"Interdisciplinary Communication Coordinator"

Interdisciplinary Communication Coordinator

Company:
North Carolina State University

Job Location:

Category:
Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs

Type:
Full-Time

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Department: 230101 - Interdisciplinary Programs - SVP

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

Essential Job Duties:
The Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs builds on successful interdisciplinary efforts that started as part of NC State's previous strategic plan. The office also brings key Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost units and initiatives that cross disciplinary boundaries together in one place. It fosters and supports partnerships with university-level interdisciplinary programs. The office's work is closely aligned with Wolfpack 2030: Powering the Extraordinary, NC State's 2021-2030 Strategic Plan, and will advance all three pillars of the university's land-grant mission: excellent teaching, research and engagement.

This is a new position which will serve as the lead for facilitating and synergizing communication efforts across the Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs (OUIP) and the units which report to it. Currently, OUIP's communications needs are handled by the Provost's Office Communications team and by team members within each unit; this position aims to bridge the gap between these organizational structures and provide our interdisciplinary team with the ability to more effectively create and share the stories of events, programs, faculty, staff and students. This position will also have the opportunity to play a role in amplifying new OUIP-level efforts, such as art-science efforts at NC State and Think and Do Tanks.

Responsibilities:
The Interdisciplinary Communication Coordinator will be responsible for developing strategies for easing the ability of communications staff within units to create standard approaches and branding for units to feature their work, develop mechanisms for individual units to easily contribute to a common newsletter and find mechanisms to feature key events and tell stories of the novel ways NC State is facilitating interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and problem solving. There is the opportunity to also incorporate data driven storytelling and visualization techniques in this work, as well as to develop novel communication approaches. The Coordinator will convene the comms team within OUIP and work closely with, and report to, the Senior Vice Provost of University Interdisciplinary Programs working closely with the Provost's Office Communications team.

Opportunities:
NC State is a leader in Public Science and, more generally, in developing novel approaches for engaging audiences. This Coordinator will be able to engage, benefit from and share with that community of scholars and practitioners.

Example Products:
The Coordinator will help to develop OUIP-level newsletters and "spotlight" stories that highlight faculty, staff and students who are playing great roles as interdisciplinary leaders. In addition, they will be able to work to ease the ability of the university to tell data-driven (and -visualized) stories about the interdisciplinarity at NC State. The details of the products this person helps to produce will ultimately represent the synergy between the needs and opportunities in OUIP and their specific skillsets.

Other Work/Responsibilities:
General Scope of Duties:

• Convenes communications team across OUIP and acts as a liaison between this team and the Provost's Office communication team
• Oversees the cohesion of communications efforts across programs
• In collaboration with program-level communicators and in consultation with the Provost's Office Communications team
  • crafts specialized and professional communications for the Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs that build on the work of individual programs (e.g., newsletters and "spotlights" on faculty, staff and students)
  • creates and distributes promotional materials for events (e.g., event calendars)
  • shares OUIP's efforts and mission with updates to LinkedIn and elsewhere in the social media landscape
  • updates and maintains OUIP's Wordpress website, particularly the events page
  • create systems to collectively manage both public and internal databases for events
• Working with the Provost's Office Communications team to streamline brand practices for OUIP divisional communicators to create consistently branded materials such as brochures, slide decks, handouts, and other media as needed
• Identify priorities for OUIP as a whole vs. individual priorities of the units, particularly in promoting events and initiatives
• Helps to communica

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to tell stories and craft data-driven visuals that connect to a variety of audiences (primarily students/campus, donors/alumni and program-specific audiences)
• Ability to communicate complex information with clarity and professionalism
• Combination of big-picture and detail-oriented thinking to effectively assess and address communications needs and efforts across multiple units
• Ability to evaluate the impact of various communications, events, and outreach initiatives and identify the target audience
• Experience leveraging social media platforms as a means of promoting visibility and connecting others with the office's mission and efforts
• Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with administrators and academics across campus
• Comfort with running meetings and acting as a lead within a group of other experienced communications professionals
• High level of organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate organizational needs and priorities in a way that is clear, professional, and friendly
• Comfort with rapidly adapting to changing communication landscapes, strategies, and priorities.
• Curiosity and interest in wide-ranging scholarly/university topics (that range from AI driven molecular innovation to the music produced by decaying organisms to the genetics of silk production and beyond)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Comfort/familiarity with AP style
• Familiarity with graphic design software (e.g., Canva/Adobe Design) and ability to stay up to date with new relevant technology and programs
• Experience with managing a Wordpress backend, ideally within higher ed
• Familiarity with Google suite and other tools for working on hybrid/distance teams
• Interest in science and engineering

Required license or certification:
N/A

Position Number: 23WTL01

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