Communications Specialist

20491BR

Career & Experiential Learning

Position Overview

The Communications Specialist is a valued member of the University Career Center and Office of Academic Programs and Experiential Learning team, utilizing their expertise to coordinate outreach efforts in a variety of media to connect students to networking events, career resources, employment opportunities, courses, and more. This position coordinates outreach efforts to assist students in finding paid part-time jobs and internships that offer important workplace experience while providing financial support to students while they are attending college.  

The University Career Center and Office of Academic Programs and Experiential Learning recognize the important role they play in the recruitment, retention, and post-graduate success of the high-quality students attending The University of Kansas. Toward that end, we offer a wide range of quality services, courses, and programs designed to support and challenge students at all stages of the career development and implementation continuum. Plainly stated, our goal is to help students leverage their time at KU to gain the skills and experiences needed to help them achieve their post-graduate career goals. For more information about the University Career Center visit career.ku.edu. For more information about Academic Programs & Experiential Learning visit experience.ku.edu.

Job Description

Social Media, Marketing and Communication Support (60%)

• Oversees social media channels, including developing and implementing channel strategies, designing social media content, maintaining social media editorial calendar, and managing postings
• Generates ideas, writes and edits content for print and digital materials and distribute materials related to the UCC/APEL events, programs & services, UNIV 101, and First-Year Seminars and career courses.
• Publicize events, programs, courses, and services internally and externally through various mediums
• Manages email campaigns through Symplicity, the career management system
• Develops marketing campaigns, materials, and strategies to promote the job, location, and development (JLD) part-time job program to students and employers
• Develop copy for marketing projects to strengthen marketing message of UCC and APEL
• Tracks and analyzes metrics and monitors social media trends and best practices in order to develop strategies to improve social media engagement and reach target audiences.

• Coordinates marketing interns schedules and projects and provides training to interns
• Liaises with UCC, APEL, Academic Success, and other KU colleagues to ensure they have the marketing materials and resources necessary to promote programs and services to faculty, staff, students, parents, and employers
• Provides feedback and guidance to interns, career coaches, instructors, and staff to ensure consistency in the marketing and communications message
• Leads marketing team meetings and other committee meetings as assigned
• Assist in the design, development, and execution of a communications and marketing plan for the UCC and APEL offices
• Assists in the collection of job, location, and development program data and evaluates the effectiveness of marketing campaigns associated with the program

• Place advertising, contact media and campus partners, and lend support at events and public relations activities hosted by the UCC and APEL.
• Assist with taking photographs and/or video or arranging for contract or KU Marketing Communications photographers as might be required for events and activities.
• Updates and manages event content on the website.
• Serves on the UCC events team committee

• Other duties as assigned by the Director

Position Requirements

This position is required to work on site.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Contact Information to Applicants

Millinda Fowles
[email protected]

Additional Candidate Instruction

In addition to the online application, the following documents are required to be considered for this position:

• Application review begins Monday, November 8,  2021 and continues until a qualified pool of applicants is identified. 

Advertised Salary Range

38,000

Application Review Begins

08-Nov-2021

Anticipated Start Date

06-Dec-2021

Primary Campus

University of Kansas Lawrence Campus

Employee Class

U-Unclassified Professional Staff

Work Schedule

Monday- Friday, 8 am to 5 pm

Job Family

Public Affairs-KUL

Conditions of Employment

Contingent on Funding

Work Location Assignment

On-Site

Disclaimer

The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university's programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and are the Title IX coordinators for their respective campuses: Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, [email protected], Room 1082, Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-6414, 711 TTY (for the Lawrence, Edwards, Parsons, Yoder, and Topeka campuses); Director, Equal Opportunity Office, Mail Stop 7004, 4330 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Fairway, KS 66205, 913-588-8011, 711 TTY (for the Wichita, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas medical center campuses).