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Agriculture Communications Specialist Sr

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Lexington, KY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $52K - $86K

💻 Communications

🗓️ October 4th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

University of Kentucky is hiring an Agriculture Communications Specialist Sr. The role requires collaborating with the Digital Communications team to design, develop, and maintain the college's website, departmental pages, and applications ensuring they are engaging, informative, functional, and compliant. The position involves creating and managing content while working with university communication professionals and internal clients.

Highlights
  • Lead design, development, and maintenance of college websites and associated applications.
  • Work collaboratively with the Agriculture Communications Services team and university web professionals.
  • Manage and create engaging digital content aligned with compliance standards.
  • Utilize Adobe products, Microsoft Suite, Drupal, Dreamweaver, HTML5, and php.
  • Full-time staff position with supervisory responsibilities.
  • Requires a Master’s degree and a minimum of 5 years related experience.
  • Salary range is $52,021 to $85,800 per year.
  • Standard working hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
  • Position offers hybrid work options and is part of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
  • Physical requirements include long periods of sitting and working at a computer.

Agriculture Communications Specialist Sr Full Description

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Posting Details
Posting Details
Job Title Agriculture Communications Specialist Sr
Requisition Number RE51873
Working Title Agriculture Communications Specialist Sr
Department Name 81350:Agricultural Communications
Work Location Lexington, KY
Grade Level 46
Salary Range $52,021-85,800/year
Type of Position Staff
Position Time Status Full-Time
Required Education

MA

Click here for more information about equivalencies: https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience

5 yrs

Required License/Registration/Certification
None
Physical Requirements
sitting for long periods of time. Long periods in front of a computer screen.
Shift
Generally: Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Job Summary
The Assistant Director of Digital Communications position is critical to the success of any organization that seeks to build a strong brand, communicate effectively with its stakeholders, and achieve its strategic goals. The Assistant Director of Digital Communications will be responsible for working in cooperation with the Associate Director for Digital Communications and the rest of the Digital Communications team to ensure all aspects of the design, development and maintenance of the college website, departmental pages and associated applications are visually engaging, informative, functional and meet all necessary compliance standards. The successful candidate will work with the Agriculture Communications Services team, University web and communications professionals and clients from departments within the college to create and manage engaging content.

The Agriculture Communications Team is committed to promoting work-life balance by offering hybrid work arrangements that allow for some amount of remote work. This position includes excellent benefits and provides opportunities for internal advancement. The College of Agriculture, Food and Environment is an inclusive and welcoming workplace that offers a variety of employee enhancement initiatives, such as a formal mentoring program and a staff professional development fund. To find out more about CAFE and how the college supports the mission of this being the University of, for, and with Kentucky, Click Here: https://www.ca.uky.edu/

IEBC (Internal Employee Being Considered).
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities
Adobe products, Microsoft products, Drupal, Dreamweaver, HTML5, php,
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? Yes
Preferred Education/Experience
Deadline to Apply 10/09/2025
Our University Community
We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors, the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.

The University follows both the federal and state Constitutions as well as all applicable federal and state laws on nondiscrimination. The University provides equal opportunities for qualified persons in all aspects of institutional operations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniformed service, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information or social or economic status.

Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
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Required Documents
  1. Resume

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  1. Cover Letter
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