Content Writer - College of Emerging & Collaborative Studies - UTK

Knoxville, TN (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 22 hrs ago

Job Summary

Owns end-to-end content strategy and production for CECS communications, specializing in research-driven stories, editing and publication management, and strategic planning to showcase faculty, students, and external partnerships across multiple formats.

Content development and research across CECS programs and partnerships
Editing, QA, and publication management to ensure accuracy and brand alignment
Strategic communications planning and cross-unit collaboration

Job Description

Responsibilities

Content Writing, Research, and Content Development – 60%
Researches, develops, and writes clear, accurate, and compelling content related to CECS academic programs, emerging technologies, innovation, workforce development, and industry and community partnerships.
Identifies and translates technical, academic, and specialized subject matter into accessible and engaging content tailored to technical, academic, executive, student, industry, and public audiences.
Develops feature stories, news articles, program descriptions, technical summaries, reports, executive communications, web content, newsletters, fact sheets, talking points, presentations, and other materials.
Conducts interviews with faculty, students, staff, industry partners, and other subject-matter experts to develop stories showcasing CECS programs, accomplishments, expertise, and impact.
Conducts background research and fact-checking to ensure accuracy, credibility, and consistency across college communications.
Proactively identifies opportunities to highlight and showcase CECS achievements, faculty expertise, student success, innovation, partnerships, and external impact.
Develops and writes communications involving external organizations, including industry partners, government agencies, educational partners, research organizations, national laboratories, and community partners.
Editing, Quality Assurance, and Publication Management – 20%
Performs substantive editing, rewriting, copyediting, and proofreading of technical and nontechnical materials produced throughout the college.

Requirements

Education Bachelor’s degree in professional writing, journalism, communications, English, marketing, public relations, or a related field required.
Required Experience • A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in content writing, journalism, or communications.
• Demonstrated experience writing, analyzing, and editing complex information for both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Experience conducting interviews, performing background research, and working with subject-matter experts.
• Demonstrated experience producing content for multiple communication formats and audiences.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Exceptional professional writing, editing, proofreading, research, and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to understand complex technical or specialized subject matter and translate it into clear, concise, audience-appropriate language.
• Strong interviewing skills and the ability to work effectively with faculty, subject-matter experts, administrators, students, and external partners.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy, particularly when communicating technical or data-driven information.

Preferred

Master's degree in communications, professional writing, journalism, English, marketing, public relations, or a related field preferred.
More than 5 years of experience writing about science, technology, engineering, computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data science, emerging technologies, or interdisciplinary research.
Experience working in higher education, research, government, a national laboratory, technology organization, or other technically focused environment.
Experience developing communications, technical reports, executive-level materials, grant-related content, or externally facing institutional publications.
Experience with web content management systems, Adobe Creative Cloud, digital publishing platforms, or similar communications tools.
Experience developing visual representations of complex information, including infographics, diagrams, data visualizations, or presentation materials.
Familiarity with UT’s written content guidelines and accessibility and digital-content best practices.

University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville. Founded in 1794, it is the flagship institution of the statewide University of Tennessee system with nine undergraduate departments and eleven graduate departments and hosts more than 26,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. In its 2009 ranking of universities, U.S. News & World Report ranked UT 118th among national universities and 52nd among public institutions of higher learning. Its ties to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, established under UT President Andrew Holt and continued under the UT-Battelle partnership, have positioned the University as co-manager and allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students enjoyed by few other institutions of comparable standing.Also affiliated with the University are the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy, the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, and the University of Tennessee Arboretum, which occupies 250 acres of nearby Oak Ridge, Tennessee and features hundreds of species of plants indigenous to the region. The University is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, the only Level I trauma center in the East Tennessee region and a self-proclaimed 'teaching hospital' due to its aggressive medical research programs and position as the primary career destination for most medical school graduates of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis.

Founded in 1913

USA

6K employees (267 in marketing)

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