COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST-INBOUND, EMAIL AND SITE CONTENT

Communications Specialist - inbound, email and site content

Arizona State University

WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION / Arizona PBS

JR100862

End Date: 

February 10, 2025 (25 days left to apply)

Apply before midnight Arizona time

$63,000.00 USD Annual

Job Description:

Develops and implements the college's communication strategies, programs and project content, and materials for a variety of projects that effectively market and disseminate information and promotes the college's activities to internal and external constituents including faculty, staff, students, alumni, donors, and the community. Reports to the Communications Director.

Essential Duties:

Write and edit copy for websites, email, print pieces and more on deadline

Serve as the communications team's AP Style champion 

Perform daily website updates

Manage an editorial content calendar

Proactively engage with school stakeholders and community members to mine and tell effective stories in pursuit of school recruitment and engagement goals

Lead email production, performance analysis and optimization using SalesForce Marketing Cloud

Coordinate visual media with team members

Serve as liaison to related central university communications teams

Measure and report on digital content performance

Other duties as assigned

Desired Qualifications:

Evidence of a strong portfolio of written strategic communication work

Evidence of strong editing skills and AP Style knowledge

Experience creating or producing digital content and/or campaigns at a professional content organization or agency

Experience using a CMS to manage content

Experience creating and managing an editorial content calendar

Experience in project management and team management using a project management system (e.g. Asana, Monday.com, Basecamp)

Experience using SalesForce Marketing Cloud to produce and optimize email campaigns

Experience using performance data to pivot content

Experience using content and/or campaigns to advance higher education admissions goals

Working Environment:

Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse.

Required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work. Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.

Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts.

Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.

Regular use of standard office equipment including, but not limited to, computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, calculator, copier, telephone and associated computer/technology peripherals.

Supervises designated employees that include hiring, training, evaluations, disciplinary actions and scheduling.

This position reports to the Communications Director.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Instructions to Apply

Current Employees and Students should apply directly within Workday using the Jobs Hub. Use this link and log in using SSO:

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To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments: 

Cover letter

Resume/CV

Note: Multiple documents can be submitted into the attachment box. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position. Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position. NOTE: GA and Intern positions are counted as .5 for job experience (ie. 1 year equals 6 months experience equivalency). Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

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ASU Statement 

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe. 

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