Job Description

Posting number: 202500428

Department: Communications & External Relations

Division: Marketing & Communications

Job classification: Public Relations Manager

Posting type: Open

Categories: Communications

• Hours of Work: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
• Screening will begin ASAP and continue until the position is filled. Interviews will begin in September 2026.
• Start date to be determined, but as soon as practicable after the hiring/interview process. Tentative start date: November 2026.

Salary and Benefits: This is a full-time, benefited Staff, S34 level position. Starting salary range: $67,071.00 - $83,839.00/annually, depending upon experience.

• Educational Benefits for the employees and dependents
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 15 – 18 Paid Holiday/Closure Days
• Three Paid Personal Days
• Healthcare/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Generous Retirement Benefits - 15.12% Employer Paid/4% Employee Paid
• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
• Onsite Childcare Center
• Professional Development Opportunities

The Public Relations Manager coordinates and collaborates on LCCC’s public relations, media relations, and strategic communications efforts to support the College’s mission, community engagement, and institutional reputation. As a key member of the Marketing & Communications team, this role develops and executes proactive strategies that enhance visibility and strengthen relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The position supervises professional staff and serves as the designated backup to the Vice President, Communications & External Relations for media inquiries. Working closely with the Director of Marketing & Communications and campus departments, the Public Relations Manager ensures consistent messaging, compelling storytelling, and effective communication that advances institutional priorities.

Examples of duties

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: – this position is exempt and is not eligible for compensatory or overtime pay provisions of the FLSA.

To perform successfully in this position, an individual must be able to perform principal responsibilities satisfactorily as well as possess education/experience, employ the knowledge, skills, and abilities as listed in representative fashion; reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the principal responsibilities.

Coordinates Public Relations Strategy and Team Operations by providing leadership, direction, and oversight to ensure the successful execution of communications initiatives that advance institutional goals and enhance organizational visibility.

• Leads and develops the public relations team by establishing priorities, assigning and monitoring projects, fostering professional growth, and promoting a collaborative, service-oriented culture focused on excellence.
• Ensures communications and public relations projects are delivered on time, within scope, and in alignment with institutional objectives while coordinating efforts across the broader Marketing & Communications department for consistency and efficiency.
• Supports strategic communication outcomes through content development, and research of industry trends, media opportunities, and competitive positioning to strengthen recruitment efforts and institutional reputation.

Serves as the Primary Writer and Editorial Resource for the Marketing & Communications Department to ensure high-quality, consistent, and effective communications that support institutional priorities, strengthen brand reputation, and engage key audiences.

• Develops and produces a wide range of communication materials, including but not limited to news releases, feature stories, advertising copy, and promotional materials that advance institutional goals and increase visibility.
• Serves as a departmental resource on writing standards and messaging best practices to ensure consistency, clarity, and alignment with the College’s brand and voice.
• Reviews, edits, and proofreads institutional communications and publications, collaborating with team members to ensure accuracy, quality, and adherence to brand standards across all communication channels.

Provides leadership for Digital Communications and Content Strategy to enhance institutional visibility, strengthen audience engagement, and ensure consistent, effective communication across web, digital, and social media channels.

• Working with team members ensures the College’s website and digital communication platforms to ensure content is accurate, accessible, user-focused, and aligned with institutional branding and messaging standards.
• Uses analytics, engagement data, and emerging digital trends to guide website and social media strategies, expand audience reach, improve communication effectiveness, and support institutional priorities during key events and critical communications.

Coordinates and Supports Public Relations and Media Relations Initiatives to advance institutional communications goals and promote positive awareness of the College among internal and external audiences.

• Supports the implementation of public relations strategies that promote the College's mission, strategic priorities, programs, and accomplishments.
• Assists in building and maintaining relationships with local, regional, and industry media outlets to increase awareness and support positive media coverage opportunities.
• Coordinates and supports media interviews, press conferences, public announcements, and special events, while monitoring media coverage and identifying opportunities to strengthen the College's public presence and reputation

Other responsibilities may be assigned based on contemporary institutional needs.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Knowledge

• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and workplace terminology
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Knowledge of media production, communication and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Skills

• ? Active Learning – understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Conflict Management – use of tools, skills and processes to find respectful and creative ways to resolve disputes and disagreements.
• Problem Solving – Identifying problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Critical Thinking – using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Instructing – teaching others how to do something.
• Judgement and Decision Making – Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Office suite software – Microsoft Office software, including Microsoft Outlook
• Reading Comprehension – Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Troubleshooting – determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Quality Control Analysis – conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Abilities

• Communication – the ability to effectively express your thoughts, ideas, and messages to diverse people in oral and written form. Public speaking skills and ability to write/edit emails, letters, and technical reports.
• Deductive Reasoning – the ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Emotional Intelligence – the ability to manage both your own emotions and understand the emotions of people around you.
• Inductive Reasoning – the ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Information Ordering – the ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Originality – the ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
• Selective Attention – the ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• Speech Recognition – the ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Time Sharing – the ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information.
• Visualization – the ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS:

• There may be occurrences of interacting with employees and/or students, past employees and/or students, members of the general public, and others who express opinions, may exhibit strong emotions, which will require the employee to interact professionally, diplomatically, and appropriately in such situations
• While performing the essential duties of this position, an employee would frequently be required to move around the assigned work areas as well as within hallways, meeting rooms, and other parts of the campus facilities
• There may be multiple/daily instances of prolonged sitting, standing, and personal computer use, which would include keyboard and/or mouse usage as well as viewing a computer monitor
• An employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus
• The overall work environment requires the mental ability to shift focal point quickly due to interruptions; an employee must be able to mentally track multiple projects and tasking as well

NOTE: This position description is a general description; it is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform. All employees of the College are expected to perform other tasks as assigned by their respective supervisor/manager regardless of job title or routine job duties.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’sdegree from a regionally accredited institution in public relations, communications, journalism or a related field of study.
• Five years of work experience in a professional environment focused on public relations, marketing, communications or a related field.
• Three years of business/professional writing experience in a journalism, marketing or communications environment.
• Two years of supervisory experience of two (2) or more staff members in a professional environment.
• Valid Driver’s License and ability to be insured by the College’s insurance provider.

*In lieu of the required degree, candidates with equivalent professional experience, industry certifications, or a combination of education and relevant work experience may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution in public relations, communications, marketing, or a related field of study.
• Experience in higher education or public-sector communications.
• Experience managing websites, social media platforms and digital communication strategies.

Supplemental information

If you are selected for the position, your appointment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. LCCC reserves the right to end this employment agreement should the results of your background investigation not be successful.

LCCC DOES NOT SPONSOR H1B VISAS.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Laramie County Community College is an EEO/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to and will not be discriminated against on the basis of, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or covered veteran status.

The college has a designated person to monitor compliance and to answer any questions regarding the college's nondiscrimination policies. Please contact: Title IX, Title VI, and ADA Coordinator, Suite 205, Clay Pathfinder Building, 1400 E College Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82007, 307.778.1144, NDS@lccc.wy.edu. Contact information for the regional Office for Civil Rights is: Office for Civil Rights, Denver Office, U.S. Department of Education, Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building, 1244 Speer Boulevard, Suite 310, Denver, CO 80204-3582, 303.844.5695, OCR.Denver@ed.gov. Updated 6/2025.

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