Part-Time Communications Storytelling and Engagement Specialist, Center for Rural Engagement

Responsibilities

• Researchs, interviews, writes, and edits feature stories, event descriptions, and website content that communicate the mission, partnerships, and impact of the Center for Rural Engagement.
• Executes multi-channel content strategies by maintaining content calendars, publishing posts via social media management tools, and monitoring engagement and trends.
• Builds, segments, and distributes newsletters and email campaigns through CRM systems while tracking basic engagement metrics to inform future strategy.
• Manages concurrent editorial projects from ideation through approval workflows, partnering with faculty, community leaders, and staff while guiding student employees.
• May support photography and short-form video for stories and events, collaborating with graphic and web design teams to integrate multimedia assets.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in English, communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, or related field
• Professional experience in writing, communications, journalism, social media, marketing, public relations, or related field
• Valid driver's license with the ability to be insured by Indiana University
• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority-setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in the area of specialty
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy

Preferred

• Demonstrated interviewing, writing, editing, and storytelling skills across print, web, email, and social media platforms
• Proficiency in social media scheduling platforms, CRM/email marketing software, and basic engagement analytics

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans