Communications Assistant Director Job Description
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Communications Assistant Director Job Description
- Coordinates information for media releases among functional areas
- Monitors trends in social media tools, applications, channels, design and strategy
- Represents the department on university and division committees as assigned/approved
- Provide expert advice through consultation with the School's faculty and staff to obtain information on teaching, research, clinical, and community health activities for distribution across School to external media
- Manage the relationship with the Duke Health and University News &Communications, and Duke Medical Center Development and Alumni Affairs groups related to the production and distribution of news regarding faculty research/clinical innovations/etc
- Create vision statements and project-specific proposals for transformative giving opportunities and major school and university-wide initiatives and campaign priorities
- Participate in defining the stewardship strategy in adherence to the university's stewardship standards
- Maintain open channels of communications with stewardship colleagues across the university
- Interviews faculty and creates written and verbal communications materials such as news releases, backgrounders, b-roll video or other multi-media content
- Supervise the student marketing staff
- Previous experience in intercollegiate athletics communications, including coordinating sports information for women’s basketball and lacrosse
- Experience coordinating communications and public relations with sports marketing efforts
- Possesses and understands the many skills required for the profession
- Knowledge of the arts
- Develops and implements long-term, comprehensive marketing and advertising plans for Auxiliary Enterprises
- Creates and implements marketing campaigns and promotions that positively impact brand awareness and sales
Communications Assistant Director Job Description
- Researches and generates benchmarking data with other universities and businesses to keep Auxiliary Enterprises competitive
- Organizes, manages and executes special events and promotions with departments
- Maintains a calendar of promotions and events offered by all units of Auxiliary Enterprises
- Works with units and contracted partners to activate promotions and marketing campaigns
- Promotes and practices the highest standards of professional ethics and interactions with others
- Collaborates with all members of the Auxiliary Enterprises’ management team to market services effectively
- Builds collaborative and mutually beneficial working relationships with people of different backgrounds
- Participates in student group meetings to help further the branding and benefits of shopMason
- Conducts focus groups to better understand the needs and wants of students and how to best market to them
- Develops and maintains an engaging and interactive divisional Web site provide Web site support for units within the division
- Creates content for Web sites and layout designs
- Assists in the management of MasonAds, digital advertising network, through troubleshooting system issues and coordinating installations/removals
- Stays current with marketing trends and tools through reading trade magazines/articles and attending conferences, seminars
- Bachelor’s degree—preferably in IT, marketing, graphic design, communication or a related field—or an equivalent combination of education, training and work experience (demonstrated significant experience strongly desired
- Supervise and manage the performance of the School's Communication Strategist and Communication Specialist in the planning and implementation of all aspects of a comprehensive and diversified public relations program to keep School faculty, staff, students and other important internal stakeholders informed about School initiatives, priorities and achievements
- Create and manage an annual student recruitment advertising and marketing campaign with budgets in excess of $160,000
Communications Assistant Director Job Description
- Develop and execute social media strategies in support of marketing campaigns and overall organizational goals
- Serve as Rustandy Center liaison on the Booth Social Media Council
- Development and distribution of daily, weekly, quarterly media relations reports that highlight key metrics in support of publicity, including reach, message representation, faculty/staff involvement
- Coordinate high-level acknowledgments, stewardship, and annual fund solicitations, working in coordination with the sr
- Develop content for a new website for the Office of External Affairs, for any fundraising initiatives requiring websites
- Imagination and adaptability to envision a path to success and then revise it as needed
- Excellent communication skills, including research, writing, editing, and attention to detail
- Excellent program management, organization and time management skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, and synthesize inputs from many directions with judgement and enthusiasm
- Ability to both lead team projects with your colleagues (i.e., not direct reports) and participate as a team member on other projects
- Demonstrated ability to develop, manage and execute communications strategies, plans and projects
- Demonstrated ability to effectively lead, manage and develop staff, including day-to-day supervision, delegating and overseeing work to ensure high quality results
- Outstanding writing, editing and proofreading skills for both print and web, with high attention to detail
- Extensive experience in positions that require writing and editing of news articles, messaging, briefing papers, web content, and other materials for diverse audiences, including at the executive level
- Experience in framing highly complex and/or technical information for non-technical audiences
- Experience in planning, scheduling and managing multiple, complex projects to meet tight due dates in a fast-paced environment and under pressure, with shifting deadlines and priorities
Communications Assistant Director Job Description
- Discretion in handling sensitive information and maintaining absolute confidentiality
- Enthusiasm for interacting professionally and cordially with members of the press, the public and our BioFrontiers community of students, alumni, donors, faculty, staff, and industry partners
- Manage stakeholder expectations when answering and screening calls and emails - dealing with complaints, suppliers, internal stakeholders, including the appropriate delegation of issues to other members of the team
- Identify and work with external consultants
- Serve as product manager for the OpenStax flagship web property
- Track success of website using Google Analytics and work with website team to optimize the website to meet marketing and organizational goals
- Ensure the OpenStax brand is consistent across all OpenStax web properties
- Write copy for web applications
- Develop and execute drip email marketing campaigns, analyze past email send reports for iterative improvement using Pardot
- Design marketing and communications collateral
- Highly resilient, self-motivated and creative, with a passion for producing compelling communications
- Proven ability to work independently collaboratively, across teams and leadership, with exceptional professionalism
- Ability to obtain, analyze and evaluate information effectively in the face of ambiguity
- Ability to effectively interact with a highly diverse set of individuals and personalities
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to course changes, and to develop creative and innovative solutions
- Demonstrated experience with publications management, production processes and tools (such as InDesign, Visio and Photoshop)
Communications Assistant Director Job Description
- Write copy for web applications and print collateral
- Focus on the continuous improvement and design of alumni affairs websites, event registration sites, alumni benefits, and directory, including daily updates and enhancements
- Responsible for digital analytics on an ongoing basis and in monthly reports, with a focus on email marketing performance, website traffic, and proposed improvements to alumni communication and programming
- Assists in the optimization of alumni data management including, data segmentation, and development of data improvement strategies
- Work cross departmentally to maintain and support internal partnerships, sharing in marketing and communication best practices and cross-promoting alumni engagement opportunities
- Duties include evaluating emerging technologies and providing thought leadership and perspective for adoption where appropriate
- Work with associate director of marketing to develop and execute email marketing strategy related to SEI's suite of programming, including writing, editing, and sending emails
- Manage email communication schedule (Weekly events emails, Monthly events emails, dedicated program/events emails, newsletter) and write, design and send emails
- Coordinate and produce printed materials, including signage and printed program booklets, for Rustandy center events
- Oversee the dissemination of event and program information by managing Rustandy Center website and online calendars and ensuring campus and community partners are promoting Rustandy events and programs
- Collaborate with the marketing and communications teams to shape Kellogg’s enterprise communications strategy and narrative
- Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing or public relations or a bachelor's degree in science or engineering
- Three years of experience with scientific writing for a broad audience
- Three years of experience in communications
- Bachelor’s degree required (Communications, journalism, or English preferred)
- 3-5 years of progressively responsible communications experience