Responsibilities

• Plans, writes, and edits content that promotes School of Business programs, initiatives, events and strategic priorities across print and digital channels
• Leads social media content development and messaging to highlight School of Business news, stories, and events and successfully engage the school’s key audiences
• Regularly writes stories highlighting student, faculty, staff and alumni accomplishments to elevate the school’s visibility and reputation
• Manages marketing and communications projects, including print materials, digital campaigns and content initiatives
• Assists in content management and optimization of the School of Business website and other web properties
• Assists in creating communication plans that support strategic priorities
• Monitors and analyzes digital communication performance metrics and provides recommendations to improve audience engagement and communication effectiveness
• Writes and edits news and feature stories
• Works with communications director and school leadership to develop and distribute publications
• Supports other content marketing and communications needs as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, strategic communication, English, marketing, public relations or related field and 2 years of professional experience in strategic writing, marketing communications, content development, or related professional experience OR High School Diploma/GED equivalency and 6 years of professional experience in strategic writing, marketing communications, content development, or related professional experience.
• Strong computer skills and experience with Microsoft Office; experience with Adobe Creative Suite as demonstrated on application materials
• Demonstrated knowledge of AP style based on application materials

Preferred

• One year of experience managing social media for an organization
• One year of experience using content management system to update web content
• Experience writing feature stories and/or news coverage of academic research
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• Experience managing multiple projects and meeting deadlines
• Experience with Drupal content management system

Benefits

• Position is benefits eligible. KU offers excellent benefits to employees including generous retirement contributions, paid vacation and sick leave, insurance, and various discount programs. Full details are available at: https://humanresources.ku.edu/benefits.