Multimedia Communications & Marketing Specialist

Auburn University; Auburn (AL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits

Educational opportunities

Work-life balance

Job summary

Auburn University is seeking a Communications and Marketing Specialist within the Office of Communications and Marketing in the College of Agriculture and AAES. The role focuses on producing news releases, coordinating media outreach, and creating marketing materials to support student recruitment and fundraising.

Responsibilities include editing content, managing The Season digital magazine, and running targeted email campaigns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing or a related field.
• Level II requires 2 years of experience in marketing and communications including print journalism.
• Level III requires 4 years of experience in marketing and communications including print journalism.
• Substitutions allowed for experience: additional education may count toward experience.

Responsibilities

• Write news releases for the College of Agriculture and AAES.
• Target news and story pitches to local, state, regional and national media.
• Coordinate photography for news releases and related materials.
• Serve as copy editor for all college and AAES marketing materials and for news and feature stories.
• Edit The Season digital magazine and manage production timelines.
• Write marketing materials for student recruitment, fundraising and related purposes.
• Upload news and feature stories to the AU Wire.
• Create and manage targeted email campaigns.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the director of communications and marketing.

Skills

News writing

Copy editing

Media relations

Marketing campaigns

Content creation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing or related field

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing or related field + 2 years experience

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing or related field + 4 years experience

Tools

MS Office

AU Wire upload

Job description

Auburn University is seeking a Communications and Marketing Specialist within the Office of Communications and Marketing in the College of Agriculture and AAES. The role focuses on producing news releases, coordinating media outreach, and creating marketing materials to support student recruitment and fundraising.

Responsibilities include editing content, managing The Season digital magazine, and running targeted email campaigns.