Communications Specialist

The communications specialist will lead the development and implementation of communications strategies for Washington University’s Office of Sustainability and Center for the Environment. This joint position will promote the university’s sustainable operations as well as its interdisciplinary environmental research. The communications specialist will support both teams’ missions by engaging internal and external audiences – including students, faculty, staff, university leaders, community partners, alumni, parents, donors, and prospective donors.

Responsibilities include conceptualizing, acquiring, creating, editing, and delivering content in traditional and innovative ways across multiple channels for each team.

• Develops, implements and evaluates communications strategies tailored to internal and external stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff, community partners, alumni, parents, donors and prospective donors.
• Leads content creation and marketing communications. Cultivates, writes, edits and interfaces with broader university communications ecosystem to disseminate stories.
• Designs or supervises design of visually appealing and relevant content for electronic and print distribution.
• Creates, manages and sustains an impactful online presence through social media, website and/or targeted email marketing to internal and external stakeholders.
• Contributes to initiatives, meetings, and events, including regular team meetings, special events, and coordinating meetings with university partners.
• Supervises, trains, and mentors student workers to enhance communications streams while providing a valuable educational experience.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Please include a cover letter explaining your interest in the position, along with a resume, a writing sample, and a social media posting sample when submitting your application.

• Normal office environment
• Ability to travel to on- and off-campus locations
• Work limited evening and weekend hours for special projects/events/deadlines

• Typically sitting at a desk or a table

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

No specific certification is required for this position.

This is a joint appointment to the Center for the Environment (via the Director of the Center for the Environment) and the Office of the Sustainability (via the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Sustainability). This position will report to the Senior Director of Communications for the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Administration/Chief Administrative Officer.

Due to the nature of the job responsibilities, this job requires a full time in-person commitment with reasonable flexibility for limited virtual work.