Internal Communications Writer/Editor II - 991780
Job no: 506346
Position type: Full Time with Full Benefits
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida
Division/Equivalent: Public Reltns, Mrktg & Creative Svc
School/Unit: PUBLIC RELTNS, MRKTNG & CREATIVE SVC
Categories: Communications / Public Relations / Marketing
| About Us: |
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| Job Title: | Internal Communications Writer/Editor II - 991780 |
| Location: | Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida |
| Work Type: | Full Time with Full Benefits |
| Job Category: | Exempt |
| Hiring Range: | Commensurate with experience |
| Pay Basis: |
Annually |
| Subject to Grant Funding?: | No |
| Essential Job Functions: | 1. Applies proven writing and communications skills to plan, edit, and deliver thoughtful, effective content for internal and external audiences. 2. Strong writer for a variety of digital and print media content. Familiar with basic web editing to create and build pages within a CMS, to write and help organize and coordinate the production of web content additions and updates for the university’s administrative and internal web pages, collaborating with a wide range of colleagues, managers, faculty and staff, and following NSU protocols set by PR/Marketing and OIIT for web, social and SEO content that advances the institutional brand and creative strategies. 3. Consults with subject matter experts and colleagues to obtain information needed to produce compelling content, testimonials, digital content, communications products, and promotional materials. 4. Writes relevant, useful, and conversational content, ensuring voice and messaging are consistent with the university's brand and writing standards, including understanding of diversity and accessibility communications protocols and considerations. 5. Produces persuasive business or promotional materials such as well-crafted memos, slide decks or Zoom presentations, appealing flyers or e-vites using NSU templates and brand guidelines. 6. Interacts and collaborates with students, faculty, administrators, researchers, alumni and staff to develop relevant and timely stories as part of strategic communications campaigns aimed at designated target audiences and objectives. 7. Participates in the development or implementation of efficient, effective and data-driven communications, web and content management strategies to ensure that content is accurate, timely, relevant and compelling for students, faculty, staff, alumni, prospects, and other web users, target audiences and visitors. 8. Collaborates with NSU PR/Marketing Advertising & Analytics and Web teams to follow best practices for SEO, Web and digital media communications strategies and campaigns. 9. Collaborates with supervisor and colleagues on the establishment of appropriate Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and reports key metrics for all communications campaigns and tactics. 10. Completes special projects as assigned, particularly those internal communications efforts that promote other presidential strategic priorities or core value themes and initiatives. 11. Performs other duties as assigned or required. |
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| Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: | Knowledge 1. Writing and English Language - Thorough knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the proper use and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. 2. Communications through Video and Digital Media - Thorough knowledge of video and digital media production, visual, verbal, and interactive communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and persuade via video, digital, and visual media. Strong skills in use of video shooting, photography, use of video editing software. Also, familiar with Zoom, MS Office suite and is competent posting content on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, You Tube, etc. 3. Customer and Personal Service – General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of user satisfaction. 4. Computers and Electronics – General knowledge of computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. 5. Google analytics and SEO knowledge. Skills: 1. Time Management - Advanced skills in managing one's own time and the time of others. 2. Active Listening - Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. 3. Critical Thinking - Proficient skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. 4. Complex Problem Solving - Proficient skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. 5. Judgment and Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one. 6. Coordination - Proficient skills in adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. 7. Persuasion - Proficient skills in persuading others to change their minds or behavior. 8. Social Perceptiveness - Proficient skills in being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. 9. Active Learning - Proficient skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. 10. Systems Analysis - Proficient skills in determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. 11. Strong writing and project management skills and well as familiarity with diversity and accessibility communications considerations and protocols. Abilities: 1. Written Comprehension & Expression - The ability to read, understand, and communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. 2. Oral Comprehension & Expression - The ability to listen to, understand, and communicate information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences so others will understand. 3. Originality - The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. 4. Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). 5. Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. 6. Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. 7. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). 8. Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. Physical Requirements: 1. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). 2. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person. 3. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you. 4. Manual Dexterity - Must be able to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. 5. May be required to work nights or weekends. 6. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties. 7. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, mobile devices, and computer keyboards. |
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| Required Education: | Bachelor's Degree |
| Major (if required): | English, Communications, or related field |
| Required Experience: | 1. Two (2) to four (4) years of relevant experience in video/digital news communications and production. 2. Basic digital and graphic content experience (Canva, PowerPoint, etc.) 3. Diverse news and digital content portfolio that demonstrates strong communications and production abilities across multiple channels (video, Web editing, social content, email messaging, promotional messaging, etc.). 4. Video editing and CMS web platform experience. 5. Ecomms and Web-based news and/or calendar curation and execution experience. |
| Preferred Qualifications: | Bilingual (English & Spanish). |
| Is this a safety sensitive position? | No |
| Background Screening Required? | No |
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| Sensitivity Disclaimer: | Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities, and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary. |
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