Director for Communications, Marketing, & Publications

VCOM; Blacksburg (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

VCOM in Blacksburg, VA, seeks a Director for Communications, Marketing and Publications to support the VP of Communications with PR, publications, web content, social media and advertising. This is a hands-on role in a small team requiring strong news-writing, media relations, and digital photography.

The candidate will handle Adobe Creative Suite, graphic design, tight deadlines, and collaborate across campus. Starting salary $60,000–$65,000, with placement based on experience.

Qualifications

• Must have 6-8 years of demonstrated professional experience in communications, writing and editing, design and web/social media.
• Experience managing and curating content for multiple social media accounts.
• Strong editing and proofreading skills.
• High proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, Premiere Pro).
• MS Office applications such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel are also required.

Skills

Communications experience

Writing & editing

Design

Web & social media

Adobe Creative Suite

Photography

Videography

Website content management

MS Office

Time management

Education

Master’s Degree in Communications, Media, or related field

Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Media, or related field plus relevant professional experience

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Lightroom

Illustrator

Acrobat Pro

Premiere Pro

Job description

Director for Communications, Marketing, & Publications

Status : Administrative Staff Positions

Description:

The Director for Communications, Marketing and Publications will assist the Vice President of Communications with communications and marketing projects including public relations, publications, web content and social media, and advertising.This is a hands-on position in a small team. The candidate must demonstrate experience in writing effective news releases and working with the media, engaging social media, and effective, engaging written communications in publications.The candidate is required to be the digital photographer/editor, have graphic design skills for marketing and advertising work using the Adobe Creative Suite package and be able to work under tight deadlines. This position requires an outgoing, dynamic personality and team attitude to work with many different divisions and individuals across the campus and with other Communications team members across all College locations

Salary Range: $60,000 - $65,000

(Note: Starting salary will be determined based upon previous experience, education, and skill set.)

Required Qualifications:

• Education: AMaster’s Degree in Communications, Media, or a related field; or a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Media, or a related field plus relevantprofessional experience.
• Licensure or certification:none
• Portfolio: Along with your resume, please submit a hyperlink to an online web portfolio or send PDFs of portfolio items including writing samples, photography, creative, and links or list of websites, blogs or social media sites you have created or managed. Although writing or print samples can presented in a traditional portfolio book at the interview, electronic samples prior to interview are preferred.

Skills required for this position include:

• Must have minimum of 6-8 years of demonstrated professional experience in communications, writing and editing, design and web/social media.
• Experience managing and curating content for multiple social media accounts.
• Strong editing and proofreading skills.
• Demonstrate a high level of proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud applications (InDesign, PhotoShop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, and Premiere Pro.
• Skills with Microsoft Office applications such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel are also required.
• Experience with digital photography, use of videography and related equipment
• Experience in website content management.
• Team players who are committed to their careers, and maintaining ongoing relationships with administration, co-workers and students.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability tomulti-task, and strong project management skills are highly valued.
  The individual must be highly organized, detailed-oriented and utilize excellent time management skills.
• Commitment to company values

Preferences may be given to candidateswho have worked in an academic environment or healthcare industry; experience in obtaining quotes and bids for print and promotional materials;community involvement.

The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the United States.

Successful candidate will be subject to a criminal history background check.

Regular, reliable or predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

Working Conditions and Efforts:

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands and vision for office equipment such as computers; talk or hear; moderate telephone usage. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work environment: Office environment. Outside travel required 10% of time. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.

This position is classified as an exempt position because it requires that the candidate/employee exercise independent judgement and discretion regarding matters of significance.

VCOM Core Values:

The employee is expected to adhere to all VCOM policies. As the environment is a professional college, the VCOM faculty/staff are expected to dress and behave in a professional manner at work. The VCOM faculty/staff are also expected to as a VCOM employee to be a person who follows all laws and professional expectations of an upstanding citizen of the community. VCOM expects all employees to maintain a positive attitude in all working relationships with all VCOM departments, employees, medical students, prospective medical students, interns and residents and to treat all others engaged in the duties of the employment, with mutual respect.