Location: Hattie Mae White
Department: Media Relations - Press
Area:District Wide
Contract Months:12
Salary Range: $85,000.00 – $105,000.00
Academic Year: 25-26
The Communications & Outreach Coordinator 2 is a versatile, content-driven communications professional who supports multi-platform storytelling and media relations for the District. This role blends strong writing and media coordination with hands-on content creation, including social media, video, still photography, and digital design. This is a fast-paced, high-demand role operating in a real-time communications environment. The position requires strong judgment, adaptability, and the ability to pivot quickly to meet evolving priorities. The ideal candidate can create, capture, and engage all stakeholder groups with compelling content that amplifies District priorities and successes.
List most important duties first
1. Create and produce content across platforms: social media, web, and video, including writing, photography, short-form video, and digital design.
2. Ideate, plan, and execute engaging content that highlights student achievement, staff impact, and District initiatives across digital platforms.
3. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and departments to align messaging and ensure cohesive communication across media, digital, and family channels.
4. Support development and execution of communications campaigns.
5. Assist in managing and maintaining content calendars across platforms to ensure consistent, high-quality output.
6. Monitor media coverage and social media trends to inform content development and identify opportunities to amplify District messaging.
7. Support the District’s press office and media relations efforts, including drafting press releases, media statements, briefing materials, and key messages aligned to District priorities.
8. Coordinate with internal teams to capture real-time content at campuses, events, and key moments, ensuring consistent and timely storytelling.
9. Provide project coordination support, ensuring communications deliverables are completed on time and aligned to priorities.
10. Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, or related field. Experience in education a plus.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in communications, media, digital content, or a related field.
Strong writing and editing skills across formats (press, digital, social)
Demonstrated experience in creating content for social media platforms, including YouTube
Demonstrated experience in photography and basic video production/editing
Demonstrated experience in graphic design tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or similar)
Ability to translate complex information into clear, engaging content
Strong organizational and project management skills
Ability to work in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities
Familiarity with media relations and news cycles
Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
Experience with ParentSquare preferred
Equipment
Digital communications and content creation tools, including laptops, smartphones, and related accessories for real-time content capture and publishing
Photography and video equipment, cameras
Editing and production tools for photo, video, and graphics
Social media management and publishing platforms across multiple channels
Work Leadership. Regularly provides project management or team leadership to a group of two or more employees but does not have formal supervisory responsibility. Leading and directing is restricted to monitoring work and providing guidance on escalated issues. Most of work time is spent performing many of the same duties they are leading.
Work is substantially complex, varied and regularly requires the selection and application of technical and detailed guidelines. Independent judgment is required to identify, select, and apply the most appropriate methods as well as interpret precedent. Position regularly makes recommendations to management on areas of significance to the department. Supervision received typically consists of providing directions on the more complex projects and new job duties and priorities.
Compiles and organizes data and figures.
Decisions are made on both routine and non-routine matters with some latitude but are still subject to approval. Job is occasionally expected to recommend new solutions to problems and improve existing methods or generate new ideas.
Decisions have considerable impact to multiple divisions or the organization causing risks or improvements to relationships, significant efficiencies, or delays in operations, and/or significant financial gains or expenses. Errors are serious and difficult to discover, normally involve decisions not subject to detailed review and will result in excessive costs and/or significant project delays.
Collaborate and solve problems - work with others to resolve problems, clarify, or interpret complex information/policies, and provide initial screening/negotiations without approval authority. Interactions are typically with customers, senior level professional staff, and managers.
Leads others in the resolution of highly sensitive and confidential issues on behalf of the department. Acts as a trusted advisor and becomes involved in the customer's decision-making process including presenting alternatives and information and applying persuasion and negotiation skills in the resolution of problems. Monitors customer service standards.
Work is normally performed in a typical interior work environment but may include campus visits and local
travel.
Ability to carry and/or lift less than 25 pounds.
Houston Independent School District is an equal opportunity employer.
The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the eighth largest in the United States. Its schools are dedicated to giving every student the best possible education through an intensive core curriculum and specialized, challenging instructional and career programs. HISD is empowers students to become critical thinkers, visionary leaders, and active contributors in their community, fostering a pathway to success for limitless opportunities in a competitive global landscape.
