Publicity-Promotion Associate (Communications Assistant) - Facilities Management Admin

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$43K/yr – $68K/yrMid Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own content production and brand-aligned communications support across digital, print, and event collateral, ensuring consistent messaging and timely delivery for a busy university unit.

  • Content & Creative: Create and refine emails, web pages, social posts, invitations, and marketing collateral.
  • Brand & Compliance: Edit and standardize publications, ensuring adherence to branding and style guides.
  • Operations & Logistics: Track projects, manage assets, coordinate event logistics, and support special initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Creates content for unit emails, web pages, social media, invitations and various types of marketing collateral.
  • Prepares organizational publications and reports; develops or edits visual media or graphic elements of publications or web pages.
  • Proofs and edits reports, documents, newsletters and social media posts produced by OVCAS departments and staff; ensures compliance with university and OVCAS branding and style guides.
  • Helps to coordinate logistics for unit job fairs, employee recognition events, tabling activities and receptions.
  • Assists with tracking projects and deliverables using the OVCAS Communications ticketing system; maintains asset libraries for native files and images.
  • Travel to previously scheduled events.
  • Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in public relations, advertising, communications, or a related field.
  • One (1) year (12 months) of professional work experience in communications, promotions, public relations, advertising, or event planning.

Preferred

  • Three years of experience working in a busy communications or advertising environment.
  • Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  • Ability to interpret, condense, and edit information for various media formats.
  • Knowledge of Associated Press (AP) Style.
  • Demonstrated time management and organizational skills and the ability to respond quickly to customer requests.

Benefits

  • This position is intended to be eligible for benefits . This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.
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