Strategic Education Communications Lead

Nashville Public Radio; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Heritage Hall seeks a Communications Manager to support the School’s strategic communications efforts and serve as a liaison between the Marketing and Communications office and Development, Admission, and other campus departments. The role ensures consistent messaging and timely information for families, students, alumni, and staff.

The ideal candidate will craft compelling content, manage the website and social channels, and coordinate annual publications while collaborating with leadership to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, marketing, public relations, or a related field.
• Professional experience in communications, marketing, or development, preferably in an educational or nonprofit setting.
• Experience with Blackbaud or similar CMS/LMS platforms preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Admission and Development teams on messaging for emails, invitations, newsletters, new family information, and event communications.
• Draft and edit development-style copy to support fundraising appeals and stewardship efforts.
• Produce and distribute constituent-facing emails in partnership with campus departments and School leadership.
• Work with the Communications team to create and update content for the website and social media.
• Lead content development for the annual back-to-school publication, Inside The Hall.
• Write and distribute the weekly campus newsletter, The Pony Express, for families and faculty/staff.
• Maintain media contact lists and assist with press releases and school announcements.
• Coordinate with the digital media specialist and senior graphic designer to manage and archive communications assets.
• Support emergency alert messaging in collaboration with Marketing and Campus Security.
• Participate actively in Advancement team meetings and projects to support a collaborative culture.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Storytelling

Multi-channel communications

SEO

Analytics tools

Collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, marketing, public relations, or a related field

Tools

Blackbaud CMS

Google Analytics

Job description

Heritage Hall seeks a Communications Manager to support the School’s strategic communications efforts and serve as a liaison between the Marketing and Communications office and Development, Admission, and other campus departments. The role ensures consistent messaging and timely information for families, students, alumni, and staff.

The ideal candidate will craft compelling content, manage the website and social channels, and coordinate annual publications while collaborating with leadership to