Senior Associate for Communications, McCourt School of Public Policy Georgetown University

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Senior Associate for Communications, McCourt School of Public Policy - Georgetown University

Overview

The Senior Associate for Communications, in collaboration with the Strategic Communications and Events team, helps to develop and implement a strategic, multifaceted communications program designed to support the mission and strategic objectives of the McCourt School of Public Policy, with a particular focus on McCourt's emerging Tech and Public Policy program.

The Senior Associate helps to tell the story of the McCourt School and our impact across McCourt School and Georgetown channels to key internal and external audiences - in their primary responsibility to draft long-form news content writing, web page content, social media videos and social media posts.

They are responsible for McCourt's Tech and Public Policy communications portfolio, an emerging program that seeks to connect and grow McCourt's academic programs and expertise to address the challenges and opportunities of our ever-evolving digital society - from our Massive Data Institute which serves as a hub for researchers in government, academia, and industry to use new and traditional large-scale data sources to solve societal-scale problems, to our Master of Science in Data Science for Public Policy program which prepares students with the skills to inform data-driven policy, to courses in public interest technology, cyber conflict and security, and big data and artificial intelligence. The portfolio also includes Georgetown and the McCourt School's partnership with the McCourt Institute, an independent organization, to further scholarship from University experts on the use of technology to further the common good.

Work Interactions

Reporting to the Associate Director of Communications, the Senior Associate collaborates extensively with the Program Director of McCourt's Tech and Public Policy program, McCourt's Digital Media Associate, and the McCourt School Communications and Events team.

They also collaborate with other McCourt staff - the Admissions team, with McCourt institutes and centers like MDI - as well as with campus partners such as Georgetown's Tech and Society program, the Office of Advancement, the Office of Strategic Communications, and the McCourt School's Strategic and Development teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 3 to 5 years of experience
• Writing, content creation, and digital communications execution experience
• Ability to use their writing skills to make complex policy research accessible, with an emphasis on how it impacts people in the real world
• Strong interpersonal skills and executive presence for effective interactions working with internal and external clients and individuals, including top policy, economic and political science researchers, and key external partners
• Ability to work independently, assuming responsibility, prioritizing and carrying out duties with minimum supervision
• Excellent organizational skills, oral and written communications skills, and the ability to articulate the needs, interests, and accomplishments of the McCourt School to a wide range of audiences
• Ability to handle multiple “priority” projects simultaneously, to set and meet deadlines, and to ensure that the staff does the same
• An understanding of web analytics and ability to develop ideas to drive web traffic in strategic areas
• Experience with WordPress design, Google Analytics and Constant Contact

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in technology communications
• Photography skills

Work Mode: Hybrid. Please note that work mode designations are regularly reviewed in order to meet the evolving needs of the University. Such review may necessitate a change to a position's mode of work designation. Complete details about Georgetown University's mode of work designations for staff and AAP positions can be found on the Department of Human Resources Mode of Work Designation.

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Benefits:

Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options. You can learn more about benefits and eligibility on the Department of Human Resources website.

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