Content & Social Media Specialist - Higher Ed Housing

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Urbana (IL); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Job summary

University Housing in Champaign-Urbana seeks a Communications Specialist to manage content across print, web, video, and social channels, supporting Family & Graduate Housing, Residence Life, Dining Services, and staff initiatives.

As part of Housing Information & Marketing, you will collaborate with teammates to craft stories, blogs, emails and websites, proofread for accuracy, and ensure brand consistency while engaging a broad campus audience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business administration, communications (required).
• One year of professional work experience in marketing, public relations, communications, or related area.
• Preferred: degree in English, marketing, communications, journalism, or related field.
• Preferred: two years of experience in writing, marketing, or storytelling.
• Experience creating content for higher education audiences is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create and edit content for print, web, video, and multimedia projects for University Housing units.
• Collaborate with Senior Communications Coordinator to develop stories, blogs, emails, websites, scripts, postcards and social content.
• Proofread for accuracy, consistency, and clarity.
• Collaborate with teammates, stakeholders, and student employees to develop key messages and unified content.

Skills

Content creation

Proofreading

SEO basics

CMS familiarity

Project management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing, business administration, communications

Bachelor's degree in English, marketing, communications

Job description

University Housing in Champaign-Urbana seeks a Communications Specialist to manage content across print, web, video, and social channels, supporting Family & Graduate Housing, Residence Life, Dining Services, and staff initiatives.

As part of Housing Information & Marketing, you will collaborate with teammates to craft stories, blogs, emails and websites, proofread for accuracy, and ensure brand consistency while engaging a broad campus audience.