Responsibilities

• Proactively identify, research, and write compelling content on faculty research, scholarly publications, grants, academic programs, and student outcomes.
• Serve as the lead storyteller for student experiences across undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs to support recruitment and engagement efforts.
• Translate complex scholarly research and academic developments into engaging content optimized for digital platforms, web, and email.
• Commission, edit and publish student blog posts that highlight academic experiences, global learning opportunities, research, internships and student life.
• Build strong internal relationships with academic program staff, researchers, faculty, and students to surface story opportunities.
• Review and edit team-generated content—including stories, newsletters, broadcast emails, and print collateral—to maintain consistency of voice, messaging, and AP Style compliance.
• Maintain adherence to University brand standards and editorial guidelines across all school communications.
• Collaborate with central campus partners, including Notre Dame’s Office of Public Affairs and Communications, Media Relations, and Notre Dame Research to amplify Keough School research and scholarship.
• Maintain a pipeline of academic and research stories that feed into the school's central editorial planning process.
• Coordinate content schedules with communications colleagues to ensure timely delivery of assignments.

Requirements

• Education Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree (4 years)
• Experience: 3 to 4 years
• Degree Qualifications: Communications, Journalism, or related field
• Skill Qualifications:
• Professional communications experience in areas such as marketing, public relations, and/or copywriting, preferably in a higher education setting.
• Understanding of communications strategy and its connection to digital content, creation, and organization.
• Excellent writing and editing skills. Interest in international affairs and peacebuilding.