career site, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, social media, Industry partners etc.).
- Lead paid recruitment digital marketing channels: use data to rigorously assess channel effectiveness, prioritize based on business requirements, and develop an effective marketing mix to achieve application goals.
- Stay in tune with competitive landscape, industry trends and identify opportunities to invest in employer branding opportunities (conference sponsorships, new platforms, etc.).
- Manage data reporting and identify actionable insights; analyze and share metrics for all programs/channels and continuously seek to improve engagement.
- Continually identify and act on opportunities for ways to evolve Banfield’s employer brand and candidate experience through innovative solutions.
- Assist with coordinating industry, student and recruitment events (i.e., industry conferences, open houses, career fairs, and recruitment training).
- Actively share thought leadership on social media, influencing social media growth through daily channel engagement.
- Keep up to date of next-generation sources of and approaches for generating pipelines.
- Track budget and recruitment marketing calendar.
- Have a thorough understanding of the Banfield Employer Value Proposition, promote the brand as an employer of choice to both internal and external audiences.
- Other job duties as assigned.
Special Working Conditions:
- Ability to work at a computer for long periods of time.
- Project timelines and work volume/deadlines may often require more than 40 hours per week to complete essential duties of this job.
- Must have mental processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics and language ability (reading, writing, and speaking the English language) to perform the duties proficiently.
- Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form and to solve problems involving several variables.
- Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds.
- Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm-hand-finger dexterity with the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard and operate necessary equipment.
- The noise level in the work environment is normally moderate.
- Environment where pets are present.
Experience, Education and/or Training:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, Advertising, Marketing, Digital Design or a similar discipline is required, or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Three years Talent Acquisition, Marketing, or Digital Marketing Experience is required.
- Experience in national and localized recruitment marketing strategy (i.e. media buy, content development, programmatic advertising, tracking and reportings) is required.
- Experience with successful oversight of careers website, ATS and systems integration, building landing pages, email campaigns, and other digital assets are required.
- Experience developing reports, analyzing, and making decisions off of data is required.
The pay range for this role is $92,400 - $115,500.
The pay range listed reflects a general hiring range for the area, with the specific rate determined based on the candidate’s experience, skill level, abilities, and education, and may vary depending on location and schedule.
Benefits:
Here at Banfield, we prioritize your well-being and professional growth by offering a comprehensive total rewards package, including health, wellness, and financial support for you, your family, and even your pets. Check out some of our “Meow-velous” benefits:
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance: Enjoy peace of mind knowing your health and wellness are our top priorities. We've got your essential medical, dental, and vision care covered.
- Generous Retirement Plans (401(k) and Roth): Invest in your future and enjoy a generous company match to help you build a secure financial future.*
- Paid Time Off and Holidays: Take a break, recharge your wellbeing, and celebrate days of personal significance with paid time off and holidays.*
- Top-Tier Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources: Your mental health matters. Access our industry-leading resources, including free coaching and counseling sessions, to support your overall wellbeing and help you thrive.*
- Associate Life Insurance (company-paid) & Supplemental Life Insurance: Protect your loved ones with our company-paid Associate life insurance and have the option to purchase additional coverage for extra peace of mind.
- Company-Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability: Feel secure knowing that if you face a temporary or long-term disability, you’ll have financial protection.
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA): Save on healthcare and dependent care expenses by setting aside pre-tax money. It's a smart way to manage your budget and take care of your needs.
- Health Savings Account (HSA): Make the most of your healthcare dollars with a tax-advantaged HSA, allowing you to pay for medical expenses with pre-tax funds.
- Paid Parental Leave: We support growing families with paid parental leave for both birth and adoption, giving you precious time to bond with your new family addition.
- Continuing Education Allowance (for Eligible Positions): Banfield is committed to supporting the professional growth of our Associates. This allowance provides financial assistance to pursue continuing education opportunities.*
- Back-Up Child and Elder Care & Family Support Resources: When life's unpredictable moments arise, our backup care and family support benefits provide the help you need to keep things running smoothly.*
- Fertility and Family Building Support: We're here for you on your journey to parenthood, offering comprehensive support for fertility treatments and family-building options.
- Digital Exercise Therapy: Stay active and healthy with our digital exercise therapy program, designed to fit your busy lifestyle, and keep you moving.
- Voluntary Protection Benefits: Get peace of mind with protection against the unexpected. You can purchase coverage to help support you financially during hospital stays, critical illness, and accidents.*
- Legal Plan: Gain extra peace of mind with our affordable and accessible legal plan which includes coverage for a wide range of legal needs.*
- Identity Protection: Identity Protection helps safeguard your personal information by alerting you to suspicious activity and providing support if your information is stolen.*
- Commuter Benefits: Say goodbye to commuting stress with our commuter benefits, making your daily journey more convenient and cost-effective.*
- Three Free Optimum Wellness Plans for Pets: We care about your furry friends too! Enjoy three free wellness plans to ensure your pets receive the best preventive and general care.*
- Exclusive Discounts: Unlock a world of savings with our wide variety of exclusive discounts on products and services, making life more affordable and enjoyable.*
Benefits eligibility is based on employment status. Full-time (FT) Associates are eligible for all benefit programs; Part-time Associates are eligible for those benefits with an asterisk ().
