Communications Officer (Term)

This is a full-time term Communications Officer position responsible for developing and implementing communication and marketing plans to enhance the Faculty of Arts & Science's national and international profile. Key duties include creating promotional materials, managing digital content, and engaging students to share their experiences. Essential qualifications include a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, at least four years of related experience, and proficiency with content management systems and digital marketing strategies.

• Overseeing tasks related to the production and dissemination of communications/marketing materials
• Implementing project communications plans
• Developing outreach strategies that promote programs to students and the broader community
• Editing content for brochures, newsletters, websites and/or handbooks
• Developing content for marketing and/or promotional materials
• Editing content for style and tone
• Consulting with clients regarding the developmentof marketing and/or communication materials
• Liaising with clients to draft, review and discuss communications briefs

• Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalentexperience.
• Minimum four (4) years’ of recent and related experience in communications, journalism, or marketing.
• Demonstrated experience with communications project implementation and coordination through to execution and results.
• Experience with interviewing, researching and writing articles (feature and news), reports, letters, and promotional and public relations material (websites, brochures, posters, advertisements, newsletters, etc.)
• Demonstrated experiencewith WordPress and Drupal or other current content management software (CMS).
• Experience managing content for websites, and newsletters.
• Experience and a high degree of intuition with new media as a communications tool.
• Experience with developing and managing digital marketing.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of social and multimedia strategies, tools, channels, trends, and capabilities.
• Experience working with technical consultants and graphic designers to create effective and engaging materials.
• Experience with programming in HTML, CSS, and PHP.
• Strong skills with programming in HTML and content management systems.
• Strong problem solving skills and ability to deal with avariety of responsibilities, with interruptions.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Project implementation skills and knowledge about the principles of good design and how to assess audience needs.
• Proven journalistic skills, including investigating and pitching stories, executing interviews, and writing news and feature stories.
• Exceptional proofreading and editing skills with working knowledge of graphic design principles for web and print communication.
• This is a full time term position, ending in March 2028.
• Closing Date: 10/19/2026, 11:59PM ET Employee Group: USW Appointment Type : Budget - Term Schedule: Full-Time Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: USW Pay Band 11 -- $79,640 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $101,845.
• Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.