Public Relations Specialist I

Overview

The College of Engineering at USU invites entry-level or early-career professionals to join our communications team. The PR specialist creates editorial and promotional content that reflects the College of Engineering’s reputation as a premier organization dedicated to teaching, research, and outreach. This is a writing-intensive role that requires highly-developed communication skills. The specialist frequently interviews faculty members, researchers, and students across a range of disciplines to develop copy and creative assets for news feeds and social media. Ideal candidates have excellent interpersonal and storytelling skills and can manage a consistent workload of writing tasks. The specialist works with guidance from the marketing director and is part of a broader communications team, including a graphic designer, web developer, and student employees. This position is located within the Dean’s Office of the College of Engineering. The role is 100 percent on-site at the USU Logan campus with regular Monday-Friday scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Develop media and information to publicize the College of Engineering, its departments, research centers, labs, and student and faculty success stories.
• Develop content for everyday marketing materials such as web pages, reports, email marketing campaigns, video scripts, and recruiting and philanthropic initiatives.
• Develop high quality social media content for the college and its academic and research units.
• Lead the development of our annual alumni magazine by coordinating the production of, themes, stories, interviews, photo sessions, and more. Coordinate layout and design efforts with the graphic designer.
• Collaborate with University Marketing and Communications to disseminate information via news releases, press kits, and media pitches.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, public relations, journalism, advertising, communications, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• At least one year experience in a professional media production environment.

Required Documents

Along with the online application, please attach:

Resume/CV to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV”.

Two or three writing samples to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Documents 1-10”. If including a link to an online portfolio, please provide the URL.

Cover Letter to be typed/pasted at the end of your application.

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Advertised Salary

Commensurate with experience, plus excellent benefits

ADA

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes. Employees are regularly required to sit and often use repetitive hand motions. 

College/Department Highlights

The College of Engineering at Utah State University is a regional leader in teaching and research. We are home to the highly renowned Utah Water Research Laboratory and the National Science Foundation-sponsored ASPIRE Engineering Research Center for sustainable electrified transportation. Each year, our college welcomes an average of 2,100 undergraduates and 350 graduate students from across Utah and around the globe. The college offers six ABET-accredited undergraduate degrees and 15 graduate degree programs. In 2023, the college generated $40 million in research expenditures. Our award-winning faculty regularly secure competitive funding, and our students excel at national design and scholarships challenges.

University Highlights

Founded in 1888, Utah State University is Utah’s premier land-grant, public service university, with a strong commitment to excellence, access, and inclusion, empowering people to lead successful lives of involvement, innovation, and impact. Utah State provides high-quality education to 27,500-plus students locations throughout the state, including at three residential campuses, eight statewide campuses, and 23 education centers. USU Online educates students from all 50 states and 55 countries. For over 25 years, USU Extension has served and engaged Utahns in all of Utah’s counties. As an R1 research institution, Utah State is dedicated to advancing knowledge through research and scholarly activities, providing a high-quality undergraduate and graduate education at an affordable price.

 

Utah State is committed to cultivating a community of inclusive excellence where all perspectives, values, cultures, and identities are acknowledged, welcomed, and valued. We seek to recruit, hire, and retain people from all walks of life who will champion excellence in education, rese