Senior Campus Communications Manager

USA (On-site)

$72K/yr – $78K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own campus-wide communications by shaping senior leadership messaging and driving timely campus stories for students, faculty, and staff.

  • Lead cross-campus content planning and produce timely news and features for campus audiences.
  • Align messaging with university priorities across multiple stakeholders and channels.

Job Description

Responsibilities
  • Provides strategic communications support to senior University administrators and serves as a lead communicator on major University-wide initiatives.
  • Works collaboratively with communications professionals across campus and other senior leaders to deliver a consistent message that supports the University’s priorities and advances its position in higher education.
  • The Senior Manager will also be a contributing writer for The Well, the University’s newsletter for students, faculty and staff.
  • Participates in integrated content planning meetings and writes and curates timely news stories and creative features to inform and engage the campus community.
  • Reporting to the associate vice chancellor and working with colleagues in the Office of University Communications and Marketing, provides strategic communications support to senior administrators and serves as a lead communicator on major University-wide initiatives.
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in a discipline related to the area of assignment; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
  • Ability to communicate complex information to targeted audiences.
  • Ability to plan and convey messages that enhance and promote the mission of the University.
  • Ability to direct project completion across multiple teams.
Nice_to_have
  • A minimum of five years’ experience working in a deadline-driven communications or public relations environment with extensive experience writing professionally for a variety of platforms, including op-eds, blogs and social media.
  • Detailed working knowledge of issues in higher education, as well as a general knowledge of University policies and operations.
Benefits
  • University employees can choose from a wide range of professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development and lifelong learning and enjoy exclusive perks for numerous retail, restaurant and performing arts discounts, savings on local child care centers and special rates on select campus events.
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