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University Background:

The mission of California Lutheran University is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice. Founded in 1959 in beautiful Ventura County, the university has an enrollment of about 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students who come from across the nation and around the world from a diversity of backgrounds, cultures and faiths.

As a federally recognized Hispanic-Serving Institution, Cal Lutheran is looking for candidates with a dedication to and success in working in diverse communities. The university is committed to an inclusive learning and work environment that values individual differences and respects each person’s dignity.

Reporting to the Vice President for Strategic Brand Communications, the Associate Director of Campus Communications plays a central role in planning, coordinating, and executing university-wide communications that advance California Lutheran University’s mission, strategic priorities, and institutional brand. The position coordinates newsroom operations, editorial planning, and communications workflows; develops and coordinates institutional communications; collaborates with University leadership and campus partners to identify and share stories that demonstrate the University’s impact;

and supports executive communications, internal communications, and crisis communications.

• Serve as a central coordinator for campus communications activities by managing communications requests, coordinating priorities, monitoring project status, and facilitating collaboration across the Strategic Brand Communications team.
• Coordinate the CLU Newsroom editorial calendar and campus messaging schedule to ensure timely, strategic, and coordinated communications.
• Develop and coordinate communications plans supporting institutional initiatives, executive priorities, major announcements, University events, and special projects.
• Manage communications workflows and recommend process improvements that enhance collaboration, efficiency, and operational effectiveness.
• Coordinate communications activities to ensure consistency with University messaging, editorial standards, and brand guidelines.

• Serve as a key member of the CLU Newsroom editorial team, collaborating with colleagues across the University to identify, develop, and promote stories that demonstrate California Lutheran University’s mission, academic excellence, student success, alumni achievements, and community impact.
• Coordinate, research, write, edit, copy-edit, and finalize a variety of institutional communications, including newsroom articles, newsletters, executive correspondence, speeches, presentations, campus messages, video scripts, event promotional materials, website content, and other University communications.
• Coordinate, support, and provide backup to the University Editor in the development of the CLU Magazine and other institutional publications.
• Ensure editorial quality, consistency, accuracy, and adherence to University messaging and brand standards across communications.

• Support the Vice President for Strategic Brand Communications and other University leaders in developing executive communications, including speeches, presentations, executive correspondence, campus messages, and responses to selected executive communications.
• Develop and coordinate internal communications that strengthen employee engagement, organizational alignment, and effective change management.
• Support crisis communications planning and implementation by coordinating timely, accurate, and effective institutional communications.
• Research and analyze complex academic and institutional issues to develop communications recommendations and support cohesive University messaging.

• Coordinate communications projects from planning through implementation while ensuring quality, accuracy, and timely completion.
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