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[full-time] Web Writer/Editor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania

2013-04-22 22:39:56

Location: Indiana, PA
URL: http://www.iup.edu/employment/default.aspx

Description:

POSTED: April 22, 2013

The web writer/editor is a member of the web team in the Communications and Marketing Office at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

The web writer/editor supports university marketing and enrollment goals by creating informational, news, and other content that adheres to brand and messaging guidelines. Content must be accurate, clear, and engaging and reflects an understanding of best practices in web writing. Annual salary is $41,837.

As directed by the communications strategist for electronic content, the web writer/editor liaisons with departments and offices around campus to write content for their web pages, newsfeeds, and other electronic channels.

This position will write content that is factually accurate and shows solid command of syntax. A talent for writing clearly and engagingly on behalf of institutional goals and an understanding of writing for the web and search optimization are expected. The web writer/editor may copy-edit departmental/office content for correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and must have a solid understanding of the Chicago Manual of Style. Basic image editing in Photoshop may be included as part of content creation.

The web writer/editor will be a skilled user of the university content management system and will use the CMS to create and post content regularly. He or she will support department/office web contributors by providing guidance in writing basics and training on the use of the CMS to create web pages.

This position requires a bachelor’s degree in English, communications, journalism, or similar field. One year of professional experience as an electronic content writer in a higher education, newspaper, or public relations setting and familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style are required. Experience using a web content management system is highly preferred.

APPLY: All applications must be submitted via our online application system: https://iup.peopleadmin.com/postings/217.

A cover letter addressing your qualifications for the position, a resume, three professional references, and three samples of professional writing must be attached to your online application. Note: do not fax, mail, or email any documentation.

A writing and editing test will be given. Official transcripts are required prior to hire.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 8, 2013.

IUP is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is an equal opportunity employer M/F/H/V.

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[full-time] Manager of Strategic Communications at Missouri University of Science and Technology

2013-04-10 14:26:16

Location: Anywhere
URL: http://www.mst.edu

Description:

The Manager of Strategic Communications reports to the Director of Communications and has responsibility for developing and implementing a comprehensive communications strategy for university leadership. The individual in this position must be able to work closely with university administrators and their staff, trustees, donors and departmental sources. The position may be assigned supervisory responsibilities on a project basis and may serve as an editor and advisor to other communications staff, both formally and informally. Responsibilities include:

Executive-level speechwriting and scriptwriting for public occasions and appearances
Preparing op-ed articles and coordinating with other Communications staff to place pieces in influential media outlets.
Writing and editing leadership newsletter and related materials
Preparing presentations
Maintaining and updating leadership websites, as appropriate
Coordinating public appearance scheduling with campus leadership and University Advancement
Coordinating social media initiatives, including Twitter and blogging
Preparing special messages from university leadership for various marketing materials, including Missouri S&T Magazine, the Shillelagh newsletter, the Chancellor’s Scholarship brochure for Student Financial Assistance, and campaign publications.
Serving as a member of the University’s Crisis Communications Team.

Attending events involving university leadership as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degreee in communications, marketing, journalism, English or related field; 5 to 7 years of professional experience in executive speechwriting, news and feature writing, and content creation for web or other electronic media; and experience in managing strategic communications, marketing or branding projects

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working or writing for an education institution is preferred but not required.

The successful candidate must also demonstrate:

Excellent problem-solving, interviewing and analytical skills;
The ability to work independently and meet deadlines;
The ability to work well under pressure;
The ability to manage multiple priorities;
Excellent public relations judgment;

Keen understanding of strategic brand positioning

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[full-time] Multimedia Content Specialist at Ithaca College

2013-04-08 23:29:44

Location: New York
URL: http://ithaca.edu

Description:

