Communications Specialist at Anne Arundel Community College | USA | $59K/yr – $74K/yr

Anne Arundel Community College

Communications Specialist

USA (Hybrid)

$59K/yr – $74K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the college’s storytelling engine across platforms from research to promotion, with a strong emphasis on media relations, crisis-ready messaging, and rapid social coverage.

Content Ownership: Source and write stories for web, social, ezine, Wingspan, ads, and marketing pieces.
Storytelling and Video: Produce short-form video and social content solo or with the college community.
Media Relations & Crisis: Build reporter pipelines, pitch stories, coordinate interviews, monitor placements, and support 24/7 social listening and crisis comms.

Job Description

Collaborate with Strategic Communications on content strategy; research and write a wide variety of compelling stories that can be shared across platforms including web, social, president's ezine, Wingspan magazine, digital advertising, and marketing pieces.
Create compelling short-form video and social media posts independently and in collaboration with other team members or the college community.
Develop and maintain strong relations with the college’s administration, faculty, deans, directors, student leaders, and campus reporters to find stories and stay on top of college news; attend events and conduct interviews for promotional purposes.
Pitch stories to news media and other social media influencers; provide information and visuals to reporters, writers, and editors; coordinate interviews as needed; serve as primary liaison to Campus Current.
Edit news releases and feature stories written by other team members.
Monitor and track the college’s media placements; identify reporters and outlets, distribute news releases, and monitor reports.
Work closely with the public relations manager in monitoring the college’s social media accounts 24/7; take the lead monitoring social media to address inquiries and concerns as needed.
Support crisis communications as needed, ensuring messages reflect integrity, honesty, and transparency.

Anne Arundel Community College

For more than 60 years, Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) has proudly served the diverse needs of Anne Arundel County by bringing educational excellence and innovation to our community and region. Students of all ages continually redefine themselves through credit and noncredit programs of study and personal enrichment courses.Established in 1961, AACC is a fully accredited, nationally recognized, public, two-year institution and the largest single-campus community college in Maryland, serving nearly 40,000 students annually in credit and noncredit courses.AACC offers credit programs leading to an associate degree or credit certificate that prepare students for transfer to a four-year institution or to move into an immediate career.In addition, the college offers noncredit continuing professional education courses, continuing education certificates and workforce credentials to those seeking career training or retraining, working to boost basic skills or pursuing new areas of interest. AACC also provides extensive lifelong learning opportunities for all ages.

Founded in 1961

Arnold, Maryland, USA

2.2K employees (74 in marketing)

www.aacc.edu