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Posted:
November 14, 2019
Location:
Baltimore, Maryland
Salary:
Open

 

General Summary/Purpose:

The role will be responsible for performing a variety of communications-related tasks for IDIES. These include: administration, maintenance, and content management of the IDIES main website and subsidiary websites, Administration and maintenance of social media presence, including IDIES email lists, Facebook, Twitter; Creation and dissemination of information via social media and IDIES email lists; Creation of printed publications and multi-media presentations to promote and share IDIES-hosted research, seminars, and conferences.

 

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Web Design and Content Management

  • Contribute to the design of websites and web pages for IDIES websites and web apps. Create page graphics, layout and flow as required.
  • Collect, write, and upload news items, event announcements, status updates from IDIES members to the website.
  • Update websites using the content management system, WordPress.
  • Act as point of contact for faculty and staff for website content management. 
  • Collaborate with IDIES researchers, faculty, and administrators to develop and check design requirements.
  • Identify resource needs, perform quality review and control; and manage timelines effectively.

2. Training

  • Keep up-to-date with industry standard practices; improve full stack web development capabilities.
  • Stay current with technology and media trends, suggest new, related activities to IDIES faculty and staff.

3. Publications & Marketing

  • Works collaboratively with the administrative manager, IDIES affiliates and staff to develop and produce IDIES print and virtual publications.
  • Collect content, edit, and distribute IDIES newsletter three times a year to IDIES members.
  • Serve as point of contact for all IDIES communications projects. Write and edit science and other related news content for JHU news outlets.
  • Ensure all communication projects and marketing efforts comply with University branding guidelines and JHU Use of Name guidelines.

4. Miscellaneous

  • Maintain email lists and databases of IDIES members
  • Perform assessments on the effectiveness of media-related activities.
  • Serve as point-of-contact for non-IDIES members, and provide timely answers to all inquiries regarding IDIES and its functions.

 

Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):

  • Bachelor’s degree required in a related field, with a minor in creative writing preferred.
  • Requires 1 to 3 years of related experience in web design/maintenance.
  • Additional education may substitute for experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
  • Experience in technical writing, documentation and technical publications preferred.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of front-end web development technologies such as HTML, XML, CSS, and JavaScript, PHP, ASP, database authoring tools.
  • Experience with full-stack website creation, setup and management, including development, test and release management.

 

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Knowledge of and proficiency with the WordPress Content Management System.
  • Experience with video manipulation tools, and graphics/presentation tools such as Dreamweaver, Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, and PowerPoint.
  • Experience in implementing quality assurance and web site security.
  • Ability to think conceptually about web design and knowledge of current best practices and internet-based marketing and communication including social media.
  • Strong communication skills are essential to interact with various constituencies and Hopkins staff and to prepare appropriate written materials.
  • Must be flexible with ability to prioritize multiple projects and responsibilities, and to establish work priorities when necessary.

 

Classified Title: Communications Specialist 
Working Title: Communication Specialist  ​​​​​
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PB 
Starting Salary Range: $43,530 to $59,795 per year
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: M-F, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt  
Location: 01-MD:Homewood Campus 
Department name: 10001373-Physics and Astronomy 
Personnel area: School of Arts & Sciences

 

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

 

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.

 

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work.  Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

 

During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.

 

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

 

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Internal Number: 19278-en_US
About Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.
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