Ithaca College is looking for a multimedia content specialist who is a creative individual who can produce and communicate key messages and stories using various social media and multimedia platforms in support of the College’s strategic marketing efforts. This position will be responsible for the voice and content behind the College’s primary social media accounts; collaborate on social media efforts with recruitment marketing and undergraduate admission, serve as a social media consultant to internal clients, manage social media in crisis situations, monitor College-related conversations in social media and track sentiment ratings, measure the impact of social media on the overall marketing efforts and prepare analytics reports; monitor trends in social media tools, research social platforms and identify potential use; contribute and identify story ideas and develop content through creative writing and editing of copy; assist with photo/video shoots, editing, audio mixing, and shoot logistics, as well as promoting media relations stories with multimedia supplements. Qualifications: The successful candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in journalism, communication, TV/radio, advertising, marketing and related experience; strong written and verbal skills; ability to write brief, engaging stories on brand message; online journalism experience handling photos and videos; proven experience and knowledge of prominent social media platforms; experience managing one or more social media accounts for an established brand; experience with social media monitoring and analytics. Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends monitoring social media and occasional travel for photo and video shoots are required. Audio and video production and editing (Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro, familiarity with non-linear editing software, and ability to create lighting setups) preferred. Experience with digital video cameras (still & motion) is preferred. Interested individuals must apply online at apply.icjobs.org, and attach requested documents. Questions about the online application should be directed to the Office of Human Resources at (607) 274 8000. Review of applications will begin immediately.

Ithaca College is committed to building a diverse academic community and encourages members of underrepresented groups to apply. Experience that contributes to the diversity of the college is appreciated.

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[full-time] Director of Communications at University of the Pacific

2013-03-27 21:18:58

Location: Stockton, CA
URL: http://www.pacific.peopleadmin.com

Description:

University of the Pacific is looking for an expert communications director to oversee University media relations and web communications. The successful candidate will have extensive experience working with the media, including planning and executing proactive publicity campaigns, managing crises, advising and preparing top executives for media appearances, pitching stories and filling media requests for interviews and shoots. You should be an excellent writer and editor, love working with reporters, and be cool under fire. Supervises a media relations coordinator and a web team of four. The University offers a competitive and comprehensive compensation package including tuition remission. Pacific is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to broadening the diversity of its workforce. Please see https://pacific.peopleadmin.com for an on-line application and view full detail of position on the Stockton Campus.

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[full-time] Creative Director at Saint Mary's College of California

2013-01-09 19:29:33

Location: Moraga, CA
URL: http://stmarys-ca.edu

Description:

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE AT JOBS.STMARYS-CA.EDU*****

Creative Director

This position is the primary leader in implementing the Saint Mary’s College brand through its visual identity and will support institutional marketing objectives through developing creative solutions to marketing problems across digital, print and environmental platforms.

Duties include:
• Strengthens the College’s market distinction, leadership position, and ultimately it’s reputation and revenue streams through strategic thought leadership and creative solutions. Assure creative standards are met across the institution.

• Directs all aspects of design and production for Saint Mary’s College to achieve strategic marketing objectives. This includes design strategy, conceptualization. Executes and directs others in publication and marketing projects across all platforms, including print and digital, ensuring that all materials communicate a high-quality, creative, and consistent visual representation of the College while helping to achieve its marketing objectives.

• Leads the development and implementation of creative strategies and designs for the institution’s web and interactive media presence.

• Serves as the primary steward of visual identity for the institution, ensuring consist and effective implementation of the brand and serving as a campus resource to ensure integrated communications across the College. Establish stretegic partnerships with Deans and other campus leadership to ensure effected integrated communications across the institution.

• Provides leadership for the creative development of the institution’s flagship publication, the Saint Mary’s magazine.

• Supervises two senior designers. Inspire and guide the design team to creative excellence as both a mentor and a contributor. Foster teamwork with designers and writers to set an environment conducive to idea exchange. Assist designers with career and skills development.

• Understands business context and goals for creative efforts. Interact effectively with all levels of management and staff across the institution.

• Leads the production process for creative projects from inception to completion ensuring on-time to delivery.

• Collaborates with freelancers and outside agencies to ensure consistency across channels. Collaborate with production vendors to maintain and evolve efficient processes.

• Develops and implement media plans that serve the needs of internal partners budgets and marketing objectives.

