Communications Specialist at Cornell University | Ithaca, MI | $65K/yr – $74K/yr

Cornell University

Communications Specialist

Ithaca, MI (Hybrid)

$65K/yr – $74K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and update the digital footprint of the Cornell AI Initiative, ensuring priorities drive consistent promotion and cross-channel alignment for research, events, and faculty expertise.

Content stewardship: Maintain ai.cornell.edu and initiative pages, keep expert profiles current, and coordinate promotions across initiative digital channels.
Amplification strategy: Lead cross-platform outreach to raise awareness of research, events, and faculty expertise.
Performance analytics: Track metrics across platforms, newsletters, and campaigns, turning data into content and channel optimizations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Content stewardship: Maintain ai.cornell.edu and initiative pages, keep expert profiles current, and coordinate promotions across initiative digital channels.
Amplification strategy: Lead cross-platform outreach to raise awareness of research, events, and faculty expertise.
Performance analytics: Track metrics across platforms, newsletters, and campaigns, turning data into content and channel optimizations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree plus 2-4 years of full-time work experience in strategic communications, preferably in higher education, research, or technology.
Excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills.
Demonstrated creativity and ability to handle multiple projects while meeting concurrent deadlines.
Ability to establish and maintain strong and collaborative working relationships with key constituencies.
Creative problem solving and the ability to network and build positive relationships with a wide variety of individuals within the College and University.
Knowledge of AP style writing and editing.
Experience with Drupal and WordPress.

Preferred

Benefits

Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, and sustainability.
The position is covered under the ENDOWED benefits program. Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: Understand Your Benefits | Working at Cornell .
Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1. To offer greater flexibility for observing faiths and traditions we also offer two additional floating holidays. Learn more about our generous leave provisions: Holiday and Accrued Time Off | Working at Cornell
Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program. Learn more about our extensive educational benefits: Education Benefits | Working at Cornell
Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: Total Rewards | Working at Cornell .

Cornell University

Cornell is a privately endowed research university and a partner of the State University of New York. As the federal land-grant institution in New York State, we have a responsibility—unique within the Ivy League—to make contributions in all fields of knowledge in a manner that prioritizes public engagement to help improve the quality of life in our state, the nation, the world.

Ithaca, New York, USA

20K employees (779 in marketing)

www.cornell.edu