Marketing and Communications Specialist

Job Summary

The University of Colorado Law School welcomes applications for a Marketing and Communications Specialist! This role is responsible for supporting internal and external communications of the Law School to sustain and enhance the school’s reputation for world-class education, scholarship and service. This position assists in the execution of a comprehensive marketing communications strategy that regionally and nationally promotes Colorado Law's faculty, staff, students, centers, and programs.

This position ensures all marketing and communications activities of the law school are high-quality, consistent, and aligned with central messaging priorities and branding standards.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

At the Colorado Law School, we are an engaged, diverse, and welcoming community of students, staff, faculty, and alumni who help one another succeed. Our selective admissions process keeps our student body small, enabling our faculty, staff, alumni, and community to invest deeply in each student’s success. Because we take our responsibility to educate and train future lawyers very seriously, our curriculum, research centers, and experiential learning opportunities are crafted to prepare students for success in today’s changing legal environment.

• Write, edit, distribute and track content for various audiences, including news stories, feature articles, profiles, website content, emails, e-newsletters (such as the monthly alumni newsletter Law Points), annual reports, talking points and classnotes.
• Assist with writing, editing, planning and logistics for the annual Amicus alumni magazine.
• Update the Colorado Law website, including the creation of new webpages and editing existing content.
• Provide communications support for major events such as lectures, conferences, alumni programs, commencement, orientation and signature law school events.
• Assist Director of Marketing and Communications in the development and coordination of print communications projects including brochures, event flyers, the admissions viewbook, admitted students' collateral, event postcards and programs, and thought-leader collateral.
• Find opportunities to tell compelling stories in creative ways across channels and audiences that exemplify Colorado Law’s mission and strategic direction.
• Ensure all content created conforms to university brand guidelines and publishing policies, editorial style, organization, and appropriateness.
• Coordinate with Marketing and Communications Director and Strategic Relations and Communications to submit news items to appropriate outlets and pitch story ideas for submission to news outlets.

• Create graphics for social media posts, event flyers, email newsletters, and web content, ensuring digital content is consistent and aligned with university brand guidelines.
• Manage the design and deployment of digital posters on law school display systems.
• Assist with managing the law school’s online calendar.
• Photograph events in the law school community and coordinate with freelance photographers for coverage of higher-profile events. Identify subjects and locations, coordinate shot lists and organize photo assets.
• Connect with Strategic Relations and Communications and campus communicators as necessary, attending communications meetings and trainings.
• Assist…