Communications Coordinator

St. Xavier High School; Wintondale (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Xavier High School is seeking a Communications Coordinator to support the Marketing and Communications Department.

This full-time role includes evenings and weekends as needed and involves photography, video production, social media campaigns, and content development for school publications. You will assist the Director of Communications and Marketing with creative projects, while supporting Admissions, Advancement, Academics and Athletics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, public affairs, journalism, communications, English or related field.
• Relevant experience in communications field.

Responsibilities

• Create and edit video productions.
• Provide photography at events.
• Coordinate with partners to create and post content for website and social media.
• Develop a strategic social media presence and monitor channels.
• Assist with school publications (yearbook, St. X Magazine).
• Support Athletics media and content as directed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Photography

Video production

Social media campaigns

Content development

Strong writing

Verbal communications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing/public affairs/journalism/communications/English

Tools

Social media platforms management

Job description

The Communications Coordinator is a full-time position working some weekends and evenings to complement the work of the Marketing and Communications Department.

Reporting to the Communications Manager, the Communications Coordinator is responsible for assisting with photography, video production, social media campaigns and content development. Assist with St. Xavier High School publications, as well as supporting the Director of Communications and Marketing with creative and content development. This position will also assist with Admissions, Advancement, Academics and Athletics.

The Coordinator must be comfortable interacting with members of the St. Xavier community and should be able to communicate in an articulate manner both in writing and speaking.

Employees work in service to a wide variety of divisions and departments in the creation and implementation of communications, marketing and public relations events, activities and materials. The office serves as the central hub in the management of the school’s communications efforts, acting as an internal agency for the various internal partners.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create and edit video productions
• Provide photography at assigned events/photography management
• Coordinate with institutional partners to create and post relevant, well-written, appropriate content for the website and social media
• Coordinate a strategic social media presence and frequently monitor social media outlets for positive and negative comments or content
• Assist the Communications Manager in the development of school publications - including the yearbook and St. X Magazine
• Assist with Athletics media, content development and social media as directed
• Other essential duties as assigned

Skills and Other Required Competencies:

The Communications Coordinator shall be a person who has a dynamic personality, is organized, technologically savvy, and engaging. Additionally,

• Be a person with excellent interpersonal skills who is able to build and maintain cooperative, supportive and friendly relationships with staff members, and other constituents--a team player.
• Have a demonstrated knowledge of social media platforms, publication design/layout, photography and video editing.
• Possess superior writing skills and excellent verbal communications skills.
• Demonstrate the ability to think creatively, take initiative, offer solutions, prioritize multiple tasks and projects while working under specific deadlines.
• Be a self-starter who thrives in a challenging, fast paced environment; is disciplined and takes personal responsibility for achieving results; be prepared to work evening and weekend hours as required.
• Be committed to the spirit and principles of Catholic Jesuit education.

Education, Experience, and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, public affairs, journalism, communications, English or a related field.
• Relevant experience working in the communications field.

The school’s policy regarding background checks for teaching and nonteaching employees and for volunteers who have direct contact with students:

B. Screening Employees and Regular Volunteers Persons who serve our students as employees or regular volunteers are among the School's most valuable assets. They contribute so much to the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, and physical wellbeing of young persons. Administrators must take due precautions in order to assure that only those persons who are psychologically and temperamentally suited are chosen to work with students.

B.1 Each applicant for employment in a position with regular, significant contact with students must supply to the hiring agent personal information adequate to assess his or her suitability for contact with students. Each applicant must complete and sign the official Applicant's Certification (cf. Attachment 3). Each applicant must supply the names of three references, at least one from the most recent employer and none from close friends or relatives.

B.2 Hiring agents are to speak with references provided by applicants for employment and to examine and verify the employment history. The hiring agent will secure a check of criminal records through the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

B.3 The School will establish procedures for gathering the information and completing the reference checks mentioned above. All of this information is to be retained in a confidential file at the location of employment until five years after employment ends, at which time all application documents are to be destroyed.

B.4 Those persons who recruit volunteers to work regularly with students should exercise caution in selecting volunteers. If there is any cause for concern in a particular case, the matter should be brought to the attention of the responsible supervisor for further review. A background check of criminal records through the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation will be secured for all volunteers who work regularly with students. A "regular volunteer" means anyone other than an employee who functions in a regular significant relationship with students. This includes coaches, tutors, interns, student teachers, and others in a similar capacity. It also means any volunteer who works with students more than three hours a month or who works with students more frequently than once a month. It does not include the occasional volunteer such as a driver or chaperone for individual activities as well as those volunteers who work no more than once a month and for fewer than three hours a month.