Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
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Job Description
Special Instructions to Applicants:
All interested applicants should attach a resume in the Supporting Documents section of the application preferably in a PDF format to avoid any formatting issues.
About Rice:
Boasting a 300acre treelined campus in Houston Texas Rice University is ranked among the nations top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6to1 undergraduate studenttofaculty ratio and a residential college system which supports students intellectually emotionally and culturally through social events intramural sports student plays lecture series courses and student government. Developing closeknit diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.
Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rices culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name RICE Responsibility Integrity Community and Excellence.
Position Summary:
Reporting to the Communications Manager in the Marketing and Communications department within the Enrollment division the Marketing and Communications Coordinator works on the development and implementation of communication and marketing activities enabling programs services events and/or products to meet organizational objectives. The Marketing and Communications Coordinator employs a variety of marketing communications and public relations strategies that may include direct mail advertising web email social media news media special events and other methods; researches and translates various forms of subject matter to assist in producing content for fact sheets brochures articles newsletters digital signage and other internal or external communications; participates in the planning of marketing and/or communications strategy; creates conceptualizes edits implements and enhances communications and content including website advertisements articles and feature stories.
Ideal Candidate Statement:
The ideal candidate for the Marketing and Communications Coordinator position will be detailoriented and able to work with a wide range of marketing collateral across various formats and mediums. They will possess strong interpersonal skills demonstrating the ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders. They should be adept at building and maintaining positive relationships and use their written and oralcommunication skills to effectively communicate with colleagues at all levels. Their organizational skills will enable them to manage multiple projects and deadlines. The candidate will be resourceful willing to take initiative and ready to actively engage in the work necessary to achieve results.
Workplace Requirements:
This position is offered as a hybrid role combining both inoffice and remote work to provide flexibility and support collaboration. PerRice policy 440 work arrangements may be subject to change.
Hiring Range:
$50000$52000 dependent on experience and qualifications. This is a fulltime exempt position.
*Exempt (salaried) positions underFLSAare not eligible for overtime.
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelors Degree
- In lieu of the education requirement additional related experience above and beyond what is required on an equivalent year for year basis may be substituted
1 years experience in marketing and/or communications
- In lieu of the experience requirement additional related education above and beyond what is required on an equivalent yearforyear basis may be substituted
Skills:
- Strong communication skills both oral and written
- Copywriting experience
- Experience posting on social media (Instagram FB X)
- Organizational skills: ability to manage multiple projects by creating efficient workflows
- Creativity: adept at generating ideas and executing on concepts
- Analytical problemsolving skills: ability to evaluate challenges explore alternatives and implement solutions
- Experience with the following is a plus:
- Google and Microsoft suite of products
- Box
- Slack
- Zoom
- Content Management Systems
- Asana project management tool
- Sprout Social
Essential Functions:
- Lead the annual website refresh by reviewing coordinating and updating all department webpages
- Monitor and update content on our educational/marketing partner websites under direction of supervisor
- Monitor and update print collateral as needed within brand guidelines
- Review and update the collection of admission presentations with direction from admission team
- Schedule and post social media under direction of supervisor
- Coordinate student blog posts and build in the Content Management System
- Assist with copywriting duties as necessary including writing captions and descriptions for social media and other marketing collateral
- Maintain uptodate databases of competitor intelligence
- Assist with event planning and as needed to support marketing objectives
- Perform all other duties as assigned
Rice University HR Benefits: Mission and Values:Mission and Values Rice University
Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and welcoming the fullness of diversity into our candidate pools. Rice considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national or ethnic origin genetic information disability or protected veteran status. Rice also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. If an applicant requires a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please contact Rice Universitys Disability Resource Center ator for support.
If you have any questions please email us at. Thank you for your interest in employment with Rice University.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
