Communications Coordinator

Job Summary

The role coordinates and produces content for internal media and engages faculty, staff, and students to generate compelling ideas for articles to promote the institution in campus publications, including, but not limited to, emails, newsletters, web pages, and social media. This role also helps ensure all campus messages are ADA-compliant. This role assists with the coordination, production, and distribution of written, audio, and video communications, including copywriting/editing support for published Jagwire articles. This role functions as the department's AP Style expert, providing copy, editing, service level communications, and written materials as assigned, as well as various writing projects, maintaining university editorial standards and guides.

Responsibilities

• Content creation to include writing and editing, and campus and community outreach.
• Responsible for project support and back-up for the internal communications manager, to include strategy around planning and delivering internal campus messaging through mass emails, including crisis communications.
• Aim to curate, write, and complete two Jagwire stories and an additional brief each month.
• Provide writing and editing support, mentorship, and coaching for campus communications and faculty experts and continue building key relationships with sources around campus.
• Develop and provide training modules to support campus partners and ensure consistency in Messaging.
• Lead communications and marketing strategy on Spring and Fall Commencement stories, Values Week, and coordinate project management for AU initiatives.
• Style guide maintenance, ADA compliance, and other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Communication, Journalism, Marketing, or related field. Minimum 3 years of experience in communications and marketing.