COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Birmingham, AL (On-site)

$48K/yr – $77K/yrEntry LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end content creation and production for marketing communications across multiple platforms.

  • Own content development, editing and coordination for newsletters and multi-channel collateral.
  • Must-have: Bachelor’s degree and proven writing experience; higher education comm experience preferred.
  • Standout: PM tracking and collaboration on photography/graphics selection to support content plans.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Research, write, edit and collaborate on production tasks for marketing and communications content to be used across multiple platforms.
  • Produce engaging content that is clear, grammatically correct and will resonate with target audience(s), including internal and external constituents.
  • Coordinate content, layout, approval, publication and distribution of select e-newsletters.
  • Develop specialized marketing, communications and other content as assigned.
  • Maintain project management tracking for all assigned tasks.
  • Collaborate with team to develop ideas, schedule and select photography and/or graphics for assigned content.
  • Keep abreast of best practices in the field and remain up to date on current trends and new technologies in the communications and marketing landscape and know and understand what copy specifications are for multiple platforms.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree, preferably in Communications, Journalism, English, Creative Writing, Marketing, Public Relations or other related field.
  • Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement.
  • Experience in writing, with higher education communications experience strongly preferred.

Preferred

  • Higher education communications experience strongly preferred.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a part of the University of Alabama System, is an internationally renowned research university and academic medical center with over $700 million in research awards annually, as well as Alabama’s largest single employer, with some 26,000 employees, and has an annual economic impact exceeding $7.15 billion on the state. The pillars of UAB’s mission include education, research, innovation and economic development, community engagement, and patient care. Learn more at www.uab.edu.

Founded in 1969
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
17K employees (435 in marketing)
73% recommend to a friend
86% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$535.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.3%
Direct
46.1%
Referral
8.3%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~16.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
339 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
8.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$45.1M
Last Raise
$17.5K
Grant, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2023
    Grant • $17.5K
  • Jul 2023
    Grant
  • Jun 2023
    Grant

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