Assistant Director of Strategic Communications - Strategic Marketing and Communications

Job Description

This person's duties will include supervision of several front-line strategic communications writers; issues management strategy and execution; leadership of the strategic communications team when the director is not available; executive writing for campus leadership; a primary editor of social media copy; editing and writing content to tell UMKC's story through a variety of earned and owned media for internal and external audiences; and planning and creating content for the university's website, digital newsletters and social media channels.

The assistant director will play an important role in issues management/crisis response situations at a 24/7/365 campus. Strong news judgment and organizational skills; and experience in meeting deadlines and personnel management are musts. The position reports to the Director of Strategic Communications within the Division of Strategic Marketing and Communications.

The ideal candidate will:

• Develop content ideas in multiple formats and quickly execute high-quality content in those areas.
• Juggle a variety of projects, demonstrating ability to move quickly on short-term needs while making progress on longer-term goals.
• Demonstrate strong news judgment and writing skills.
• Increase public visibility by developing and facilitating relationships with key campus and public constituents, including but not limited to academic units, campus leadership and local, regional, state and national media.
• Other duties as assigned.