The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, specifically the Department of Economics, Actuarial Science and Risk Management program, and data science initiative, needs a Communications Coordinator to develop and implement strategic communication plans to engage key stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and to support unit priorities and the college's brand.
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to write content, such as news and feature stories, press releases, or advertising or marketing copy.
- Ability to maintain high standards of integrity and accuracy while presenting information in an engaging and informative way.
Responsibilities
- Generate ideas for news and feature stories that support the unit's priorities and college's brand.
- Write accurate, engaging news and feature stories for print and digital channels.
- Create and update website content that is accurate, concise, on-brand, and audience-focused.
- Create and edit content for unit communications channels, such as print or digital newsletters and social media.
- Pitch story ideas to the college and university communications teams.
- Apply the college's brand and style guidelines to all content.
- Analyze and report on performance of communications tactics.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration, communications, public relations, or a closely related field.
- One (1) year (12 months) of professional work experience in marketing, public relations, communications, brand management, or a related professional area.
- Ability to communicate effectively with others.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to interact with a broad array of internal and external constituents.
