Communications Specialist

Job Description

Serves as the point of contact for a specific area of expertise. Provides knowledge and experience of subject matters. Assists with ensuring day to day operations, policies, procedures, and guidelines are followed in particular areas.

Responsibilities

Recruitment and Admissions - Creates and implements strategies to accurately promote department's programs to prospective students in engaging ways. Designs and prepares departmental promotional material in print and electronic form for recruiting students. In cooperation with the chair, coordinates the departmental application and audition processes. Processes departmental admission decisions and updates applicants as well as campus stakeholders (UG Admissions, The Graduate School) as necessary.

Production Promotion and External Communications - Plans and executes publicity for and promotion of all Theatre and Dance activities, including design of all season flyers, production posters, production programs, press releases, and other documents; acts as liaison with all media and other community partners. Maintains the department website utilizing university provided templates in a WYSIWYG environment. With support from the chair, advancement, and other stakeholders, assists in planning and executing departmental fundraising activities. Works with students to manage the department's social media platforms.

Internal Communications - Maintains internal student contact lists. Creates content for internal newsletters and student reminders. Maintains the department's internal academic blogs. Manages and creates content for electronic lobby displays and text messaging systems. Support Departmental Leadership - Serves as a member of the chair's advisory team along with the production manager and the financial services associate. Participates in weekly staff meetings and monthly faculty meetings.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Journalism, Theatre, Dance, or other relevant area

Minimum of two (2) years of appropriate experience.

Relevant experience may substitute for required education.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

About Us

The University of Memphis is a leading, student-centered, urban public R1 research institution. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, on 1,160 acres. The University serves a population of nearly 20,000 students and 2,500 employees, including more than 1,000 full-time faculty members. The University offers bachelor's degrees in more than 230 areas of study, master's degrees in more than 50 subjects and doctoral degrees in 26 disciplines; supported an institutional record of more than $100 million in research awards for FY24; and has an operating budget of close to $500 million.