Academic Communications Specialist- Emergency Medicine

University of Maryland Faculty Physicians; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Maryland Faculty Physicians seeks an Academic Communications Specialist to support faculty manuscript preparation, publication editing, and strategic communications. The role includes managing digital content and tracking scholarly metrics to advance faculty recognition and career development.

You will collaborate with faculty, staff, and leadership to ensure accurate, timely communications aligned with institutional goals and to promote scholarly accomplishments across channels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, communications, journalism, or related field from an accredited college or university; Master's degree preferred.
• 5–10 years of experience in writing/editing medical, academic, scientific, or other technical material.
• Certification by the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a central resource for faculty manuscript preparation and publication support.
• Provide executive communications for departmental leadership.
• Manage website and digital content development and publication processes.

Skills

Academic writing

Editing

Content development

Publication management

Scholarly analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in English, communications, journalism, or related field

Master's degree preferred

BELS certification preferred

Job description

The Academic Communications Specialist supports the Department's academic, scholarly, and strategic communication initiatives through professional writing, editing, content development, publication management, and scholarly activity tracking. This position serves as a central resource for faculty manuscript preparation and publication support, executive communications for departmental leadership, website and digital content management, and the collection, analysis, and reporting of publication data and other academic metrics. The Academic Communications Specialist collaborates with faculty, staff, and leadership to ensure communications are accurate, engaging, timely, and aligned with departmental and institutional goals while supporting faculty advancement, academic recognition, and career development through the effective documentation and promotion of scholarly accomplishments; and other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION And/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in English, communications, journalism, or related field from an accredited college or university; Master's degree preferred
• 5- 10 years of experience in writing/editing medical, academic, scientific, or other technical material
• Certification by the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) is preferred

Total Rewards

The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of University of Maryland's Faculty Physician's Inc. salary range for this position. Some candidates will not be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographical location, skills, work experience, market conditions, internal equity, responsibility factor and span of control, education/ training and other qualifications. University of Maryland Faculty Physician's Inc. offers a total rewards package that supports our employee's life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://www.umfpi.org/jobs/summary-employee-benefits