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree and eight or more years of design experience in agency or higher education setting with some supervisory experience.
• A solid expertise in print, web, email and interactive design and the production process for each.
• Experience managing/leading design teams.
• Highly organized, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate clearly and concisely, as well as a demonstrated willingness to share ideas with individuals at all levels.
• Enjoy demonstrating initiative and creativity, excel at originating ideas, anticipate and implement next steps, generate improvement opportunities and translate new ideas into workable solutions.
• Strong problem solving skills, ability to understand and identify key strategic issues, and develop creative design solutions to assignments.
• Experience enforcing and propagating visual identity style guidelines.
• Thorough familiarity and competence with latest Adobe Creative Suite software, including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Solid understanding of browser technologies.
• Comprehensive awareness and interest in new platforms and technologies for the digital channel.

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[full-time] Associate Director of Communications/Coordinator of Presidential Communications at Gettysburg College

2012-12-17 21:28:00

Location: Gettysburg, PA
URL: http://www.gettysburg.edu

Description:

This position will work with the Director of Communications & Media Relations to develop and implement a comprehensive and integrated presidential communications strategy. The strategy includes ongoing national media placement, speechwriting, awareness, and understanding of the College’s key marketing messages, campaign priorities, presidential initiatives, and brand. This position will perform a variety of writing, editing, research, and other activities to support these efforts, including thinking strategically about how to communicate with various audiences; producing marketing and communications plans; contributing content for multiple media; working closely with the president, senior members of the college’s administration and collaboratively with members of the Office of Communications & Marketing.

A bachelor’s degree in the liberal arts, marketing, communications, journalism, or related field required. At least five years of professional experience in executive speech writing is highly preferred. Solid analytical and problem-solving skills are also desired.

The successful candidate should communicate exceptionally well orally and in writing; be creative; have the ability to work independently and on deadline; handle multiple projects; work well under pressure and possess excellent news judgment. Additionally, must also have excellent interviewing and reporting skills as well as superior grammar, spelling and copy-editing skills.

Application materials must be received by January 18, 2013. Candidates will be asked to supply three writing samples as a part of the on-line application. These writing samples should represent work consisting of executive-level writing (i.e. speeches, op-eds, thorough talking points, letters, etc.)and/or feature writing samples.

https://gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/499

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[part-time] Online Communications Administrator at LIM College

2012-11-14 22:20:30

Location: New York
URL: http://www.limcollege.edu/

Description:

LIM College – Where Business Meets Fashion, is currently seeking candidates for the position of Online Communications Administrator.

General Description:

The Online Communications Administrator will be responsible for supporting and executing the College’s online presence with primary focus on social media programing and website maintenance. This includes, but is not limited to, support of all social media and website projects and initiatives when required.

Requirements: The person selected will have the following qualifications:

Minimum Required Qualifications:

*Bachelor’s Degree *Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in online communications including experience in social media marketing and communications, SEO/SEM, web content creation, management, and web technology development *Well-versed in various social media platforms (e.g. social networking sites, blogs, wikis, podcasts, SMS, etc.) *Knowledge of HTML, CSS, enterprise content management systems (e.g. Open Text) and Adobe Photoshop

General Preferred Qualifications:

*Proficient typing skills *Good interpersonal and public relations skills *Solid analytical, creative, and problem-solving abilities *Project management skills and well organized *Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Please visit our website at www.limcollege.edu and click on “Careers at LIM College” for further information about the position and information about LIM College.

For consideration, candidates are required to submit a cover letter, resume or C.V. and the contact information of three professional references

Apply Here: http://www.Click2Apply.net/v39byyg

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[full-time] Multimedia Communications Specialist at Birmingham-Southern College

2012-08-23 19:53:29

Location: Birmingham, AL
URL: http://www.bsc.edu

Description:

Birmingham-Southern College has an immediate opening in its Office of Communications. Primary responsibilities include creating positive awareness and understanding about the college and maintaining and enhancing its reputation among internal and external audiences by providing communications, marketing, public relations, media relations, publications writing and design, web management, social media, and videography/photography services for the college. A bachelor’s degree is required; degree in communications, public relations, journalism, or related field preferred. A minimum of five years’ experience in communications or related field is preferred.

Must possess excellent photography and videography skills; experience editing and posting videos to YouTube; demonstrated success with social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and emerging online communities; excellent time management skills; strong computer skills; and self-motivation. Experience with PC-based and Mac computers required. Knowledge and experience using InDesign, Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, and Dreamweaver software programs preferred. Basic understanding of HTML and website architecture and experience with developing HTML emails and using mass email delivery systems such as Fire Engine Red desired.

