Description

Position Overview

The Communications Specialist will support the design, development, and implementation of strategies to communicate the University Career Center’s and Office of Academic Programs and Experiential Learning’s programs, services, courses and successes to a wide variety of stakeholders including students, faculty, staff, employers, and alumni.

The University Career Center and Office of Academic Programs and Experiential Learning recognize the important role they play in the recruitment, retention, and post-graduate success of the high-quality students attending The University of Kansas. Toward that end, we offer a wide range of quality services, courses, and programs designed to support and challenge students at all stages of the career development and implementation continuum. Plainly stated, our goal is to help students leverage their time at KU to gain the skills and experiences needed to help them achieve their post-graduate career goals. For more information about the University Career Center visit career.ku.edu. For more information about Academic Programs & Experiential Learning visit experience.ku.edu.Job Description

Writing, Marketing, and Communications Support (60%)

• Oversees UCC’s social media channels, including developing and implementing channel strategies, designing social media content, maintaining social editorial calendar, and managing postings.
• Generates ideas, writes and edits content for print and digital materials and distribute materials related to the UCC programs & services, UNIV 101, First-Year Seminars and career courses, and the KU Common Book Program.
• Manages email campaigns through Symplicity, the career management system.
• Develops marketing campaigns, materials, and strategies to promote the job, location, and devepment (JLD) part-time job program to students and employers.

Administration (25%)

• Coordinates marketing interns schedules and projects and provides training to interns.
• Liaises with UCC, APEL, and Academic Success colleagues to ensure they have the marketing materials and resources necessary to promote programs and services to faculty, staff, students, parents, and employers.
• Leads marketing team meetings and other committee meetings as assigned.
• Stays current on trends in communications and marketing.
• Assist in the design, development, and execution of a communications and marketing plan for the UCC and APEL offices.   
• Tracks social media analytics and results of email marketing campaigns, evaluates performance and adjusts to improve results.
• Assists in the of job, location, and development program data and evaluates the effectiveness of marketing campaigns associated with the program.

Event Support (10%)

•  Place advertising, contact media and campus partners, and lend support at events and public relations activities hosted by the UCC and APEL including but not limited to career fairs, KU Common Book programming, recognition programs, and first-year seminar colloquium. Assist with taking photographs and/or video or arranging for contract or KU Marketing Communications photographers as might be required for events and activities.
• Updates and manages event content on the website.
• Serves on the UCC events team committee.

Miscellaneous (5%)

• Other duties as assigned by the Director

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, English, Communications, Marketing or relevant field.

At least one year of marketing or communications experience as demonstrated by application materials.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills as evidenced by applications materials and interview.

Experience using Microsoft  PowerPoint, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

Additional Candidate Instruction

In addition to the online application, the following documents are required to be considered for this position:

A cover letter (addressing how required and preferred qualifications are met)

Resume or curriculum vitae.

Contact information for three professional references.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Application review begins Monday, September 13, 2021 and continues until a qualified pool of applicants is identified.