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Communication Manager

As a key member of the creative team responsible for the marketing and communications strategy for the university, the Communication Manager promotes the university to its constituents through a variety of media outlets.

Tina Smith
tina@southern.edu

423.236.2686

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Manages the collection, writing, and distribution of key news and articles for constituent and regional audiences
  • Promotes events and assists with community-relations initiatives as needed using news media, community calendars, and signage
  • Proofreads or supervises proofreading of news articles, press releases, and event promotion created by the university for the public
  • Oversees photo studio logistics and collaborates with team members to ensure university’s marketing photography needs are met 
  • Monitor university perception and develops message concepts and themes to improve the university’s reputation in collaboration with other members of the team 
  • Foster relationships on campus to gather meaningful, actionable stories 
  • Hires, mentors and supervises student writers 
  • Contracts with freelancers to assist with workflow when necessary 
  • Performs all other reasonable business-related functions as assigned