Communications Specialist - MCB & PVA

Greeley, CO (On-site)

$50K/yr – $53K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the UNC communications portfolio across print, web, multimedia, and events, ensuring a consistent university voice and cross-unit collaboration.

  • Content & Publishing Ownership: manage websites, digital assets, newsletters, posters, and event materials.
  • Campaign & Storytelling: write scripts for advertising and videos, develop unit messaging for prospective students, and coordinate campus storytelling with design and web teams.
  • Channel & Collaboration: oversee social media calendars and align with UNC communications, designers, and videographers to keep messaging cohesive.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Project management of printed materials including production, graphic design, copywriting, and distribution.
  • Maintain and update current College and departmental websites. Create or coordinate digital assets such as video, images, and written content.
  • Produce regular and special internal communications such as newsletters and student communications, create and distribute posters for events, and manage digital message boards.
  • Develop, conceptualize, research, write, and edit promotional and task-based information for unit publications and web content within the strategic communication guidance from University Advancement: ensuring a consistent university voice, tone, and messaging.
  • Collaborate with UNC communications, graphic designers, and web developers.
  • Manage social media accounts and editorial calendar for regular posting on blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and others.
  • Write, revise, or edit print or web content provided by campus and unit stakeholders and as needed by the University Advancement team.
  • Work with the creative team to develop and write scripts for advertising, marketing, and storytelling videos.
  • Assist Enrollment Management with developing unit-specific messaging and marketing for prospective students and parents.
  • Plan and coordinate photo and video shoots with university videographer and photographer.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required, preferably in performing or visual arts, marketing, communications, humanities or a related discipline.
  • Master's degree preferred.
  • Two years work experience in a communications-related field. Experience in the arts and higher education preferred.
  • Perform difficult, complex, timely and detailed clerical and administrative work with accuracy.
  • Analyze situations accurately and take appropriate action
  • Identify problems and recommend sound solutions
  • Communicate effectively in English both written and spoken
  • Follow and give oral and written directions
  • Perform mathematical calculations with accuracy
  • Work independently with minimal supervision
  • Interpret, apply and initiate University and IM&T policies and procedures
  • Maintain a cooperative working relationship with others
  • Interact with the public in helpful, courteous and friendly manner
  • Demonstrate sensitivity and respect for a diverse population
  • Organize information accurately & quickly
  • Able to work with multiple interruptions
  • Valid U.S. work authorization at time of application; UNC cannot provide H-1B sponsorship at this time.

Preferred

  • Basic skill set in graphic design, creating marketing materials, photography, video and/or audio production, and website design/updating.
  • Proficiency with MS Office including word processing, spreadsheet, workflow tools, electronic markup, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams

Benefits

  • BenefIts available include health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance, as well as a selection of several defined contribution retirement plans for all full-time positions.
  • Employees at UNC receive sick leave, and other leave options may be available based on position.
  • Full-time employees are eligible to receive tuition waiver benefits, as well as dependents and spouses of UNC Employees who are employed at 0.5 FTE or above are eligible for undergraduate dependent tuition grants of up to 50%. These tuition grants will cover in-state tuition charges.
  • These benefits may exist based on position.

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