WE ARE A DRUG-FREE, SMOKE-FREE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
Banfield Pet Hospital® strongly supports and values the uniqueness of all individuals and promotes a work environment where diversity is embraced. Banfield Pet Hospital is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. Banfield Pet Hospital complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every Banfield location. #FT
If you are a current associate, you will need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.
This position requires on-site presence in Vancouver, Washington, with a hybrid work schedule (3 days/week).
Summary and Qualifications:
Support our recruiting team hire talent by making our employer value proposition clear to our prospects and candidates.
Work on projects big and small to develop and create strategy, implement campaigns and get into the details of the metrics to assess success on a number of levels.
Facilitate associate storytelling, craft print and digital content, develop national and localized campaigns, evolve our career website, and be a champion of all items relating to our employer brand.
Essential Responsibilities and Tasks:
- Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team.
- Collaborate with recruiters and agency partners to deliver highly-targeted localized campaigns to drive interest in, and applications to, open roles at Banfield.
- Build relationships and influence with business partners such as, marketing, corporate affairs, EI&D and talent acquisition teams.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to redefine and adopt Banfield’s evolving employer brand and employee value proposition - bringing Banfield associates stories to life for candidates in a compelling way.
- Manage cross-format content creation, research, scheduling, and publication/delivery across all channels (career site, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, social media, Industry partners etc.).
- Lead paid recruitment digital marketing channels: use data to rigorously assess channel effectiveness, prioritize based on business requirements, and develop an effective marketing mix to achieve application goals.
- Stay in tune with competitive landscape, industry trends and identify opportunities to invest in employer branding opportunities (conference sponsorships, new platforms, etc.).
- Manage data reporting and identify actionable insights; analyze and share metrics for all programs/channels and continuously seek to improve engagement.
- Continually identify and act on opportunities for ways to evolve Banfield’s employer brand and candidate experience through innovative solutions.
- Assist with coordinating industry, student and recruitment events (i.e., industry conferences, open houses, career fairs, and recruitment training).
- Actively share thought leadership on social media, influencing social media growth through daily channel engagement.
- Keep up to date of next-generation sources of and approaches for generating pipelines.
- Track budget and recruitment marketing calendar.
- Have a thorough understanding of the Banfield Employer Value Proposition, promote the brand as an employer of choice to both internal and external audiences.
- Other job duties as assigned.
Special Working Conditions:
- Ability to work at a computer for long periods of time.
- Project timelines and work volume/deadlines may often require more than 40 hours per week to complete essential duties of this job.
- Must have mental processes for reasoning, remembering, mathematics and language ability (reading, writing, and speaking the English language) to perform the duties proficiently.
- Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form and to solve problems involving several variables.
- Ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb as well as manipulate (lift, carry, move) up to 50 pounds.
- Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm-hand-finger dexterity with the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard and operate necessary equipment.
- The noise level in the work environment is normally moderate.
- Environment where pets are present.
Experience, Education and/or Training:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Communications, Advertising, Marketing, Digital Design or a similar discipline is required, or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Three years Talent Acquisition, Marketing, or Digital Marketing Experience is required.
- Experience in national and localized recruitment marketing strategy (i.e. media buy, content development, programmatic advertising, tracking and reportings) is required.
- Experience with successful oversight of careers website, ATS and systems integration, building landing pages, email campaigns, and other digital assets are required.
- Experience developing reports, analyzing, and making decisions off of data is required.
The pay range for this role is $92,400 - $115,500.
The pay range listed reflects a general hiring range for the area, with the specific rate determined based on the candidate’s experience, skill level, abilities, and education, and may vary depending on location and schedule.
Benefits:
Here at Banfield, we prioritize your well-being and professional growth by offering a comprehensive total rewards package, including health, wellness, and financial support for you, your family, and even your pets. Check out some of our “Meow-velous” benefits:
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance: Enjoy peace of mind knowing your health and wellness are our top priorities. We've got your essential medical, dental, and vision care covered.
- Generous Retirement Plans (401(k) and Roth): Invest in your future and enjoy a generous company match to help you build a secure financial future.*
- Paid Time Off and Holidays: Take a break, recharge your wellbeing, and celebrate days of personal significance with paid time off and holidays.*
- Top-Tier Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources: Your mental health matters. Access our industry-leading resources, including free coaching and counseling sessions, to support your overall wellbeing and help you thrive.*
- Associate Life Insurance (company-paid) & Supplemental Life Insurance: Protect your loved ones with our company-paid Associate life insurance and have the option to purchase additional coverage for extra peace of mind.
- Company-Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability: Feel secure knowing that if you face a temporary or long-term disability, you’ll have financial protection.
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA): Save on healthcare and dependent care expenses by setting aside pre-tax money. It's a smart way to manage your budget and take care of your needs.
