Communications Specialist - Bursky Public Health

Location St. Louis, MO 63110 Scheduled Hours 37.5

The Communications Specialist is responsible for developing, coordinating, and maintaining clear, compelling, and consistent content across the School of Public Health’s digital and internal communications channels. This role manages day-to-day content production for the school’s website, social media channels, internal newsletter, and other communications platforms, working collaboratively with faculty, staff, students, and school leadership to translate priorities, activities, and accomplishments into engaging web content for key audiences.

The Communications Specialist will collaborate with the rest of the communications team, primarily the science writer, photographer/videographer and social media coordinator, on editorial planning and content development, ensuring that communications are timely, accurate, accessible, aligned with the school’s brand and voice, and responsive to the needs of the school community. The role requires excellent writing and editing skills, strong organizational abilities, sound editorial judgment, strategic thinking skills, an understanding of SEO and analytics and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced academic environment.

• Collect, create, edit, and publish content for the School of Public Health website and other digital platforms. Maintain current and accurate information across the site, including news, events, faculty and staff updates, research, education, student and community activities, leadership communications, and other school priorities.
• Develop and maintain workflows and editorial processes that ensure timely, accurate, accessible, and high-quality content.
• Monitor website content for accuracy, consistency, broken links, outdated information, and opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with web and communications colleagues to support the ongoing evolution of the school's digital presence.
• In collaboration with the rest of the communications team, develop and maintain an editorial calendar that coordinates content across the school's communications channels.
• Identify opportunities to amplify school priorities, faculty and student accomplishments, research, events, partnerships, and other activities.
• Work with faculty, staff, and leadership to gather information and then work with communications colleagues to develop story ideas, determine appropriate communications channels, and manage content from concept through publication. Balance planned content with timely and emerging communications needs.
• Own the day-to-day production and distribution of the School of Public Health’s newsletters and other recurring communications. Collect and edit submissions, coordinate approvals, maintain production schedules, and ensure timely distribution.
• Develop and maintain processes for recurring announcements, internal updates, event communications, and other routine communications needs.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for faculty and staff submitting content for inclusion in school communications. Ensure communications products are clear, accurate, accessible, consistent with the school’s voice and brand, and appropriate for their intended audiences.
• Support the development and refinement of templates, editorial standards, and content guidelines.
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  Monitor website, newsletter, and other digital content performance using available analytics and reporting tools. Prepare periodic reports and recommendations to inform content planning and improve audience engagement.
• Stay current on trends and emerging practices in digital content, social media, email communications, accessibility, search engine optimization, and higher education…