Responsibilities

• Identifying and producing multimedia stories and content for key audiences (faculty, community members, journalists, economic development stakeholders, national rural development consortia)
• Manage and develop Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships channels (web, social, email)
• Produce regular reports for Leahy Institute audiences.
• Coordinate marketing and communications for annual RISE event.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Three to four years of professional communications experience, with demonstrated experience in managing social media for an organization.
• Strong writing and editing skills, including feature stories and press releases.
• Creative and persuasive communication skills.
• Proficiency in multimedia production.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, and manage deadlines independently.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to integrate data and analytics into communications products.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, social justice, the value of academic research and the promise of resilient community development.

Preferred

• Preferred, but not required: experience in higher education or other complex organization.