Communications Associate - Political Science

About the Job The Department of Political Science would like to announce anopening for a Communications Associate (job code: 8341CG). Theposition's official title is Marketing & CommunicationsProfessional 1 – Communications Generalist. The Communications Associate serves as the main point-of-contactfor all communications and marketing in the Department of PoliticalScience and the Center for the Study of Political Psychology(CSPP). As such, they are in contact with faculty, undergraduateand graduate students, staff, and outside constituencies, includingthe professional media community, alumni, donors, and visitors.This position calls for a self-directed, detail-oriented, andversatile communications professional who is strongly committed togenerating engaging content while ensuring accuracy and timelinessof information. The successful candidate will also need to bringthat detail-oriented awareness to their work with the Director ofUndergraduate Studies (DUS) and administrator to coordinate theundergraduate and graduate curriculum and course schedule – usingthis work as a window into the greater department to inform futurecommunication and marketing projects. This position is up to 40% remote (two days/week), and theanticipated start date is November 2, 2026 . Candidates with diverse backgrounds andlived experiences are strongly encouraged to apply. Communications Development and Management: 50% Serve as primary point-of-contact and liaison for all mattersrelating to the department website, social media, undergraduate andalumni newsletters, and intranet. Includes requests from internaland external constituencies, policy and procedure questions, andproblem resolution. Develop internal and external communication strategies andmessages to support website and social media content and increaseuser traffic. Implement and review web and social media analyticstechnologies to measure success and identify trends, in order to initiaterecommendations for improvement based on data. Stay up-to-date onthe latest communication tools and practices. Responsible for all communications content to be correct,up-to-date, and compliant with accessibility standards, Universityand College of Liberal Arts (CLA) brand and style standards.Conduct content research to inform content development. Translatelarge volumes of information into clear, concise, user-friendlylanguage #J-18808-Ljbffr University of Minnesota