Job Description:

• Reporting to the director of communications, develop, create, and execute brand-relevant content across multiple platforms, consistent with PMEâ™s communications strategy. Primary focus will be research and education news.
• Write compelling, factually accurate, and grammatically clean long-form and short-form copy, as well as effective headlines, taglines, and calls to action.
• Produce visual assets â“ photography and/or video â“ that can be utilized across multiple channels, including web, social media, e-newsletters, print, etc.
• Create relationships with key stakeholders, faculty, and departmental leadership to develop stories for external and internal audiences, and serve as the PME representative at bi-weekly University science communicator meetings.
• Develop and execute content for annual/quarterly PME reports and efficiently route content through the approvals process.
• Support the digital communications editor as needed with content for social media channels and internal newsletter and assist with creation of deanâ™s communications and crisis communications and manage the editorial calendar for PMEâ™s channels.
• Develop strategies to repurpose content to maximize its value, including working collaboratively across the University and with affiliated national laboratories to amplify PME-generated content through their channels.
• Develops, plans, and disseminates information designed to keep the public informed of the organization's programs, accomplishments, or point of view.
• Solves moderate to complex problems related to the writing, preparation, and/or delivery of information from or about the unit.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelorâ™s degree in journalism, communications, public relations, or a related field

Experience:

• Five to seven years professional experience in journalism, communications, public relations or a related field

• Experience working in higher education or non-profit experience

Technical Skills or Knowledge

• Familiarity with photography and photo editing software

• Familiarity with videography and video editing software

• Knowledge of Adobe and Microsoft Office suite

• Familiarity with content management systems, specifically Drupal

Preferred Competencies

• Excellent writing, editing, time management, organizational, interviewing,

• creative problem-solving skills, and excellent attention to detail.

• Experience in science journalism or communications, with a focus on

• translating technical research to a general audience.

• Demonstrated expertise in developing user-focused content that follows

• brand, voice, tone, and visual guidelines.

• Knowledge of and demonstrated experience with content management

• systems, email marketing platforms, and other digital communications

• platforms including SEO best practices, and proven photography and

• videography skill.

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team, and

• with individuals at all levels of an organization.

Application Documents

• Resume (required) 

• Cover letter (required) 

• Writing sample - science or engineering content preferred (required) 

• List of 3 references (required) 

• Sample of graphic or digital art â“ image or video content (preferred) 

 

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