Media Communications Coordinator

Florida Institute of Technology • Melbourne, FL

19h • Onsite

About The Position

The Media Communications Coordinator is a cornerstone position in university communications, involved in developing, reporting, and writing content such as daily/weekly university research-related articles, internal news articles, weekly newsletter content, social media content, news releases, and longer-term magazine pieces. The role also includes multimedia work, such as shooting and editing short videos. A primary responsibility is leading longer-term projects, specifically serving as the editor of the university's research magazine, Florida Tech Research. As editor, this person will develop story lists in collaboration with their supervisor, research, report, and write stories, and work with designers and vendors for magazine production, mailing, and distribution. Additionally, the coordinator will respond to media inquiries by presenting requests to subject-matter experts (usually faculty), scheduling interviews, and facilitating on-campus interviews by escorting media to experts' offices. Given these research and media responsibilities, the position requires close collaboration with faculty members to initiate and foster connections, understand their research, and develop strong relationships.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, English or related field required
• Minimum 2–5 years of experience required in relevant area of expertise
• Previous experience in professional writing, journalism or multimedia communications
• Advanced time management skills, anchored by the ability to handle simultaneous projects, substantial workloads and multiple deadlines
• Well-demonstrated writing skills; thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of writing, grammar, syntax, style and punctuation; thorough knowledge of Associated Press guidelines
• Proven initiative to follow through and complete assignments independently while also able to work cooperatively and productively within a team environment
• Ability to both understand complex scientific and technical topics and their significance and to present them to lay audiences with clear, compelling, non-technical writing
• Comfort with using multimedia resources including phone and camera photography and video recording/editing
• Critical thinking and curiosity
• Interpersonal and relationship-building skills and the ability to interact with various levels of personnel and at various functions with confidence and comfort

Responsibilities

• Substantial daily, weekly and longer-term content production
• Florida Tech Research magazine production, including story development, reporting, writing, working with in-house designers and external vendors, and other related duties.
• Assisting with media inquiries, news releases and appearances
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees