Communications Associate

Ann Arbor, MI (On-site)

$24/hr – $32/hrEntry Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

Job Summary

Oversee and execute day-to-day road project communications, public engagement, and frontline support while helping drive a strategic communications plan and community event participation.

  • Draft road advisories and weekly schedules
  • Coordinate public meetings and resident mailings
  • Manage social media updates and frontline inquiries

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manages day-to-day road work communications including drafting and emailing road advisories, compiling weekly road work schedule, updating web pages.
  • Coordinates with the engineering and operations departments on construction project communications including planning public meetings, drafting and mailing letters/postcards to impacted residents, updating project web pages, hosting/attending virtual/in-person public meetings, etc. Provides assistance with video editing for these events.
  • Collaborates with WCRC departments to develop and update postings on various social media platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
  • Provides front-line customer service support for the organization including answering calls from the road commission's main line, greeting visitors to WCRC's lobby, monitoring WCRC's general email inbox, sorting incoming mail, operating two-way radio to communicate with field staff, etc.
  • Monitors WCRC's service request system daily, including entering service requests, following up with citizens as needed, assisting/training co-workers, etc.
  • Assists the communications manager to implement a strategic communication plan to advance WCRC brand identity and broaden awareness of its programs, priorities and accomplishments.
  • Coordinates WCRC's participation in various community events including paint-a-plow, big truck events and parades.

Requirements

  • Possession of at least an associate degree in English, journalism, communications, public relations, political science, related field or its equivalent.
  • Two years of administrative support and/or communications.

Benefits

  • Medical insurance that starts on your first day
  • 40 hours of annual leave immediately upon hire
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Defined benefit pension
  • 13 paid holidays
  • Medical and dependent flexible spending accounts
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Short-term and longer-term disability insurance
  • Health care savings program
  • Employer paid life insurance
Washtenaw County Road Commission logo

Washtenaw County Road Commission

The Washtenaw County Road Commission is responsible for maintaining a road system that is reasonably safe and convenient to the traveling public. The agency is governed by a five-member Board of County Road Commissioners. Duties of the agency include winter maintenance, road and bridge construction, road repair & maintenance, signal and sign maintenance and ditch & drainage maintenance.

Founded in 1919
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
64 employees (1 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$24/hr – $32/hr

Taken straight from the job posting.

See all Washtenaw County Road Commission salaries

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.8%
Direct
43.3%
Referral
6.1%
Social
4.4%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~64

Recent News

Washtenaw County Road Commission logo

Communications Associate

Washtenaw County Road Commission · Ann Arbor, MI · On-site