Responsibilities

• 50% Media and Graphic Design Production
• Capture and produce all social media content. Production work includes but is not limited to graphic overlay/design and editing.
• Create graphics for a variety of projects including, but not limited to, promotional materials, marketing content, websites, and job postings.
• Identify target audiences and develop social media content with specific objectives across different channels and segments.
• Identify effectiveness and impact of current social media initiatives with tracking and analysis and optimize accordingly.
• Increases brand awareness and market share at both a local and national level through social media platforms.
• 30% Content Development and Project Management
• Provide content for media projects, ensuring consistency across the program portfolio.
• Develop content and media for dissemination via social media, websites, and other distribution.
• Ensure that key messages align with the Vice Provost’s strategic plan.

Requirements

• Valid Kansas driver’s license or ability to obtain one within 90 days.
• High School diploma or GED equivalency and four years relevant experience, or associate’s degree and two years relevant experience, or a bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• A minimum of three years relevant experience.
• Experience in studio photography, photography software, and video and multimedia production, as evidenced in application materials.
• Excellent written communication skills as evidenced in application materials.

Preferred

• Experience with customer relationship management principles and tools, as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience developing successful creative campaigns, as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience in developing brand strategy or campaign plans, as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience working with teams on large-scale, long-term projects, as evidenced by application materials.
• Prioritization skills to establish and manage critical deadlines for self and team.
• Attention to detail and the desire to contribute to issue-identification and problem-solving, as evidenced in application materials and interview.
• Technically proficient in graphic design, to include experience with graphic design software, as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience with website design and management, as evidenced by application materials.

Benefits

• In addition to a competitive salary, KU offers great benefits to employees such as paid vacation, sick leave, ten paid holidays, plus one discretionary day, a retirement program, medical and dental insurance, life and disability insurance, other benefit plan options and State of Kansas discounts offered by various vendors. KU also offers employees education and professional development opportunities.