Virginia Tech
Writer/Editor (Part-Time)
Status: Newly Published (Niobis check web career, they just published on March 7, 2022)
Company: International
Salary: $18-20/hour as dictated by experience
Salary: $18-20/hour as dictated by experience
Publish on Niobis: (March 8, 2022)
Deadline: March 23, 2022
Address: Headquarters
Northbrook, Illinois
Job Status: Successfully verified (Proof? You can check their website career)
Type of Work: Part-Time
Type: Remote in US
Company/Agency Status: Average
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About Company:
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech takes a hands-on, engaging approach to education, preparing scholars to be leaders in their fields and communities. As the commonwealth’s most comprehensive university and its leading research institution, Virginia Tech offers 215 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to 31,000 students and manages a research portfolio of $450 million. The university fulfills its land-grant mission of transforming knowledge to practice through technological leadership and by fueling economic growth and job creation locally, regionally, and across Virginia.
About Work:
Great opportunity for an experienced writer and communications strategist to work flexible hours as an important member of the Human Resources Communications team supporting the Office for Equity and Accessibility (OEA). This part-time position (20 hours/week) contributes to the success of OEA by providing writing, editing, and content strategy support that includes:
• Writing news stories, briefs, press releases, speeches, presentations, reports, and web content.
• Conducting research, gathering information, and interviewing subjects.
• Working with multimedia communicators to secure photography, videography, and design elements to complete a project.
• Editing and proofreading a variety of content to ensure consistency and accuracy while adhering to Associated Press, university, and departmental style guidelines.
• Entering articles into the university’s content management system.
• Assisting with maintenance of OEA and Stop Abuse web content through the university’s content management system.
• As a member of the HR Communications team, this position will provide direct support to OEA, assisting on writing projects as needed, providing creative ideas, and supporting productivity goals.
• Working with others throughout the SVP and Chief Business Officer enterprise to continually identify new and compelling ways to tell our stories.
• Presenting drafts to editors and clients for feedback and advice, revising material to reach the target audience, achieve the desired effect, and meet deadlines.
The successful candidate will be a self-starter, highly organized, be able to work under tight deadlines, and able to move efficiently among multiple projects with different stakeholders throughout the day.
While this position is eligible to be fully remote, it must be based in a U.S. location.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, English, or significant comparable training and experience. At least 3-5 years communications, digital marketing, or journalism professional experience, including internships.
• Experience with professional writing for integrated media (print, web, social, multimedia).
• Demonstrated exceptional writing, editing, copyediting, and proofreading skills, including a detailed approach to proofing and fact-checking content for grammar and accuracy.
• Ability to adjust voice and tone for target audience, present data clearly, and craft compelling messages.
• Self-motivated, creative, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple and competing priorities in a dynamic environment. Proficient using Microsoft Office 365. Demonstrated ability to interact professionally with clients or internal stakeholders, and manage client expectations
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience working in a higher education setting.
• Experience working in a multicultural environment.
• Experience working with Google Suite, Adobe products, and web content management systems a plus
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Contact:
Website: https://vt.edu/
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/virginiatech
Instagram: https://instagram.com/virginia.tech
Twitter: https://twitter.com/virginia_tech
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