Communications Lead

Position Summary

The Communications Lead supports the strategic communications efforts for the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering and accomplishes objectives and priorities under supervision from the college's associate director. This position is fully integrated into LMU's Marketing, Communications, and External Relations team and is responsible for implementing comprehensive strategies and producing a variety of communications and marketing products for Seaver College of Science and Engineering. This position involves creating and managing content for digital and print communications, developing multi-channel plans, and overseeing multiple projects. It requires staying informed about college events, ensuring consistent branding, and collaborating with various departments. The incumbent ensures that all work products reflect the university's vision, mission, and brand.

Position Specific Responsibilities/Accountabilities

Communications Production, Planning, and Project Management

Create, edit, research, produce, and maintain content/copy for digital and print communications that support Seaver College, including, but not limited to, online stories, email communications, video scripts, event promotions, web pages, and social media. Develop and manage communications plans that utilize multi-channel approaches, customized to the identified objectives and target audiences. Devise strategies that optimize the use of Seaver's communications channels to best reach target audiences. Manage and implement concurrent, interdependent short-, medium-, and long-term communications projects that support Seaver College. Contribute to and support the college's editorial schedule and production calendar for assigned projects, adhering to project deadlines. Gather information and stay current with happenings and events within the college to synthesize for distribution on appropriate college channels.

Quality Assurance and Collaboration

Assure successful outcomes by adopting best-practices, quality assurance metrics, and risk mitigation efforts. Ensure the integrity, high-quality, and consistency of the university's image, narrative, and brand. Collaborate with Seaver departments, MarComm units, other university stakeholders, and vendors on key projects, events, and activities to optimize efforts and maximize reach and visibility.

Maintenance and Other

Maintain and update existing Seaver channels with news, events, and general content. Complete other duties and projects as assigned.

Loyola Marymount University Expectations

Exhibit behavior that supports the mission, vision, and values of the university. Communicate and employ interpersonal actions that model high standards of professional, responsible, accountable and ethical conduct. Demonstrate a commitment to outstanding customer service.

The incumbent must have the ability to supervise creative, communications and technical personnel and manage complex projects with dependencies, deadlines, budgets and outside resources. The incumbent must possess the ability to implement marketing and communication principles and strategies in the execution of complex communications projects. The incumbent must have the ability to initiate ideas, develop concepts and review the effectiveness of processes to ensure professional standards and high quality. The incumbent has the ability to assess the needs of internal clients and suggest appropriate measures to meet those needs or redirect those requests to the appropriate areas. The incumbent is able to work effectively and independently with internal and external constituencies. The incumbent has the ability to operate in an environment in which skilled relationship management and consensus-building is required to deliver successful outcomes.

Requisite Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required. Background in communications, marketing, or related field. Incumbent will be expected to continue upgrading knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to stay abreast of discipline-related trends and policy/regulation changes.
• Minimum 5 years communication experience in marketing and communications responsibilities, including, but not limited to web content development, social media postings, writing, proofing, editing, and email marketing.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and independently with internal and external constituencies and with professionals of varied disciplines to accomplish tasks and projects.
• Demonstrated understanding of creative process and ability to synthesize highly complex information into the formulation of editorial concepts. Demonstrated ability to implement communications projects to satisfy objectives.
• Demonstrated computer proficiency with common software production suites. Ability to learn with proficiency new enterprise management systems required to accomplish objectives.
• Ability to produce high-quality deliverables with meticulous attention to detail. Must be metrics-driven and results-oriented with proven analytical skills.
• Demonstrated experience managing and executing communications across multiple communications channels.
• Possesses exceptional verbal and written communications skills and compelling and impactful presentation abilities. Can demonstrate the ability to motivate and inspire teams as well as colleagues, constituents, and audiences.
• Highly collaborative style with experience developing and implementing communications strategies successfully; background that demonstrates relationship cultivation, consensus building, flexibility, team orientation, and by cultivating positivity.
• Must be able to perform effectively in a fast-paced, intellectually intense, creatively challenging, service-oriented environment, while also managing multiple projects with varying deadlines.
• Experience working successfully in a complex organization, preferably in higher education.
• Willing and able to adjust to changing demands and shifting priorities, and address urgencies that arise on evenings or weekends.
• Evidence of positive, energetic, and flexible style with a track record for producing high-quality deliverables with meticulous attention to detail. Must be metrics driven and results oriented with excellent analytical skills. Ability to provide quick turnaround and updates for multiple requests while maintaining high quality work.
• Self-starter, able to work independently and entrepreneurially; experience creating, developing and implementing new initiatives.
• Excellent judgement and creative problem-solving skills, including negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution skills.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We require both a résumé and a cover letter, so we encourage you to use the cover letter to share your interest in the role and highlight your relevant experience.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is normal.

MENTAL DEMANDS

Mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Frequent calculating, interrupted work, variety of interrelated tasks, sustained concentration, use of reasoning, judgment, resourcefulness, analytical ability and ingenuity.

Staff Regular

Salary range

$66,600.00 - $86,600.00 Salary commensurate with education and experience.

Loyola Marymount University, a Carnegie classified R2 institution in the mainstream of American Catholic higher education, seeks outstanding applicants who value its mission and share its commitment to inclusive excellence, the education of the whole person, and the building of a just society. LMU is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment free from discrimination and harassment as defined by federal, state and local law. We invite all persons in the full diversity of their being, life experience, and beliefs to apply. (Visit www.lmu.edu for more information.)