Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of an annual departmental communications and content strategy aligned with recruitment, research visibility, and engagement goals.
• Sustain a cohesive communications, media, and marketing identity for the Department of Anthropology.
• In collaboration with faculty, staff, students, and alumni, create written and visual storytelling content for a broad range of audiences, platforms, and channels.
• Envision, design, edit, and produce departmental branding, promotional materials, and digital assets in alignment with college and university standards.
• Develop and manage department social media strategies and campaigns, including content planning, publishing, community engagement, and performance analysis.
• Monitor and analyze social media analytics and audience engagement and provide insights to inform content and strategy.
• Manage and maintain the department website, including content updates, coordination with college web standards, and serving as a liaison for digital accessibility and usability best practices.
• Identify and develop story ideas related to departmental research, teaching, and engagement and coordinate with college and university communications teams to support local, regional, and national media outreach.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in Journalism, Telecommunications, or Public Relations; one to three years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in public and media relations, composing, editing and publication production, news, broadcasting, and print media, and/or marketing, advertising, and creative services; graphic design; word processing; desktop publishing; web design; presentation; spreadsheet and/or database software; public presentation; or radio production; or computer programming/technology; experience managing content for social media channels; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Education
• Desired Qualifications

Preferred

• Degree in Creative Communications, Graphic Design, Digital Media Production, Digital Storytelling, Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, or related field.
• Experience with photography and video production in support of storytelling and promotion.