COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

About the Center The Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center (SCRC) at University of California, Irvine (UCI) is a dynamic center encompassing a diverse array of interdisciplinary investigators that span the schools of Medicine, Biological Cowboy Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Law. Our state‑of‑the‑art, LEED Platinum certified research and clinical building houses 25 of our 65 center faculty members. Center faculty have obtained more than $200 million dollars in grant and foundation funding for their research programs. Our programs include undergraduate and graduate student training programs funded by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and two National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored T32 graduate student training grants, along with state‑of‑the‑art shared equipment, research services programs and seminar series programs. Position Overview This position will coordinate and manage the center’s internal, cross‑campus, and external communications. The Communications Coordinator has a central role in planning, design, and operationalization of all communications on behalf of the.spi. Under the direction of SCRC leadership, this individual will compose, edit, and distribute communications via direct mail, telemarketing, and e‑communications; create collateral materials; and play a lead role in all internal and external communications on behalf of the center. S/he will recommend targeted approaches for various specific audiences using multi‑modal communications such as newsletters, web‑based communications including website updates / redesign, and social media initiatives. A background in biology to enable communication with both a scientific and lay audience is essential. #J-18808-Ljbffr University of California Irvine