Career Communications Specialist (TEMP)

Job Summary

*This is a temporary benefited two-year appointment with the possibility of extension*



The Career Communications Specialist will lead the planning, development, design, delivery, and assessment of instruction and engagement content revolving around career services resources and events to the Career Center’s five customers: students, employers, alumni, educators, and investors. In a higher-education environment in which over 85% of students identify career opportunity as the primary reason they seek a degree and employers consistently describe the challenge of finding skilled candidates, this role will strive to optimize awareness, communicate value, and facilitate service access to the Career Center’s customers through print, digital, and in-person content delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Career center staff to develop, design, and deliver discovery, instruction and engagement content for print, digital (email systems, web, video, monitors, social media), and live/in-person channels
• Serve as primary Career Center engagement content developer, writer, digital storyteller, and graphic designer for the Center’s website and learning environments, providing regular oversight of the online site calendar to ensure accurate and timely content
• Evaluate all instruction and engagement content for adherence to campus communication standards, policies, and the law
• Hire, train, and supervise the graphic design and/or video intern(s) for quality of output, adherence to standards, general work practices, and capacity to respond to queues
• Research customer needs and preferred methods of discovery and learning for our 5 primary customers: students, employers, alumni, educators, and investors
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of the career services instruction, engagement, and communication plans
• Collaborate with department leadership to produce engagement assets such as, but not limited to, annual impact reports, editorial calendar, and various communication assets to be delivered via different platforms
• As needed, update discovery, instruction, and engagement content on all platforms to reflect frequent feature changes in systems
• Evaluate engagement with and impact of content with primary customers
• Identify and continually refine discovery, instruction, and engagement content and channels based on analysis of impact
• Participate in staff/committee meetings and supports other major programs offered by the Center as needed

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrated excellence in written communication
• Strong skill in effective communication with stakeholders to drive involvement, including identifying needs, responding efficiently and effectively, and interacting with diplomacy
• Skill in developing and publishing web content
• Skill in embedding elements such as images, videos, tables, and data feeds into web pages
• Skill in organizing websites for optimal navigation and in search-engine optimization
• Skill in video editing using various tools such as Camtasia, Adobe Premier Pro, Adobe Rush, or similar
• Skill in basic graphic design editing with Adobe Illustrator and/or InDesign, or similar
• Skill in generating, writing, and publishing e-news content
• Basic skill in database navigation
• Ability to take initiative and independently plan, prioritize and complete multiple tasks and projects with diverse stakeholders in a fast-paced setting
• Skill in the research, development and evaluation of instruction and engagement content
• Possess strong attention to detail
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities with a solution focus
• Ability to collaborate with and support a diverse team and organization
• Ability to share and receive regular feedback and apply that feedback to continuous improvement of services and programs
• Basic knowledge of technical troubleshooting and support tiers

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree and/or equivalent training
• Two (2) years of administrative work experience involving study, analysis, and/or evaluation leading to the development or improvement of administrative policies, procedures, practices, or programs

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in instructional design, communications, digital marketing, PR, journalism, advertising, or related fields
• Two (2) years of experience related to instruction and/or engagement content development

Compensation

Classification: Administrative Analyst/Specialist – Exempt I
Anticipated Hiring Range: $5,078/month - $5,207/month
CSU Salary Range: $4,170/month - $7,545/month

San José State University offers employees a comprehensive benefits package typically worth 30-35% of your base salary. For more information on programs available, please see the Employee Benefits Summary .

Application Procedure

Click Apply Now to complete the SJSU Online Employment Application and attach the following documents:

• Resume
• Letter of Interest

All applicants must apply within the specified application period: January 10, 2023 through January 31, 2023 . This position is open until filled; however, applications received after screening has begun will be considered at the discretion of the university.

Contact Information

University Personnel
jobs@sjsu.edu
408-924-2252

CSU Vaccination Policy

The CSU requires faculty, staff, and students who are accessing campus facilities to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus (including all booster doses of an approved vaccine for which an individual is eligible per current CDC recommendations) or declare a medical or religious exemption from doing so. As a condition of employment, any candidates advanced in a currently open search process should be prepared to comply with this requirement as well as with other safety measures established on the campus. The system wide policy can be found at https://calstate.policystat.com/policy/9779821/latest/ and questions may be sent to jobs@sjsu.edu .

Additional Information

Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) is required for employment. SJSU will issue a contingent offer of employment to the selected candidate, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was offered the position on a contingent basis.

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Equal Employment Statement

San José State University (SJSU) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, gender, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, race, religion or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, transgender, or protected veteran status consistent with applicable federal and state laws. This policy applies to all SJSU students, faculty and staff programs and activities. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and certain other federal and state laws, prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in all education programs and activities operated by the university (both on and off campus).

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