Communications Officer

Job Title:

Communications Officer

Location:

Atlanta, Georgia

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

Job

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship.

Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

The Communications Officer is responsible for creating, managing, and delivering communications that support the goals of the Institute, an assigned unit, or initiative. This role creates content for digital and traditional platforms, ensures alignment with Institute brand and messaging, and leverages analytics to refine and improve communications. The position works collaboratively with colleagues, subject matter experts, and leadership to produce timely, engaging, and high-quality communications that inform, inspire, and influence target audiences.

Job Duty 1 - Develops and delivers multi-channel communications for web, social media, email, newsletters, presentations, and print ensuring relevance to target audiences and alignment with strategic priorities.

Job Duty 2 - Identifies and creates compelling stories by collaborating with internal partners, faculty, students, and subject matter experts to highlight Institute programs, research, people, and impact of our work.

Job Duty 3 - Ensures brand voice, tone, and visual identity are applied consistently across all communication platforms and materials.

Job Duty 4 - Maintains and updates websites using content management systems (CMS), ensuring accuracy, accessibility, usability, and search optimization.

Job Duty 5 - Plans, schedules, and publishes content for dissemination on external outreach platforms, monitoring engagement, and adapting strategies to improve performance.

Job Duty 6 - Monitors and evaluates communications effectiveness using analytics tools (web, social, email) and applies insights to improve outcomes.

Job Duty 7 - Collaborates with creative teams on multimedia production, including design, photography, and video assets.

Job Duty 8 - Manages communications tools and workflows, including content calendars, email systems, and event-related communications.

Job Duty 9 - Recommends improvements to communications strategies, workflows, and audience engagement…