COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Location
- Madison, WI
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- Institutional & Business Affairs, Communications & Marketing
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- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
JOB NO.: 96960-AS
Work Type: Staff-Full Time
Department: L&S/ADMINISTRATION/ADMIN
Location: Madison
Categories: Communications, Editing, Extension, Outreach, Public Engagement
Employment Class: Academic Staff-Renewable
Position Vacancy ID: 96960-AS
Working Title: Communications Specialist
Official Title: SR UNIV REL SPEC(T54BN) or UNIV RELATIONS SPEC(T54DN)
FTE: 100%
Anticipated Begin Date: JANUARY 19, 2019
Term: This is a renewable appointment.
Advertised Salary:
Minimum $50,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Degree and Area of Specialization:
A bachelor's degree is required in journalism, English, communications, or a related field.
Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience:
A minimum of three years of professional experience as a content creator is required.
Preferred Requirements:
-A passion for storytelling driven by the College's mission and goals.
-Expertise in writing, editing, fact checking, interviewing, and active listening skills, including the ability to adapt tone and style to different media channels and for different audiences.
-Experience executing communication plans and strategies.
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to develop strategy, messaging, and positioning for communications and advancement.
-Ability to handle multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, take initiative, work independently, and self-start.
-Excellent ability to work as a positive, inspired, collaborative team member with colleagues in the University, College, and in the College's units.
-Ability to navigate a complex academic community, including the ability to build bridges and strong collaborative relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve objectives.
-Exceptional attention to detail.
-Knowledge of the purpose and mission of the College of Letters & Science.
-Commitment to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
-Ability to work a flexible schedule to complete time-sensitive projects and to attend occasional evening and/or weekend events, as needed.
-Proficiency with MS Office.
-Proficiency with AP Style.
License or certificate:
Position Summary:
The Communications Specialist will serve as a member of the College's Office of Strategic Communications & Advancement (SCA) team and will report to the Director of Communications. This colleague will compose written content for newsletters, press releases, websites, social media channels, magazines, letters, memoranda, and various digital and print projects for internal and external audiences of the College of Letters & Science and its departments, programs, centers, and institutes, working with College and University colleagues, alumni, students, and the public.
The Communications Specialist will provide writing, interviewing, copy editing, fact-checking, and proofing support for strategic communications and advancement materials for the College and its units. This colleague will proactively identify and research new story and content ideas and package ideas into effective written and visual content for various College and unit platforms. This will require the Communications Specialist to interface with many College and University units and offices and to develop, cultivate, and maintain relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders in order to facilitate content generation.
Additional Information:
Contact:
Annie Powers
annie.powers@wisc.edu
608-262-1197
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )
Instructions to applicants:
Please click on the "Apply Now" button to start the application process.
An applicant may be hired into a University Relations Specialist or Senior University Relations Specialist title dependent upon experience. Title will be determined upon hire.
For questions on the position, contact: Annie Powers, annie.powers@wisc.edu, or 608-262-1197.
To apply for this position you will need to upload a cover letter, resume and contact information for at least three professional references, including your current supervisor. References will not be contacted without advance notice.
Your cover letter should address your qualifications as they pertain to the minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience listed above.
Additional Link: Full Position Details
NOTE: A Period of Evaluation will be Required
The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.
Advertised: Dec 17 2018 Central Standard Time
Application Close: Jan 14 2019 11:55 PM Central Standard Time
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Organization
In achievement and prestige, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has long been recognized as one of America's great universities. A public, land-grant institution, UW–Madison offers a complete spectrum of liberal arts studies, professional programs and student activities, and many of its programs are hailed as world leaders in instruction, research and public service. Spanning 935 acres along the southern shore of Lake Mendota, the campus is located in the city of Madison.
The university trace
s its roots to a clause in the Wisconsin Constitution, which decreed that the state should have a prominent public university. In 1848, Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin’s first governor, signed the act that formally created the university, and its first class, with 17 students, met in a Madison school building on February 5, 1849.
From those humble beginnings, the university has grown into a large, diverse community, with about 40,000 students enrolled each year. These students represent every state in the nation, as well as countries from around the globe, making for a truly international population.
UW–Madison is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Wisconsin System, a statewide network of 13 comprehensive universities, 13 freshman-sophomore transfer colleges and an extension service. One of two doctorate-granting universities in the system, UW–Madison’s specific mission is to provide “a learning environment in which faculty, staff and students can discover, examine critically, preserve an
d transmit the knowledge, wisdom and values that will help insure the survival of this and future generations and improve the quality of life for all.”
The university achieves these ends through innovative programs of research, teaching and public service. Throughout its history, UW–Madison has sought to bring the power of learning into the daily lives of its students through innovations such as residential learning communities and service-learning opportunities. Students also participate freely in research, which has led to life-improving inventions ranging from more fuel-efficient engines to cutting-edge genetic therapies.
The Wisconsin Idea
Students, faculty and staff are motivated by a tradition known as the “Wisconsin Idea,” first started by UW President Charles Van Hise in 1904, when he declared that he would “never be content until the beneficent influence of the university [is] available to every home in the state.” The Wisconsin Idea permeates the university’s work and helps forge close working relationships among university faculty and students, and the state’s industries and government.
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