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Part-time One Employer Policy

Any part-time employee of the university shall not have concurrent employment for any other Church- affiliated employer unless specifically excepted. No part-time employee of any other Church-affiliated employer shall be offered concurrent employment for the university unless specifically excepted.

COMMUNCATIONS SPECIALIST

The Physics and Astronomy department seeks a highly motivated half time employee to perform a variety of graphic design tasks related to social media and digital marketing. The position is for no more than an average of 17.5 hours per week during normal business hours. Physics and Astronomy is a highly-positive, collaborative, and forward-thinking environment—an ideal working situation with an opportunity to gain real world experience. The applicant should be self-motivated and innovative.

Essential Functions

The successful candidate will perform the following tasks:

• Collaborate with Academic Programs Manager to market graduate programs to prospective applicants and promote greater participation among current students
• Work as a videographer to create dynamic and creative content on our website and social media platforms for various audiences related to department promotion, recruiting, and inclusion
• Develop social media plans, strategies, campaigns, and assist in setting strategic goals and defining audiences
• Create, monitor, and continually update our social media platforms with compelling content
• Maintain and update regular news and event content slides for department displays and content for other media platforms
• Cultivate and attend to relationships with university-wide social media administrators
• Communicate with undergraduate, graduate students, faculty, and other university personnel to create stories for promotional and advertising purposes
  

Qualifications:

Required

• 1 year previous marketing, advertising or social media management experience
• Extensive and complete working knowledge with social media platforms such as: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc.
• Adept in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, etc.) for graphic design work
• Proficient in the English language and able to implement correct grammar, sentence structure, etc.
• Basic understanding of Ads Manager or Facebook Business Manager
• Videography & editing skills such as: shooting interview videos with audio and lighting, filming b-roll and editing them together with music
• Willing to learn new things in the realm of digital marketing and content creation

Preferred

• BS in advertising/marketing or related field OR 2+ years of previous experience in field
• 1 year previous academically focused graphic design experience
• Previous work experience related to BYU brand guide and policies

Employee Class: 1/2 Time (17.5 hour)
Work Location: Provo Campus
Desired Start Date: As soon as possible
Job Close Date: Open Until Filled
Pay Level: Depends on Experience

Application Instructions: Apply online at yjobs.byu.edu. Please upload cover letter, resume, and work portfolio (please include links to social media posts, ads, videos that you created with at least one being a professional post/campaign) to your application.

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints must hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.

Brigham Young University is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.