Job Description:

• Partners with the Senior Director, News and Content to shape the overall strategic content plan, helping guide new series and formats while planning and executing coverage of important University events, awards and initiatives.
• Serves as lead editor for content from University news writers and campus partners, ensuring it drives University strategic messages while developing stories that grow engagement across the Universityâ™s digital channels.
• Leads the strategy and production for the twice-weekly UChicago e-newsletter, including writing and selecting content while experimenting with tactics to grow readership and increase audience engagement.
• Serves as lead editor for social media content, collaborating with our social media team to develop dynamic content that highlights the Universityâ™s unique campus community while increasing engagement on the Universityâ™s social channels.
• Leads monthly brainstorming sessions within University Communications to create unique content and stories highlighting the UChicago community. Works with team to leverage innovative platforms to increase audience engagement.
• Leads regular content meetings with campus partners in communications, developing opportunities to highlight impactful UChicago research, high-profile University events, and initiatives.
• Oversees coordination and execution of written and multimedia content for important University events and awards, including Convocation.
• Collaborates on multimedia projects with University Communications, UChicago Creative and other partners.
• Leverages analytics tools and innovative technology to maximize our teamâ™s work and increase engagement with our audiences.
• Ensures strong alignment between the news writers and media relations team on the development of content that may be of media interest, including faculty Q&As.
• Designs and maintains editing schedules and manages the proofreading, review, and correction of page proofs and additional proof stages.
• Works directly with writers, editors, and others involved in projects. Ensures the quality of editorial work of others and advises them on the prioritization of assignments. Guides the staff in setting procedures and editing styles and in resolving any other issues that may arise.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience:

• Background in communications, marketing, journalism, or public relations.
• Extensive knowledge of news writing and digital content.
• Working as a writer and/or editor highly preferred.
• Working with social media, multimedia, and digital publishing highly preferred.
• Familiarity with issues in higher education.
• Familiarity with analytics and new digital technologies a plus.

Preferred Competencies

• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Strong collaborative skills, working within teams and across different areas of an organization/institution.
• Passion for new ideas and fostering creativity among teams.
• Strong leadership skills and think strategically about projects, large and small.
• Strong verbal and communication skills.
• Work with a high degree of initiative, organization, and attention to detail.
• Work on tight deadlines as well as long-term projects.
• Explain complex ideas and materials to a general audience.
• Maintain confidentiality.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Work Sample (required)
• References Contact Information (3)(required)

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