Communications Specialist - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Education Required

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, journalism, English, creative writing, or other relevant field.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum two years of professional experience in communications, marketing, public relations, or journalism.
• Ability to write and edit content demonstrated through web pages, published stories, and/or communications plans. 
• Demonstrated ability to customize content for specific audiences through writing, storytelling, or other marketing efforts.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, meet tight deadlines, multi-task, and work on several projects simultaneously.
• Exceptional attention to detail, including copy-editing and following a style guide.
• Experience using a website CMS like Drupal or WordPress.  
• Basic familiarity with AI tools like CoPilot, ChatGPT, or Claude AI.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience creating and scheduling social media posts using tools like Meta Business Suite, Sprinklr, Sprout Social, Hootsuite, or other tools.
• Experience creating and distributing email newsletters.
• Experience contributing to and using a content calendar.
• Ability to provide direction, assignments, feedback, coaching, and counseling to student employees as necessary.
• Experience with search engine optimization (SEO) writing, including familiarity with Google Analytics.
• Experience running advertising on social media platforms and reporting results.
• Experience working in higher education, government, health care or other large, complex organizations.
• Experience using AI tools like CoPilot, ChatGPT, or Claude AI for published content.

Position and Application Details

For additional job details and to apply please visit https://jobs.uiowa.edu/ and access requisition #25005131.

In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a "Relevant File" to the submission.   

• Resume 

• Cover Letter 

   

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process. Please note that this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship in the United States. 
 

For additional questions, please contact: chris-crawford-1@uiowa.edu. 
 

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