Full-Time/Part Time: Full-Time

Overview:

Position Summary:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive marketing and communications strategy to drive enrollment, engagement and revenue generation for CEET by raising the profile of the college and advancing its communication, educational, and service delivery goals.
• Develop compelling messaging, recruitment materials, articles and email campaigns for prospective students and their families to drive student engagement, event attendance, applications and enrollment through the university's CRM.
• Serve as the primary writer and editor for the CEET, which includes researching and writing stories, selecting and editing stories written by other offices, overseeing layout and editing of publications, providing art direction for the graphic design of publications, and producing and disseminating publications to CEET alumni and other targeted audiences.
• Oversee CEET's social media channels and blog to foster awareness, engagement and community-building opportunities.

• Assist the dean with developing an internal communications strategy to engage, inform and celebrate faculty and staff to include but not be limited to creating presentations, monthly newsletter, draft memos etc.
• Identify and collaborate on opportunities to create video and photography content.
• Manage CEET's website, with support from the NIU Web team, to offer timely, compelling and useful information that reflects the college's sub-brand and messaging.
• Oversee planning and programming for college-level events as directed by the dean.

• Lead, with support from Institutional Communications, the college's public relations efforts, specifically working with local, regional, national and trade media on a proactive and reactive basis.
• Serve as the liaison to the Engineering and Technology Alumni Society (ETAS), which entails meeting with the 12-member board of directors of the ETAS five to six times per year on Saturday mornings. In this capacity, this individual will advise the board of directors in regards to college and university regulations, share important information with the board of happenings within the college and likewise will share information with the dean about alumni information and board activities. Sends out meeting notices for the ETAS Board of Directors (BOD) meetings. Organize the commencement coin reception held at the college each fall and spring semester inducting new graduates into the college's alumni society. Assist the dean with nominations for college and NIU Alumni Association awards
• Work in partnership with the college's advancement officer and the NIU Foundation to support fundraising initiatives and goals through messaging, storytelling and coordinated campaigns.
• Serve as an active member of NIU's College and Division Communicators fostering ideas and sharing information.
• Assist the dean and university with issues management and crisis communications.

Specialty Factors (Civil Service):

Minimum Required Qualifications (Civil Service):

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or a closely related field.
• At least three years of experience in communications, marketing, or public relations in an academic, corporate, non-profit or agency setting.
• Note: Master's Degree in an area consistent with the duties of the position may be substituted for one (1) year (12 months) of work experience.

Minimum Required Qualifications (SPS):

Salary: $70,000 - $75,000/Annual

Application Procedure:

1. Fully complete the Education and Work History sections of the application. Be specific on your entire work history, including employment dates and duties for all positions held. Applicable part-time work experience will be considered toward qualifying for this position; however, it will be converted to a full-time equivalency to determine combined length of experience. Important: Please upload any unofficial transcript(s) and/or documentation that verifies any education, experience, and/or training you have received.
   • If eligible for Veteran's Preference Points, DD214/DD215/NGB22/DD256 paperwork reflecting an Honorable Discharge MUST be uploaded to this application to receive the maximum eligible points on the Civil Service examination.

2. After the posting has closed, your submission will be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for the classification, including any specialty factors associated with this position. If you meet the minimum required qualifications for this position, you will receive a score based on your education and experience, and your name will be placed on the active employment register.
3. Please monitor your e-mail for further information regarding your application. Emails will be generated from jobs@niu.edu and CivilServiceTesting@niu.edu. Please add these emails to your address book to ensure timely delivery of any future communication.
4. Illinois residency required within 180 days of the hire date.

• The examination for this position is a Credentials Assessment and is based on your application materials as submitted for this posting. A Credential Assessment is a rating by the Human Resources Office of an applicant's/employee's education, experience, and special credentials/qualifications (licenses, etc.). Applicants are required to upload documentation to verify the minimum qualifications for this position has been met.
• Required documentation noted in the posting, such as a driver's license, licensures, or certifications MUST be uploaded with your application materials.
• After assessment of all qualified applicants has been completed for this position, the names with the top three (3) scores will be referred to the hiring department for interview.

• Click on Marketing Associate for more information including salary ranges, typical duties, minimum acceptable qualifications, and testing requirements.

Please click on Human Resource Services – Benefits for detailed information about Northern Illinois University's benefits package.
• Employment is contingent upon your passing a criminal background investigation. You may not begin work until the criminal background investigation results have been received and cleared by Human Resources.

EEO Statement Summary:

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