Communications Specialist - Pediatrics

Job Duties

• Create and edit video content to support asynchronous training initiatives.
• Capture and edit photos for use across communications and marketing materials.
• Design graphics, handouts, flyers, and other educational and promotional resources.
• Manage social media platforms by developing content, increasing posting frequency, and expanding audience reach.
• Grow newsletter distribution lists and develop engaging, targeted content.
• Write and edit short-form articles and feature content.
• Maintain and update website content to ensure accuracy, relevance, and user engagement.
• Develop and produce press releases, press kits, newsletters, and other marketing and communications materials.
• Implement strategic communication plans that enhance brand awareness and support organizational goals.
• Produce, edit, and host podcast content, and distribute across multiple platforms.
• Utilize a data-driven approach to track performance and prepare detailed reports on media activity and engagement metrics for leadership.
• Lead all Telehealth ROCKS marketing initiatives, including planning, content development, design, and production of marketing materials.

Requirements

• Four (4) years experience in graphic design, communications marketing, or related field.
• Experience managing and expanding social media presence.
• Experience with design software and technologies (such as InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop).

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Five (5) or more years of full-time professional experience in a communications role.

Skills

• Communication
• Time management
• Attention to detail

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.

Learn more about the benefits offered by the University of Kansas Medical Center.