Communications Coordinator

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Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 12,000 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences.

Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). make Augusta University an institution like no other.

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The University System of Georgia https:// is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards.

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Location

Augusta University

Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912

Our Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904

Job Summary

The role coordinates and produces content for internal media and engages faculty, staff, and students to generate compelling ideas for articles to promote the institution in campus publications, including, but not limited to, emails, newsletters, web pages, and social media. This role also helps ensure all campus messages are ADA-compliant. This role assists with the coordination, production, and distribution of written, audio, and video communications, including copywriting/editing support for published Jagwire articles.

This role functions as the department's AP Style expert, providing copy, editing, service level communications, and written materials as assigned, as well as various writing projects, maintaining university editorial standards and guides.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Content creation to include writing and editing, and campus and community outreach.

Responsible for project support and back-up for the internal communications manager, to include strategy around planning and delivering internal campus messaging through mass emails, including crisis communications.

Aim to curate, write, and complete two Jagwire stories and an additional brief each month.

Provide writing and editing support, mentorship, and coaching for campus communications and faculty experts and continue building key relationships with sources around campus.

Develop and provide training modules to support campus partners and ensure consistency in Messaging.

Lead communications and marketing strategy on Spring and Fall Commencement stories, Values Week, and coordinate project management for AU initiatives.

Style guide maintenance, ADA compliance, and other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Communication, Journalism, Marketing, or related field. Minimum 3 years of experience in communications and marketing.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in writing, media relations, journalism, project management, and relationship building.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

ABILITIES

Ability to work in collaborative, creative and fast-paced environment. Strong attention to detail. This position is responsible for coordinating integrated projects that include multiple teams. This position may be required to complete occasional after-hours work.

KNOWLEDGE

Strong attention to detail.

Experience with mass email systems and protocols.

SKILLS

Excellent oral and written communication skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required. Must be able to communicate with a variety of audiences.

Shift/Salary/Benefits

Shift: Days/M-F (work outside of normal business hours will likely be required of an employee in an exempt level position)

Pay Band: B7

Salary Range: $42,200/annually - $50,111.36/annually

Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the…