Job Description:

• Manages the IOPâ™s digital and social media assets, compiling and analyzing relevant metrics based on established goals.
• Keeps track of social media engagement statistics, including responding to DMs and other inquiries to improve brand responsiveness statistics.
• Designs and executes outreach campaigns to keep the student and broader UChicago community informed of the IOPâ™s programming increase audience size for IOP events.
• Maintains editorial oversight of public outreach/social media feeds in order to preserve equitable attention to each of the IOPâ™s four program areas.
• Strategizes ways to increase social media following and engagement in order to build a student-centered community.
• Attends IOP programs to cover them for our social media; trains communications intern and/or other students for social media takeovers where in-person coverage isnâ™t possible.
• Produces other unique digital content for the IOPâ™s social media platforms (including mining past events for timely content tied to current news).
• Performs data analysis of highly engaged student demographics.
• Manages weekly newsletters, in collaboration with the outreach intern.
• Collaborates with the Communications Director and Multimedia Specialist to ensure we are telling a consistent story across platforms.
• Meets regularly with each program area to discuss their communications needs.
• Assists in building our IOP alumni network, including lead role in alumni engagement.
• Assists with biannual campus fundraising campaign.
• Handles organization of Institute CRM system, including data management and analysis.
• Designs and compiles two student engagement surveys per academic year.
• Assists as needed in updating website or with graphics.
• Plans, develops and disseminates information designed to keep the public informed of the organization's programs, accomplishments, or point of view, with moderate levels of guidance and direction.
• Continues to build knowledge of the University, processes and customers.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelorâ™s degree, preferably in public relations, marketing, English or related field.

Experience:

• Prior experience in communications or related field.
• Working knowledge with college students or on a college campus.
• Background with relational organizing.
• Finger on the pulse of social media trends.
• Eagerness to try new things.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• Deep fluency and knowledge of digital communications best practices including accessibility, website development, social media, data maintenance, and email marketing.
• Excellent communications skills required for the effective delivery of the Instituteâ™s vision, mission and brand.
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, as well as social media and CMS/CRM tools.
• Experience in production of marketing and communication materials; familiarity with website coding (HTML/CSS) and graphic design.

Preferred Competencies

• Exceptional time management and organizational skills including the ability to meet external and internal deadlines.
• Meet tight external and internal deadlines.
• Entrepreneurial, creative thinking about how to improve the Instituteâ™s communications and outreach efforts.
• Knowledge of and passion for politics and igniting in young people a similar passion.
• Proven ability to be a valuable part of a team.

Working Conditions

• Evening and weekend work during peak activity times.
• Some travel.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter (required)
• References Contact Information (3)(required)

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