Job Description
What your key responsibilities will be:
The University of Colorado Libraries seeks an innovative and collaborative candidate to work across the Libraries, the campus, and the local community as our Communications Manager. The position promotes the Libraries’ mission, vision, and goals by developing and implementing a cogent communications and marketing strategy. This includes promotional and communication activities of the Libraries and effectively publicizing our resources, services, programs, exhibits, accomplishments, and events to campus and community stakeholders.
The Communications Manager will also devise a program to promote the reputation and quality of CU Libraries to external audiences including the Association of Research Libraries, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, Greater Western Libraries Alliance, and to other higher education institutions.
The Communications Manager also serves as liaison to CU Boulder Strategic Relations.
What we can offer:
In addition to a competitive, market-based salary, the University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement (with a 2-for-1 employer match), generous paid time off, tuition benefit and RTD ECO Bus Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.
Be imaginative. Be resourceful. Be brilliant. Be Boulder.
Additional Info & Requirements
Qualifications
What we require:
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Advertising, Public Relations, or related field or any equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Four years of progressively responsible experience in marketing, public relations, communications, or related field.
- Public relations, editing, writing, event planning, and publication planning experience.
- Media relations experience and the ability to work with several constituencies from students to University administrators.
- Knowledge of web-based public relations and applications of social media communications.
What you will need:
- Creative ideas and innovative approaches to marketing and communications.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and customer service skills.
- Ability to multitask and work in a team environment.
What we’d like you to have:
- Master’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or related field.
- Managerial experience in Marketing or Public Relations fields.
- Experience or education in graphic design.
- Knowledge of libraries and higher education.
- Demonstrated ability to cultivate and advocate for an environment of diversity and inclusion.
- Ability to work effectively and creatively to develop partnerships in a complex and rapidly changing library, campus, university system and community.
Preferred qualifications may be used to further reduce the pool of applicants to those who are most highly qualified.
The Community
About CU Libraries:
As the flagship University of Colorado’s multi-campus system, CU Boulder is a dynamic community of scholars and learners situated on one of the most beautiful college campuses in the country. As one of thirty-four U.S. public institutions belonging to the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU) – and the only member in the Rocky Mountain region – we have a proud tradition of academic excellence, with five Nobel laureates and more than 50 members of prestigious academic academies.
Today, with our sights set on becoming the standard for the great comprehensive public research universities of the new century, we strive to serve the people of Colorado and to engage with the world through excellence in our teaching, research, creative work, and service. The University Libraries faculty and staff are diverse, talented, and passionate people who share this vision and mission. The Libraries, a member of the Association of Research Libraries, holds the largest collection in the Rocky Mountain region with over 12 million books, periodicals, government publications, audio-visual materials, microforms, maps, manuscripts, papers and computer-based resources. The Libraries faculty and staff collaborate internally, with colleagues beyond the campus, and with our clients to advance information literacy, intellectual freedom, lifelong learning, the disciplinary growth of information, and the amplification of knowledge.
Mission:
The University of Colorado Boulder Libraries are a dynamic partner in creating, disseminating, and advancing scholarship. We inspire learning, research, and discovery by connecting knowledge, information, and people.
Vision:
We are the heart of higher education, providing essential scholarly resources, user-centered services, and inclusive spaces to the University, local, and global communities.
HR Info
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: HRESmail@colorado.edu
Position Number: 00002315
Special Instructions to Applicants: Please apply by October 7, 2016
Direct Link to Posting: https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=06728&lang=en
If you have technical difficulties submitting application information, please contact the CU Careers help desk at 303-860-4200, extension 2 or cucareershelp@cu.edu. All other job related inquiries should be directed to the posting contact for this posting.
Application Materials Required: Cover Letter, Resume/CV Application Materials Instructions: To apply, please submit the following materials AS ONE DOCUMENT/PDF to this posting at www.cu.edu/cu-careers:
1. A current resume.
2. A cover letter that specifically addresses how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications and responsibilities of the position.
Please name your document as follows: First-Last-Resume-CL-06728.
Please do not upload references at this time.