- Health Savings Account (HSA): Make the most of your healthcare dollars with a tax-advantaged HSA, allowing you to pay for medical expenses with pre-tax funds.
- Paid Parental Leave: We support growing families with paid parental leave for both birth and adoption, giving you precious time to bond with your new family addition.
- Continuing Education Allowance (for Eligible Positions): Banfield is committed to supporting the professional growth of our Associates. This allowance provides financial assistance to pursue continuing education opportunities.*
- Back-Up Child and Elder Care & Family Support Resources: When life's unpredictable moments arise, our backup care and family support benefits provide the help you need to keep things running smoothly.*
- Fertility and Family Building Support: We're here for you on your journey to parenthood, offering comprehensive support for fertility treatments and family-building options.
- Digital Exercise Therapy: Stay active and healthy with our digital exercise therapy program, designed to fit your busy lifestyle, and keep you moving.
- Voluntary Protection Benefits: Get peace of mind with protection against the unexpected. You can purchase coverage to help support you financially during hospital stays, critical illness, and accidents.*
- Legal Plan: Gain extra peace of mind with our affordable and accessible legal plan which includes coverage for a wide range of legal needs.*
- Identity Protection: Identity Protection helps safeguard your personal information by alerting you to suspicious activity and providing support if your information is stolen.*
- Commuter Benefits: Say goodbye to commuting stress with our commuter benefits, making your daily journey more convenient and cost-effective.*
- Three Free Optimum Wellness Plans for Pets: We care about your furry friends too! Enjoy three free wellness plans to ensure your pets receive the best preventive and general care.*
- Exclusive Discounts: Unlock a world of savings with our wide variety of exclusive discounts on products and services, making life more affordable and enjoyable.*
Benefits eligibility is based on employment status. Full-time (FT) Associates are eligible for all benefit programs; Part-time Associates are eligible for those benefits with an asterisk ().
WE ARE A DRUG-FREE, SMOKE-FREE, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
Banfield Pet Hospital® strongly supports and values the uniqueness of all individuals and promotes a work environment where diversity is embraced. Banfield Pet Hospital is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. Banfield Pet Hospital complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every Banfield location. #FT
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Content Specialist
Lead with your degree field
Content Specialist roles often require a degree in communications, English, marketing, or journalism. Highlight your field of study early in your resume and cover letter to signal you meet the specialty occupation requirement employers expect from OPT candidates.
Show published work, not just job titles
Employers assessing OPT candidates want proof of output. Include links to published articles, blog posts, social content, or campaigns you managed. A portfolio reduces hiring hesitation and demonstrates you can contribute from day one without a learning curve.
Target content-heavy industries first
Technology, e-commerce, healthcare, and SaaS companies hire Content Specialists at high volume and are more familiar with OPT work authorization. Prioritizing these sectors increases your odds of finding a hiring manager comfortable with your F-1 status.
Address your OPT status proactively
Don't wait until the offer stage to mention OPT. In your application or first outreach, briefly clarify you're authorized to work on OPT for 12 months with no cost or sponsorship burden to the employer. It removes uncertainty early.
Start your job search 90 days before OPT begins
You can apply for jobs before your OPT start date but cannot begin working until your EAD arrives. Starting outreach 90 days early gives you time to interview, receive an offer, and align your start date with your authorized work period.
Emphasize SEO and analytics skills
Content Specialist roles increasingly require SEO knowledge, content management system experience, and familiarity with performance analytics. Candidates who can demonstrate these technical skills alongside writing ability are significantly easier for employers to justify hiring on OPT.
Content Specialist OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Content Specialist on OPT without employer sponsorship?
Yes. OPT work authorization is granted by USCIS, not your employer, so you can work as a Content Specialist for any U.S. employer without them sponsoring a visa. The employer does not file any petition or pay any government fees. You present your EAD and I-20 as proof of authorization.
Does a Content Specialist role qualify as a specialty occupation for OPT purposes?
OPT does not require a specialty occupation determination the way an H-1B visa does. You simply need to work in a role directly related to your degree field. A Content Specialist position typically qualifies if your degree is in communications, English, journalism, marketing, or a closely related field. Your DSO can confirm the connection.
How do I find Content Specialist jobs that are open to OPT candidates?
Migrate Mate lists Content Specialist roles from employers familiar with and open to OPT work authorization. Filtering by OPT eligibility saves time and surfaces positions where hiring managers already understand F-1 status, reducing the risk of being screened out before the interview stage.
Can I do freelance or contract content work on OPT?
Yes, self-employment is permitted on OPT as long as the work is directly related to your degree. You can take contract content projects or work as an independent Content Specialist. You must report self-employment to your DSO and track it carefully, since OPT requires you to be employed or have an offer throughout your authorized period.
What happens to my OPT if I lose my Content Specialist job?
You have a cumulative 90-day unemployment allowance during standard OPT. If you lose your job, you can continue searching within that window without violating your status. If you hold a STEM degree and are on STEM OPT extension, the allowance increases to 150 days total. Report any employment gap to your DSO promptly.