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Job Description

Responsibilities and Duties Include:

• Develops and manages the college’s day-to-day communications, ensuring all internal and external messaging is accurate, timely and consistent with the college’s brand, mission and identity.
• Guides and contributes to the development and implementation of strategic communication plans and collaborates with key constituents to gain full understanding of communication requests.
• Generates compelling stories by actively engaging all college departments to share information and producing internal weekly/daily campus communications; provides counsel for appropriate and timely newsletters, press releases and feature stories.
• Enhances and strengthens the college’s reputation by publicizing and showcasing college programs, activities, people and events.
• Writes, edits, proofs and distributes collegewide communications materials using multiple platforms, including print, digital and social media, college website, broadcast and designated college publications.
• Evaluates and recommends appropriate communication mediums to the AVP to ensure effective reach of messages as needed.
• Monitors, edits and posts web communications content in a timely manner to ensure the website is up to date, clear, concise, accessible and accurate.
• Assists with the design and implementation of social media strategy to support the college’s brand and oversees the creation, monitoring and scheduling of social media content.
• Maintains information posted on electronic campus messaging displays on the Northwest Campus and at all Centers to ensure key messages, events, and updates are effectively communicated collegewide.
• Creates, updates and monitors timely collegewide emergency communications via email, web, social media, news media, and other digital platforms in support of the AVP; participates in emergency management meetings as needed.
• Maintains a positive, proactive media relations program that enhances the college’s visibility and reputation through the development of news releases, public service announcements, award nominations, and promotion of special events and activities.
• Develops and maintains professional relationships with area news and information outlets and coordinates media relations responses with internal departments and public relations agencies as directed.
• Monitors local and national media outlets and processes news for placement in the archive system.
• Supports college leaders by writing scripts, speeches and talking points and preparing presentations as directed; researches and verifies facts in the development of internal and external publications and communications.
• Coordinates budget management, financial resources, and expenditures to ensure efficient utilization within allocated funds.
• Collaborates with the AVP to create and implement departmental goals that strategically advance the stature of SF and that provide consistent, meaningful direction.
• Represents Marketing and Communications at a variety of internal and external committees, conferences, and related events and activities.
• Complies with all published College Rules, procedures, guidelines, and laws/regulations governing public employees, including but not limited to those related to document retention and destruction, FERPA, and confidentiality.
• Provides service excellence through courteous, informed, accessible, and professional engagement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.