Digital Media & Communications Specialist

Tucson, AZ (On-site)

$53K/yr – $66K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Owns end-to-end college communications—from researching and writing news stories to publishing multimedia content, website management, and cross‑platform content strategy—while applying a strong base of marketing and communications experience.

  • Manages content across college platforms and analyzes performance metrics.
  • Brings at least 3 years of marketing/communications experience to lead strategy and brand alignment.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Under the supervision of the Director of Marketing and Communications, this position will research, write, and publish news stories and other written communications that promote the College of Nursing's academic programs, research, students, faculty, and community impact.
  • Create multimedia content, including short-form video, photography, and graphics, for the college website, social media, and digital communications.
  • Maintain and enhance the College of Nursing website by creating and updating content, managing faculty and staff profiles, maintaining the events calendar, implementing website updates, improving SEO and accessibility, and producing digital communications, including the biweekly employee newsletter and Faculty Digest submissions.
  • Develop, schedule, and publish content across college platforms; monitor and respond to audience engagement; track performance metrics; and identify trends to inform content strategies that support recruitment, brand awareness, and audience engagement.
  • Coordinate college marketing projects and requests, manage workflow and promotional item inventory, collaborate with faculty, staff, and students to gather content, design marketing materials, maintain digital asset libraries, and ensure that communications comply with university brand standards, editorial guidelines, and AP style.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, journalism, digital media, graphic design, or a related field.
  • At least three years of professional experience in marketing, communications, journalism, digital media, or a related field.

Preferred

  • Proven understanding of audience segmentation and the ability to identify communication and outreach strategies to engage varied age groups and audiences effectively.
  • Outstanding strategic thinking, planning, and communication skills.
  • Self-motivated and able to take initiative.
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, resolving issues with a positive outcome.
  • High level of integrity, ethics, and professionalism.
  • Drupal experience preferred.

Benefits

  • Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
21K employees (847 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$53K/yr – $66K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
577 (3% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$88.9M
Last Raise
$610.2K
Grant, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2024
    Grant • $610.2K
  • Jun 2024
    Grant • $1M
  • Sep 2023
    Grant • $30M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.1M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.1%
Direct
49.1%
Referral
5.4%
Social
0.8%
Paid
0.5%

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Current headcount: ~20.8K

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Digital Media & Communications Specialist

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