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Louisiana State University - Eunice, LA, United States, 70535
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Assistant Director of Strategic Communication
Apply locations LSU - Eunice time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id R00103897
Job Posting Title:
Assistant Director of Strategic Communication
Position Type:
Professional / Unclassified
Department:
LSUE Chancellor (Nancee J Sorenson (00060359))
Work Location:
LSU - Eunice
Pay Grade:
Professional
Job Description:
Louisiana State University at Eunice (LSUE) is seeking a creative individual with a passion for storytelling to help LSUE continue to reach new heights across the institution. The Assistant Director of Strategic Communications will play a vital role in developing and implementing university-wide marketing and communications initiatives to enhance LSU Eunice's brand and public image through a variety of mediums. This position requires a strategic thinker with strong multimedia content creation skills, excellent writing abilities, and the capability to collaborate with various university stakeholders. The ideal candidate will manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and produce high-quality content across multiple platforms.
Job Responsibilities:
- 20% Marketing & Branding Strategy: Assist in the development and execution of strategic marketing and communications plans to support the university's brand and outreach efforts. Work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and external partners to ensure cohesive messaging across all platforms.
- 25% Content Creation & Editing: Write, edit and produce a variety of content in both digital and print formats, including press releases, news articles, newsletters, and social media posts. Ensure all content aligns with the university's messaging and branding guidelines.
- 20% Project & Campaign Management: Assist in planning and executing marketing campaigns that promote university programs, events and initiatives. Support athletic marketing efforts, including creating promotional content, assisting with game-day marketing and coordinating outreach initiatives for athletic events. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure campaign success.
- 25% Multimedia Production: Develop engaging multimedia content for digital advertising, television, web, and social media. Produce, record, and edit recruitment and marketing videos for distribution across social media, web, email, and digital signage. Maintain and operate video, audio, and lighting equipment.
- 10% General Communications support: Provide support for public relations efforts, including drafting press releases and coordinating media outreach. Assist in the management of the university's content management system and social media accounts.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associates or Bachelors degree in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing or a related field.
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite handling various software tools like Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience with photography, videography, lighting and audio equipment.
Special or Physical Qualifications:
- Ability to travel and work evenings and weekends, as needed.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 40 pounds.
Salary Range: $38,000.00 - $50,000
Additional Job Description:
Competencies:
None
Special Instructions:
All applicants must submit a letter of application, resume, copies of official transcript(s), and three references including name, phone number, and e-mail address. Please attach all documents under the Resume/CV section of your application.
Posting Date:
April 1, 2025
Closing Date (Open Until Filled if No Date Specified):
Additional Position Information:
Background Check - An offer of employment is contingent on a satisfactory pre-employment background check.
Benefits - LSU offers outstanding benefits to eligible employees and their dependents including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement options; various leave options; paid holidays; wellness benefits; tuition exemption for qualified positions; training and development opportunities; employee discounts; and more!
Positions approved to work outside the State of Louisiana shall be employed through Louisiana State University’s partner, nextSource Workforce Solutions, for Employer of Record Services including but not limited to employment, benefits, payroll, and tax compliance. Positions employed through Employer of Record Services will be offered benefits and retirement as applicable through their provider and will not be eligible for State of Louisiana benefits and retirement.
Essential Position (Y/N):
LSUE is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
HCM Contact Information:
Questions or concerns can be directed to the LSUE Human Resources Management Office at 337-550-1222 or emailed at hr@lsue.edu.
About Us
LSU includes institutions, facilities and programs in each of Louisiana’s 64 parishes, and its campuses stretch the length of the state from New Orleans to Shreveport. Each institution plays a vital role in preparing students to incorporate new knowledge and technologies into their daily lives. LSU researchers across Louisiana are working on developing a wide-range of innovations to improve quality of life by studying issues such as disease management, advance medical treatments, obesity, coastal protection, hurricane preparedness, energy, natural resource management and agriculture, among others. Louisiana’s Flagship University is a land-, sea- and space-grant institution with academic programs in all areas of science, engineering, humanities, arts and social sciences.
The University comprises of nine institutions:
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (“LSU”), the premier flagship university for the state, which include the Paul M. Hebert Law Center and the School of Veterinary Medicine
- Louisiana State University at Eunice
- Louisiana State University at Shreveport
- LSU Health Sciences Center – New Orleans
- LSU Health Science Center – Shreveport
- The Health Care Services Division
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
- Any other college, university, school, institution, or program now or hereafter under the supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
In implementing its mission, LSU is committed to:
- Offering a broad array of undergraduate degree programs and extensive graduate research opportunities designed to attract and educate highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students;
- Employing faculty who are excellent teacher-scholars, nationally competitive in research and creative activities, and who contribute to a world-class knowledge base that is transferable to educational, professional, cultural, and economic enterprises;
- Using its extensive resources to solve economic, environmental, and social challenges.