Job Title
Senior Communications Specialist
Agency
Texas A&M University
Department
President, Texas A&M University
Proposed Minimum Salary
Commensurate
Job Location
College Station, Texas
Job Type
Staff
A Glimpse of the Job
Reporting to the Chief of Presidential Communications, the Senior Communications Specialist serves as a strategic communications professional in the Office of the President, supporting government relations and executive leadership communications, including the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, as well as broader presidential priorities. This role is responsible for message development and for writing, editing, designing, and producing informational materials and presentations that support federal and state relations efforts and other presidential priorities.
Essential Duties/Tasks
Government Relations Communications
Support communications strategy and messaging related to state and federal governmental affairs priorities.
Develop briefing materials, talking points, correspondence, background materials, and strategic messaging related to legislative, policy and public affairs matters.
Monitor emerging policy and political issues that may impact the university and support communications planning as needed.
Maintain updates to the government relations website.
Executive Communications Support for Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Provide executive communications counsel and direct communications support to the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
Draft speeches, remarks, presentations, talking points, correspondence, and other executive messaging materials.
Support strategic communications planning tied to major initiatives, organizational priorities and executive leadership engagement.
Coordinate messaging alignment with university leadership and communications teams.
Communications Support of Special Projects
Provide communications support for presidential initiatives, leadership priorities, special announcements and institutional projects.
Assist with executive messaging, internal communications, media preparation, and issues management support as needed.
Lead or support special projects requiring strategic writing, communications planning, or other content development, including digital and multimedia communications such as social media content, podcast production support, and related storytelling initiatives.
Other Duties
Performs other duties as assigned.
What you need to know
Salary: Compensation will be commensurate to selected hire’s experience.
Special Instructions: A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended. You may upload these in the CV/Resume section.
Required Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, broadcast journalism, public relations or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Seven years of communications and/or marketing experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s degree in journalism, communications, broadcast journalism, public relations, or related field.
Ten years of experience in executive communications, strategic communications, media relations, journalism, broadcasting, public affairs, or related fields.
Demonstrated experience in media relations and/or newsroom or broadcast journalism environments with proven ability to distill technical information for lay audience.
Experience in higher education strongly preferred, including familiarity with university operations and knowledge of the local community.
Demonstrated experience developing and executing multimedia content strategies, including video production, podcasts, and broadcast communications.
Proficiency in creating, designing, and managing content across digital platforms such as social media channels, websites, and other online engagement tools.
Experience translating complex or technical concepts into clear, engaging, and audience-appropriate messaging for diverse stakeholder groups.
Ability to collaborate across teams to plan, script, and execute multimedia campaigns from concept through delivery.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Exceptional writing, editing, messaging, and verbal communication skills.
Strong judgment, discretion and ability to manage sensitive matters.
Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
Ability to present information clearly and concisely.
Strong problem solving and project management skills.
Ability to prioritize work in a fast-paced environment.
Other Requirements and Factors
This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TAMU regulations and procedures.
This position is security sensitive.
All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and University safety requirements.
Works to cover shifts, or take emergency call, on evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.
Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.
