Interim Communications Manager

Responsibilities

• Temporarily leads the communications and marketing activities for the School of Pharmacy, including, but not limited to: collection, preparation and dissemination of news about the School, website content and in executing the overall promotion and communications plan for the School of Pharmacy through the website, printed and electronic media, and School-sponsored events.
• This position implements and may need to temporarily revise the design the strategic communication plan with leadership the School’s.
• Works closely with the Dean and other KU leadership to oversee all other public relations efforts for the School.
• Working in collaboration with School faculty, staff, students and alumni, this position works to promote academic and research projects carried out by faculty, students, and classes within the school.
• The position will support these stakeholder groups in an effort to deliver positive outcomes in recruitment, events, development and student services efforts.
• This position oversees and serves as the main point-of-contact for internal and external communication operations, brand management, and comprehensive production of marketing and recruitment collateral materials.
• This position will support communications and coordinate with public engagement-related activities and requires the utmost in confidentiality, discretion and high ethical standards.
• This position is full-time, 8-5pm, Monday – Friday and will require an on-campus presence for collaboration. Occasionally it is anticipated that this position would need to be available for emerging situations outside of the traditional 8-5pm Monday-Friday schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Mass Communications, Advertising, Marketing, English or related area and 3 years of related experience OR HS Diploma/GED and 7 years in related experience. Related experience could be any of the following areas: public relations, communications, marketing, advertising, news or related field, such as writing, editing; magazine, promotional or new production, public information; web or print media production.
• Strong written communication skills as evidenced in application materials.

Preferred

• Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience concurrently managing multiple projects and deadlines as evidenced by application materials.
• Strong computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Internet for writing, research, and correspondence as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience developing, reporting, and writing feature stories and news coverage for varying audiences as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience that required excellent organizational skills with experience managing multiple, detail-oriented projects simultaneously as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience with layout, design, and/or desktop publishing as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience with photography as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience writing and maintaining website content as evidenced by application materials.