Lead the School of Medicine's communications function—strategy, content, and cross-team coordination to showcase research, clinical, and educational strengths.

• Own multi-channel content creation and dispersal aligned with brand standards.
• Must-have: Experience directing a communications team and managing timelines.
• Standout: Cross-functional collaboration with internal/external stakeholders and media relations.

Responsibilities

• Leads the creation and dispersal of high-quality content across multiple channels
• Ensures alignment with institutional priorities and brand standards
• Identifies opportunities to position the School of Medicine's research, clinical, and educational strengths
• Supports media relations, message development, and strategic initiatives
• Works across teams to integrate communications efforts and strengthen engagement with external stakeholders
• Directs day-to-day operations for the marketing and communications function by providing oversight and direction within a department or large multi-faceted department
• Trains, evaluates, coaches, assigns work, and supervises the work of a team of communications generalists and/or communications assistants
• Manages relationships with various internal and external stakeholders; determines communications needs, projects, and programs to align with objectives and goals and supervises processes such as the development of communications timelines related to such initiatives
• Reviews drafts of communications and coaches on grammar, tone, branding guidelines, formatting, and other elements that may affect the perception of messaging or reputation of the department
• Responds to escalated and complex inquiries and requests and explains policies, procedures, and context of communications
• Monitors relevant social media and news sites; researches relevant subject matter to increase knowledge in area(s) of specialty regularly
• May assist in budget planning and administration for communications initiatives, including expenditures, revenue projections, and program costs
• Monitors industry trends and best practices and makes process and operational and strategic recommendations to manager

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, English, public relations, or a related field
• 2 years in a relevant field
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent collaboration and team building skills
• Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback
• Instills commitment to organizational goals

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)