Copywriter

Copywriter & Communications Associate

About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern's comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

About the Opportunity:
The Bouve College of Health Sciences Office of Marketing and Communications (MarCom) is seeking a Copy Writer & Communications Associate!

Bouve College of Health Sciences is comprised of four preeminent schools of study encompassing approximately 1,000 faculty and staff, 5,000 students, and 40,000 alumni.

Please note: The primary work location for this position is the Boston MA Northeastern University Campus Location. Until our full return to campus, which is still to-be-determined, this interview process will be conducted remotely- including virtual interviews, remote onboarding and remote work. The remote nature of this position is subject to change in the future and is only temporary. Local, on-campus work will be required once the College and this role return to an operational status that supports it.

Responsibilities:
The Bouve College of Health Sciences Office of Marketing and Communications (MarCom) is seeking a Copy Writer & Communications Associate capable of assisting MarCom with conceptualizing, writing, and coordinating creative marketing and content opportunities. This person will also assist in development of other College-related materials as well as some research-based reports. The candidate must be highly organized and deadline-driven with excellent writing, editing, and proofreading abilities. The writer will be responsible for style, format, and consistency across all projects; communication with MarCom team members and internal clients to create the best content possible.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree is required with a preference for a major in Communications, Marketing, or Business with 1-3 years' experience in copy writing for web, news, or another media outlet.
  
• Some knowledge of higher education, academic landscape and/or healthcare preferred but not necessary.
  
• The Copy Writer & Communication Associate will need to effectively communicate clearly and concisely in written and oral form about multiple ongoing projects.
  
• Understanding of Search Engine Optimization best practices preferred.
  
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
  
• Knowledge of Robohead Project Management platform or relatable platform preferred but not required.
  
  Salary Grade:
  10
  
  Additional Information:
  For more than a century, Northeastern University's Bouve College of Health Sciences has championed a simple idea: Experience deepens learning. Here, at one of the nation's leading health science colleges, future pharmacists, policymakers, administrators, nurses, physical therapists, scientists, speech therapists, and psychologists learn from renowned professors, while apprenticing alongside preeminent clinicians and researchers at top health institutions.
  
  Bouve College of Health Sciences encompasses four exceptional schools, School of Health Professions, School of Nursing, School of Clinical and Rehabilitation Sciences, and School of Pharmacy. Together, these institutions leverage interdisciplinary collaboration and strategic synergies to tackle the world's most pressing health challenges. It is this cross-pollination of academic rigor, interdisciplinary perspectives and globally recognized experiential learning that distinguishes Bouve and its graduates.
  
  Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Bouve College of Health Sciences values and respects the multiple and diverse identities of our shared humanity across race, ethnicity, class, ability, language, gender, sexuality, age, nationality, and military service. We are committed to enlivening the climate of diversity at Bouve through teaching, learning, dialogue, and relationship building. We seek to nurture inhabitable and welcoming spaces where all members feel that their ideas, voice, and lived experiences matter. We avow that differences in perspectives exist, are to be anticipated, and that respect for our differences is foundational to the universe of ideas that enrich our lives and professions. We are committed to advocacy, inclusion, and justice for all.
  
  Northeastern University offers a comprehensive and competitive employee benefits program for all full-time regular faculty and staff including medical plans, a dental plan, medical and dependent-care reimbursement accounts, retirement plans, life insurance benefits, disability programs, and tuition reimbursement.
  
  
• For a short video on the benefit's Northeastern offers, watch this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HymNgJlQE2o&feature=youtu.be
  
  
• For more information on the benefit's Northeastern offers, see this webpage https://www.northeastern.edu/hrm/benefits/index.html
  
  Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.
  
  All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
  
  To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.
  
  
  To apply, visit https://careers.pageuppeople.com/879/cw/en-us/job/507389
  
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