Occupational Summary: The Communications Manager (CM) within the Beloit College Office of Communications and Marketing generates, coordinates, and edits college news stories for promotion externally and internally. The CM serves as a public relations professional, overseeing local and regional media relations, and uses social media as a tool to advance the College’s reputation and image. The CM also will help keep the internal Beloit College community informed, serving as content manager for the internal website, For Beloiters, and writing a newsletter for faculty and staff. The CM will serve as a college and community champion on campus and off, and will prepare and place stories that elevate the reputation of the college and its people and advance its goals on the college’s internal news channels, social media channels, in Beloit College Magazine, as well as in the media, online, and in other venues.

Our Mission: The Office of Communications and Marketing provides strategic leadership and creative services that directly advance the college’s strategic outcomes, strengthen the college’s national reputation, and connect the campus community, prospective students, alumni, and namesake city with Beloit College.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:

Internal and External Communications:

Handles media relations activities nationally, regionally, and locally on behalf of the college, pitching stories, arranging interviews, distributing media alerts, and providing strategic support aimed at elevating the college’s visibility. Works with faculty and staff departments to identify placement opportunities.Serves as the editor for an internal newsletter to keep the College community informed, and content manager for internal website, For Beloiters.Provides informed comment as an occasional college spokesperson and arranges expert interviews with local and regional print, web and broadcast media.Oversees production of all news releases as well as content for two annual event marketing pieces highlighting each semester’s public events.Writes and edits a weekly internal newsletter to keep faculty and staff informed of important college news.Provides stories and story suggestions for specific publications, including Beloit.edu and Beloit College Magazine. Works with web staff to ensure the website features stories that drive strategic outcomes for the institution and position our faculty and staff as resources for national and local stories and issues.Serves as back-up emergency communications officer for the college, helping launch, monitor, and train for emergency communication situations and response.

Digital and Social Media

In collaboration with other C&M staff, uses the college’s social media channels to identify engagement opportunities that further the college’s image and reputation.Regularly social media to alert college leadership to potentially damaging posts and assists in subsequent crisis communications efforts.Provides strategic direction, advising, and planning for campus department social media channels, ensuring compliance with and execution of the college’s social media policies.Works with C&M staff, student writers/photographers/videographers, and community partners who regularly produce content.

General:

Work with C&M leadership to identify appropriate news and prepare content for use in the magazine and website.Write occasional profiles and stories for use by the college in its recruitment and fundraising outreach.Serve as writer and editor for other, non-news projects in support of the office’s larger communications and marketing role.Work with office colleagues to occasionally staff and/or support college events and needs, including Commencement, reunion, and other public events.

Credentials and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree required. Education or training in marketing or journalism required.At least 3-5 years of professional writing, media relations, and social media in the context of news management is preferred. Equivalent experience through internships and extracurricular activities will be considered.Experience working with diverse populations preferred; willingness to work with diverse populations required.Experience planning, organizing, and prioritizing multiple tasks and projects simultaneously with frequent interruptions is required.

Because equity and inclusion are central to our students’ liberal education and vital to the thriving of all members of our residential learning community, Beloit College aspires to be an actively anti-racist institution. We recognize our aspiration as ongoing and institution-wide, involving collective commitment and accountability. We welcome employees who are committed to and will actively contribute to our efforts to celebrate our cultural and intellectual richness and be resolute in advancing inclusion and equity. We encourage all interested individuals meeting the criteria of the described position to apply.

Located in a diverse community close to Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago, Beloit is a selective undergraduate liberal arts college that attracts students from across the United States and the world. The college emphasizes excellence in teaching, learning beyond the traditional classroom, international perspectives, and collaborative research among students and faculty. It is recognized as one of the Colleges That Change Lives.

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Posting Date02/28/2022Closing Dateuntil filledOfficeCommunications & MarketingHow to Apply

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