Communications Coordinator

Responsibilities

• The Opportunity: Under the direction of the Director of Communications and Digital Operations, the Communications Coordinator develops and implements communication initiatives supporting the College’s mission, academic programs, recruitment efforts, student success initiatives, research activities, and community engagement goals.
• The position serves as the College’s primary content development professional and exercises independent judgment in shaping messaging strategy, coordinating communication activities across digital, print, email, social media, and public information channels to ensure consistency and effectiveness.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in a field relevant to area of specialization; communications, journalism, marketing, public relations, english or related field AND three (3) years of experience directly related to the specialty area in communications, marketing, journalism, or public relations experience. Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred

• Higher education communications experience.
• Social media management experience.
• Marketing campaign experience.

Benefits

• Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation, optional supplemental retirement accounts; training and development; and employee tuition waiver.