Communications and Events Planning Manager at Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $90K/yr – $110K/yr

Stanford University

Communications and Events Planning Manager

Stanford, CA (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $110K/yrManager3+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Responsibilities include serving as the unit manager and leading contact for the DBDS Communications & Events Planning Unit, developing and producing communications, and collaborating with internal teams. Requirements emphasize a Bachelor’s degree, strong communication, collaboration, and project-management skills. Preferred items highlight marketing, branding, and content production in academia. Benefits point to Stanford’s benefits program.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Serve as the unit manager/lead contact for the DBDS Communications & Events Planning Unit
Participate in development of communication deliverables in an area of expertise for a program.
Develop communications of moderate complexity for various content delivery channels.
Produce materials according to defined requirements using software applications and mediums.
Work with vendors to obtain information to evaluate quality, process, and costs to support vendor selection as it relates to the Unit.
Maintain knowledge by attending webinars, conferences, networking etc. to remain at the forefront of current industry standards, trends and technology.
Serve as event archivist/curator - compile data, illustrations, photos, and pictures for assignments.
Attend training as needed to keep relevant in the scientific journalism field.
Work in collaboration with Institutional Communicators on media relations content and other areas.
Other duties may also be assigned

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to work collaboratively with internal communications groups across campus.
Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills.
Capacity to synthesize materials and communicate information in a manner easily understood.
Experience with managing projects to specifications and to meet expected deadlines.
Ability to perform detailed work with high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

Preferred

Education and/or experience in marketing and branding
Experience producing original content working with faculty in the academic setting, ideally at the intersection of AI and biomedicine
Experience producing newsletters and other promotional materials through department websites, social media and print

Benefits

The Cardinal at Work website (https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees.

Stanford University

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Stanford is a place of discovery, creativity and innovation located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the ancestral land of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. Dedicated to our founding mission—benefitting society through research and education—we are working toward a sustainable future, accelerating the impact of research with external partners, catalyzing discoveries about ourselves and our world, and educating students as global citizens. Our main campus, which welcomed its first class in 1891, is now home to 650+ student organizations, 36 varsity athletic teams, 20 libraries, 21 living Nobel laureates, 18 interdisciplinary research institutes, seven schools, and a vibrant arts scene. More than 9,000 graduate students and 7,000 undergraduates pursue studies at Stanford each year. Our financial aid program, one of the most generous in the nation, makes it possible for any admitted undergraduate to attend without taking on student debt.

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Stanford, California, USA

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