13165P2A Marketing Specialist II

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Department

The Mississippi Lab serves as a humanities laboratory for the university, the state, and the region. Three projects – Greenfield Farm Writers Residency, Staff Creative Residencies, and Faculty Laureates – drive creative enterprise and content production, spanning disciplines, demographics, and geographies. Greenfield Farm Writers Residency, the newest of these projects, is set to open in late 2027 on the site of William Faulkner’s onetime mule farm.

Job Summary

Researches, designs, and implements marketing and public relations strategies that further departmental goals and amplify departmental communications

Job Description

• Researches, develops and grows marketing and public relations plans based on research and departmental goals
• Develops, implements, and disseminates public relations and marketing materials through a wide variety of communication mediums utilizing appropriate technologies and techniques
• Identifies and exploits pathways of communication with the audiences we serve
• Edits and polishes the marketing and communications work of outside collaborators
• Establishes and maintains the tenor and aesthetics of departmental communications
• Leverages narrative techniques to inspire actions in consumers of departmental communications

Job Responsibilities

Research, craft, and share stories that compel action on behalf of Greenfield Farm Writers Residency and other Mississippi Lab initiatives.

Education Qualifications

Bachelor's (Required)

Experience

Relevant experience | 3 Years | Required

Compensation

$56,763.20 - $85,134.40

Interview Requirement

Interview Requirements: Any candidate who is called for an interview must notify the Department of Equal Opportunity/Regulatory Compliance in writing of any reasonable accommodation needed prior to the date of the interview.

EEO Statement

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Background Check Statement

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