Responsibilities

• Develop digital tools to support SFL goals and community standards, including the use of graphics, video, social media, and other electronic communications.
• Develop and implement strategic social media campaigns to highlight SFL goals, community standards, positive events for councils/chapters, risk reduction strategies, and important community reminders.
• Maintain the department website and seek opportunities to create web-based resources for constituents.
• Maintain regular departmental newsletters or similar communications tools for various constituent groups.
• In collaboration with the Senior Associate Director and SFL staff, identify emergent needs in the SFL community and develop appropriate communications tools to support constituent needs.
• Collaborate with departmental staff and the Office of Admissions to enhance, create and implement outreach programs including, but not limited to programming for incoming high school and transfer students.
• Provide strategic communications support for other Student Affairs units as needed and approved by the Senior Associate Director for External Relations.
• Establish and maintain collegial relationships and collaborations with chapter and council leadership, advisors, inter/national headquarters, university/community stakeholders, and local law enforcement agencies. Communicate with constituents as needed to design and implement strategic campaigns.
• Assist with emergency communications to the SFL community as needed.
• Manage the departmental email, phone, and the calendar.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, public relations, marketing, graphic design, communications, or related area with one year of related experience.
• Experience developing websites, newsletters, social media, graphics, videos, or other communications strategies for an organization, as evidenced in application materials.
• Experience designing and executing strategic communications campaigns to engage different constituencies within an organization, as evidenced by application materials.
• Prior work experience serving college students, as evidenced by application materials.
• Excellent written communication skills as evidenced by application materials.
• This position requires a formal degree in the cited discipline area(s) to ensure that candidates have advanced knowledge, analytical skills and professional competencies necessary to perform the duties of the position. The level of degree is commonly recognized as the standard qualification for similar roles in the public and private sector, ensuring that the university remains competitive with industry aligned practices, enhances collaboration with external partners, and supports the delivery of services and programs that meet professional and market-driven expectations.

Preferred

• Experience developing communications materials for a college or university, as evidenced by application materials.
• Work experience that requires the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a variety of situations as evidenced by application materials.
• Minimum of one-year full time experience advising fraternities/sororities or student organizations on a college campus or related responsibilities. (Two years as a graduate assistant equals one year of professional experience.) As evidenced by application materials.
• Experience working with students, volunteers, and/or staff associated with sororities, fraternities, student organizations, or other campus-based organizations, as evidenced by application materials.