Senior Communications Specialist; Marketing Communications Professional III

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Work type: Staff
Location: Fullerton
Categories: Unit 9 - CSUEU
- Technical Support Services, Administrative, Probationary, Full Time, Marketing/Communications

Job Title

Senior Communications Specialist

Classification

Marketing Communications Professional III

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Salary Range

(Hiring range depending on qualifications, not anticipated to exceed $5,877 - $7,219 per month)

Work Schedule

Monday
- Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM; occasional early morning, evening and/or weekend hours.

Why CSUF

California State University, Fullerton (Cal State Fullerton) is a leading public university committed to student success, academic excellence, and inclusive excellence. The university fosters a collaborative environment that supports teaching, research, and service while promoting innovation and professional growth. Cal State Fullerton is both a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution, and a recipient of the Seal of Excelencia (2021 and 2024) from Excelencia in Education.

Joining Cal State Fullerton means becoming part of a community dedicated to advancing student achievement, career success, and economic mobility.

Department

Strategic Communications and Brand Management plays an integral role in helping to shape and strengthen the institutions brand and advance in a wide range of institutional effectiveness. We are a team of creative, thoughtful, and empathetic storytellers that take pride in representing the university’s image and reputation through inspiring and motivating stories of our exceptional faculty, staff, students, alumni, and donors.

We seek an exceptional individual to join our Strategic Communications team as the Senior Communications Specialist (Marketing Communications Professional III). The ideal candidate in this role should have a positive attitude and an active, energetic mind characterized by highly ethical practices and a commitment to inclusivity, openness, flexibility, integrity, and kindness.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Senior Communications Specialist plays a pivotal role in advancing the mission, vision, and priorities of CSUF through clear, authentic, and high-impact communications. Overseeing daily newsroom, editorial, and content, the Senior Communications Specialist is a creative problem-solver who drives strategic, multichannel storytelling, and implements editorial strategy across editorial channels: CSUF news, newsletters, and magazine. Working alongside the Assistant Editorial Director, Branding, Strategic Communications and Media Relations teams, the Senior Communications Specialist will contribute ideas, develop content, and edit content relevant to the university’s audiences, mission, and leadership priorities.

Reporting to the Director of Presidential Communications and Strategic Communications and working in close alignment with department leadership, the Senior Communications Specialist serves as a core writer, digital gatekeeper, and content strategist experienced with digital insights to inform editorial content development and posting/publication. The role ensures that the university's aspirational positioning, breaking news, and vital accountability-driven stories are effectively produced, optimized, and seen across all digital front-pages and channels.

Other duties assigned.

Essential Qualifications

Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in a related field and four years of relevant experience. Additional experience which demonstrates acquired and successfully applied knowledge and abilities shown above may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. An advanced degree in a…