Responsibilities

• Contribute to development and implementation of communications plans for institutional initiatives, campaigns, and organizational priorities.
• Identify communications goals, target audiences, key messages, and content strategies.
• Collaborate with clients to support enrollment, advancement, fundraising, and reputation-building objectives.
• Provide communications recommendations and messaging guidance.
• Research, write, edit, produce, and distribute compelling written and multimedia content stories that highlight institutional priorities, student success, faculty accomplishments, academic programs, and campus initiatives.
• Develop content for multiple platforms, including websites, newsletters, marketing materials, social media, and other print and digital publications.
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, students, and campus partners to identify and develop story opportunities.
• Help ensure content aligns with institutional messaging, brand standards, and strategic communication goals.
• Create audience-focused content that supports recruitment, engagement, reputation-building, and community awareness efforts.
• Develop messaging that translates complex information into clear, compelling, and engaging communications for both internal and external audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, English, or a related field.
• Two (2) years of professional experience in communications, public relations, marketing, content strategy, or a related field.
• Experience creating and managing internal email campaigns.
• Demonstrated experience writing and editing for multiple audiences and platforms.
• Experience creating digital content, including website, social media, and video content.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience using communications analytics to assess effectiveness and guide decision-making.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and across organizational levels.
• Successful completion of satisfactory background checks required.

Preferred

• Experience in higher education, nonprofit, healthcare, or other mission-driven organizations.
• Experience in media relations, including story pitching.
• Experience with Mailchimp or similar email marketing platforms.
• Experience with Drupal or similar content management systems.
• Familiarity with analytics tools.
• Experience interpreting and presenting communications performance metrics.
• Familiarity with AP style.

Benefits

• vacation: 22 days per year
• 3 days personal leave
• generous holiday time (including an extended winter break between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day)
• sick leave
• short- and long-term disability
• life insurance
• medical, dental, and vision
• retirement
• paid parental leave
• tuition opportunities