Student Experience Communications Manager

University of Texas; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas on the UT Austin campus seeks a Student Experience Communications Manager to lead branding, marketing, and strategic communications for the Liberal Arts student experience.

You will collaborate with faculty, staff, and campus partners, manage social media for Liberal Arts Career Services, and oversee event marketing and intern supervision. A Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in related fields are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least three years in branding, marketing, or communications.
• Excellent project management, interpersonal, and written/oral communication skills.
• Experience collaborating across programs and teams to achieve goals.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite and social media channels.
• At least 2 years of supervisory experience in advertising, promotions, events, or related marketing roles.

Responsibilities

• Relationship management with faculty, staff, and campus partners to promote the Liberal Arts student experience.
• Lead social media strategy for Liberal Arts Career Services’ Instagram and LinkedIn presence with content calendars.
• Plan and support event marketing, including live coverage and print materials.
• Engage with liberal arts student groups, provide career resources, and coordinate activities with staff/faculty.
• Supervise student marketing interns and coordinate regular team meetings.

Skills

Branding

Marketing

Communication strategy

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Oral and written communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Social media platforms

Job description

## Student Experience Communications ManagerApply: UT MAIN CAMPUS: Full time: Posted Today: R\\_00049067**Job Posting Title:**Student Experience Communications Manager**----****Hiring Department:**College of Liberal Arts**----****Position Open To:**All Applicants**----****Weekly Scheduled Hours:**40**----****FLSA Status:**Exempt from FLSA**----****Earliest Start Date:**Immediately**----****Position Duration:**Expected to Continue**----****Location:**UT MAIN CAMPUS**----****Job Details:**## General Notes*What benefits do I receive with UT?*The university offers an impressive benefits package. For more details on benefits, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards For more information about the College of Liberal Arts, please visit: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/Our college seeks to build a supportive, growth-minded community and cultivate outstanding and courageous leaders. For more information on the college staff leadership academy, please visit: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/resources-for-faculty-staff/staff-leadership-academy/ For more information on college staff professional development, please visit:https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/larc/Staff+Professional+Development+Fund ## Responsibilities* **Relationship Management:** Collaborate and communicate with faculty, staff, and other campus partners to promote the dynamic liberal arts student experience, providing accurate and positive information about career possibilities. Support the expansion of the career ecosystem model across the College, infusing career initiatives across the student experience. Manage marketing requests from within the Liberal Arts Career Services team.* **Social Media Management:**Lead strategy for Liberal Arts Career Services’ Instagram account including identifying audiences, content pillars, and formats. Manage content calendar in accordance with content goals. Collaborate with Public Affairs on LinkedIn strategy and provide career related content. Enhance presence and increase activity and impact across both platforms.* **Event Marketing and Support:** Lead and coordinate marketing efforts for Liberal Arts Career Services events including social media promotion, digital media, and print materials. Manage live coverage of events including social media and photography/videography needs. Support with event operations for Liberal Arts Career Services and College of Liberal Arts events.* **Student Connections:** Maintain pulse of liberal arts student trends, behaviors, and interests. Manage relationships with liberal arts student groups by communicating with student leaders and staff/faculty advisors, providing career resources and updates, and attending meetings or events to promote career initiatives.* **Student Marketing Intern Supervision:** Establish candidate pools, interview, engage, and train student marketing interns. Assign and supervise tasks directly for student marketing interns. Lead regular team meetings, provide feedback, and coordinate professional development for students.* **Website Management:** Ensure consistency and accuracy with career content on department pages, working directly with departments to create tailored content as needed. Gather, audit, and analyze existing content. Support the Liberal Arts Career Services website with maintenance, updating and enhancing content for greater engagement and student success.* Other related duties and functions as assigned and based on the evolving needs of the College. ## Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree. At least three years of branding, marketing, or communication strategy experience. Excellent project management abilities, interpersonal skills, and oral and written communication skills. Experience working across programs and teams to achieve goals. Ability to manage competing priorities, working independently and in collaboration with others. Proficiency in MS Office Suite and social media channels. At least 2 years professional or paraprofessional supervisory experience buying advertising, developing, and implementing special promotions, electronic media production, print production, sales, and/or marketing professional entertainment events. *Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.* ## Preferred Qualifications Experience building and cultivating strong partnerships in a university setting. Demonstrated experience and interest in serving university students. Skill with innovating and taking initiative to address needs of wide variety of stakeholders. Adaptability amid ambiguity and cross-team collaboration. Experience with equipment and processes used in the position’s specific areas of responsibility, including automated systems. ## Salary Range$50,000 + depending on qualifications ## Working Conditions* Work in typical office environment* Repetitive use of keyboard at a workstation* May require additional work hours during peak periods. ## Required Materials* Resume/CV* 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor* Letter of interest **Important** **for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers:** You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. **Important for Current university employees and contingent workers:** As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.