Communications Specialist - University Housing

Experience Champaign Urbana; Urbana (IL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Experience Champaign Urbana seeks a content-focused communications professional to create and edit content for University Housing across print, web, video, and other multimedia projects. You will collaborate with the Senior Communications Coordinator to develop stories, blogs, emails, websites, scripts, and social media.

You will ensure brand guidelines are followed, leverage data to improve strategy, and work with the Associate Director of Communications and Marketing to plan and execute

Qualifications

• Create and edit content for print, web, video, and other multimedia projects for University Housing units.
• Collaborate with the Senior Communications Coordinator to develop stories, blogs, emails, websites, scripts, storyboards, postcards, brochures, social media, and presentations.
• Proofread and edit content for accuracy, consistency, clarity, and grammatical correctness.
• Collaborate with teammates, partners, stakeholders, faculty, staff, and student employees.
• Collaborate with team members to develop key messages, ensure content and design unification, and ideate for video projects.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to campus-wide brand guidelines and use data to assess content strategy efforts.
• Collaborate with the Senior Communications Coordinator and Associate Director of Communications and Marketing to create and execute communication plans.
• Keep up with professional development and stay informed on content, audience, and higher education trends.
• Strategically manage University Housing social media channels and oversee student employees responsible for executing a cohesive plan.
• Supervise and mentor student employees who carry out day-to-day social media operations.

Job description

Duties Responsibilities

Create and edit content for print, web, video, and other multimedia projects for University Housing units. Create content in collaboration with the Senior Communications Coordinator, including but not limited to stories, blogs, articles, emails, websites, scripts, storyboards, postcards, brochures, social media, and presentations. Proofread and edit content for accuracy, consistency, clarity, and grammatical correctness. Collaborate effectively with teammates, partners, stakeholders, faculty, staff, and student employees. Collaborate with team members to develop key messages, ensure content and design unification, and ideate for video projects.

Content Strategy Assessment

Ensure adherence to campus-wide brand guidelines. Utilize data to assess content strategy efforts and inform future decision-making. Collaborate with Senior Communications Coordinator and Associate Director of Communications and Marketing to make and execute communication plans. Keep up with professional development and maintain a relevant understanding of current content, audience, and higher education trends.

Social Media Management

Strategically manage University Housing social media channels and oversee student employees responsible for executing a cohesive social media plan. Work to implement social media strategy, developed collaboratively with the Senior Communications Coordinator and Associate Director of Communications and Marketing. Supervise and mentor student employees, who carry out the day-to-day operations of University Housing social media accounts.