Pay Range: $30/hr – 35/hr. The pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.

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Job Description:

The Pandemic Center at a client of Public Health seeks a communications specialist to support leadership and staff of the Center in creating and disseminating materials about the Center, its work, and the work of its faculty, across platforms and formats.
Create written and visual content, including graphics, for the Pandemic Center’s social media accounts and Center-managed websites, and other purposes, (ensuring adherence to client standards). This often requires synthesizing and distilling complex scientific information and research into clear, easy to understand content to drive engagement.
Manage third-party social and internet listening platform (i.e. Mention), track activity of all media mentions of the Center or related faculty, and monitor online communities, identifying opportunities to create content, staying aware of trends and fielding issues as they arise.
Monitor inbound communications.
Provide support (i.e.copy-editing, proofreading, design) for articles, op-eds, presentations and publications from Center faculty.
Assist with the organization and management of the Center’s distribution lists.

Requirements:

Strong writing and communication skills.
Experience in communications, specifically social media execution, newsletter writing, and website management.
Prior experience utilizing visual editing tools. Experience with Canva or the Adobe Suite (PS, ID, AI) preferred
Experience working in academic communication preferred.
Prior experience working on web platforms such as WordPress, Squarespace and Drupal preferred.
Experience in copywriting and editing in short and long form is strongly preferred.
2-3 years
Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience

Job Responsibilities:

Social media platforms including X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook - potentially Threads and Bluesky as well.
Visual editing tools such as Canva or the Adobe Suite (PS, ID, AI).
Web design and management platforms such as Wordpress, Squarespace and Drupal.
Google Suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.)
MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, etc)
Must be a team player but also be able to self-motivate and work independently. Someone who enjoys learning and is curious about the subject matter (biosecurity, epidemiology, public health). This is a no-ego, all-hands-on-deck team that jumps in to help each other even when the work falls outside of their job descriptions.
Strong written communication skills.
Social media expertise (up to date on trends, well-versed across platforms, able to contribute to and execute on social media plans).
Top-notch organizational and follow-through skills. This person will coordinate webinars and will need to communicate with high-level individuals who may require extra details and follow ups.
Proofreading, report-writing (i.e. Annual Reports, donor reports), webinar management, graphic design, public and media relations.

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