Occasional travel and after-hour work are required. Send a letter of interest with contact information for three professional references, salary requirements, and resume to: Birmingham-Southern College, Box 549090, Birmingham, AL 35254; email: humanresources@bsc.edu. BSC complies with the Alabama Child Protection Act of 1999 and E-Verify. EOE.

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[full-time] Web Communications Specialist at New York University College of Dentistry

2012-08-03 19:46:12

Location: New York
URL: http://www.nyucareers.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=55354

Description:

NYU College of Dentistry (NYUCD) is the largest dental school in the United States and the most comprehensive oral healthcare center in the world. NYUCD offers training annually to over 1,600 students from all over the U.S. and nearly 50 countries. NYUCD is also recognized as a leading source for dental care in New York City and as a leader in research and national policy issues in dentistry. The College of Dentistry endeavors to improve the health of the highly diverse populations in New York City and around the world.

Today the College of Dentistry is seeking a Web Communications Specialist!

Reporting to the assistant dean for communications and public affairs, the Web Communications Specialist will develop and project a unified, consistent voice for all aspects of the organization’s online presence; recommend new website navigational structure and changes to site layout and content based on institutional priorities; work with content owners to develop and maintain systems and a calendar for the removal of out of date content and the creation/acquisition of new updated content, including writing, editing, and proofreading content; develop and provide content for website visitors to the NYUCD; gather and research information that enhances the value of the site; create and manage online activities and services for advertising, direct marketing, and public relations.

Qualifications/Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, public relations or a related area.

Preferred Education: Master’s degree in English, journalism, graphic design, communications, public relations preferred.

Required Experience: Minimum five years related experience or an equivalent combination. Must have experience with design, development, and creation of content for web pages. Experience in using content management systems (CMS). Using web metrics and assessment tools to optimize website. General web usability standards and best practices. Ability to optimize images for web usage (e.g., crop, color correct, resize, etc.) Skilled in basic web technologies required to manage websites (e.g., ability to adjust HTML and CSS, etc.) at a level typical for a web content position. Ability to utilize and promote best practices for a SEO-friendly content.

Preferred Experience: Background in healthcare sciences education or administration, strongly preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal. Ability to develop and manage institutional social media presences and to interact with community members on social media platforms. Ability to collaborate, work independently, meet deadlines, work on multiple projects simultaneously, and quickly shift gears as circumstances dictate.

Special Instructions to Applicants: Two samples of web writing are required.

To apply for this opportunity, please use the following Quicklink: www.nyucareers.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=55354

New York University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. NYU does not discriminate due to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability, or any other legally protected basis, and to the extent permitted by law. Qualified candidates of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.

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[full-time] Web Communications Assistant at Southern Arkansas University

2012-07-31 18:55:31

Location: Magnolia, Arkansas
URL: http://www.saumag.edu

Description:

Duties: assists University Communications team with ensuring all website content related to the institution, its branding and marketing messages are maintained, updated, and evaluated for effectiveness and efficiency; assist web staff with detailed content audit(s) of the website; monitors, analyzes, and suggests enhancements to website content, organization, and presentation; develops content through writing and/or reviewing copy as well as selection/review of images; contributes ideas and feedback on current and future editorial content; makes posts and monitors official University social media accounts as needed, including live coverage of University events; works within the University content management system to implement content changes and additions; supports Communications staff as they work with departments to generate compelling site content and effective social media interactions and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: Earned associate’s degree; bachelor’s degree preferred in Web Communications, Mass Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field with experience in public relations, branding and web content generation; demonstrated knowledge of and experience in Web communications including an understanding of content strategy, good design, accessibility, and effective web usability practices; working knowledge of basic HTML/CSS and content management system software, WordPress experience highly preferred; active on multiple social networks beyond Facebook; basic Photoshop photo editing skills; basic photography skills preferred.

To apply, send letter of interest, resume, and contact information of three references to the Office of Human Resources, Southern Arkansas University, P.O. Box 9288, Magnolia, AR 71754-9288 or HR@saumag.edu. Non-listed references may be contacted. AA/EOE

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