University of Idaho
Communications Strategist I, IMCI
🇺🇸
Moscow, ID
🕑
Full-Time
💰
$26
per Hour
💻
Communications
🗓️
March 16th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
University of Idaho is hiring a Communications Strategist I for the Institute for Modeling Collaboration & Innovation (IMCI). The role involves leading and collaborating on internal and external communication efforts, managing branding and messaging to advance the university's and assigned unit's reputation, and creating purposeful content tied to strategic initiatives. The strategist also maintains websites and social media, provides writing support to leadership, and assists with various communication and office tasks.
Highlights
- Lead and collaborate on communication, branding, and messaging efforts within IMCI and across campus.
- Write and edit digital and print content for diverse audiences.
- Manage project websites, social media presence, and online communications.
- Provide consultation and writing support to department leadership.
- One year of experience in communications, marketing, graphic design, journalism, or public relations is required.
- Associate’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, or Public Relations required, with experience substitutions allowed; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, website management (WordPress, basic HTML), multimedia production, and Microsoft 365 tools is preferred.
- Ability to occasionally work nonstandard hours and weekends.
- Pay starts at $26.00 per hour or higher depending on experience.
- Position supports interdisciplinary research collaboration and advances the university’s teaching and research mission.
Communications Strategist I, IMCI Full Description
Communications Strategist I, IMCI
Position Information
Internal Posting? |
Posting Number | SP005199P
Position Title | Communications Strategist I, IMCI
Division/College | University Research
Department | Institute for Modeling Collaboration & Innovation (IMCI)
Location | Moscow
Posting Context Statement | The Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation advances model-based research and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration. It serves as a hub where faculty, postdocs, staff and students from a range of disciplines work together to solve real-world biomedical and complex-systems problems. IMCI’s Modeling Core supports research across the university by generating new approaches and seeding interdisciplinary teams and its mission emphasizes creating an environment that bridges disciplines and encourages grassroots collaboration. IMCI enables early-career investigators and multi-disciplinary teams to pursue novel research directions and build institutional capacity.
Position Overview | The position ensures effective internal and external communication, branding and messaging by leading and collaborating on communication efforts within the unit and across campus. This position advances the reputation of the University of Idaho and assigned unit(s) through purposeful and creative messaging that is tied to strategic initiatives and builds campus wide and public understanding and support for the teaching and research mission of the unit(s) specifically, as well as the University of Idaho in general. The position will work in a collaborative environment with team members and University Communications and Marketing to create impactful communications.
Duties may include: Write and edit a variety of content in digital and print formats Maintain the project or effort website, social media presence and online communications; collaborate on data collection for a variety of reports May assist with day-to-day office operations Provide consultation and writing support to department leadership Other duties as assigned
Unit URL | https://imci.uidaho.edu/
Posting Number | SP005199P
Position Title | Communications Strategist I, IMCI
Division/College | University Research
Department | Institute for Modeling Collaboration & Innovation (IMCI)
Location | Moscow
Posting Context Statement | The Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation advances model-based research and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration. It serves as a hub where faculty, postdocs, staff and students from a range of disciplines work together to solve real-world biomedical and complex-systems problems. IMCI’s Modeling Core supports research across the university by generating new approaches and seeding interdisciplinary teams and its mission emphasizes creating an environment that bridges disciplines and encourages grassroots collaboration. IMCI enables early-career investigators and multi-disciplinary teams to pursue novel research directions and build institutional capacity.
Position Overview | The position ensures effective internal and external communication, branding and messaging by leading and collaborating on communication efforts within the unit and across campus. This position advances the reputation of the University of Idaho and assigned unit(s) through purposeful and creative messaging that is tied to strategic initiatives and builds campus wide and public understanding and support for the teaching and research mission of the unit(s) specifically, as well as the University of Idaho in general. The position will work in a collaborative environment with team members and University Communications and Marketing to create impactful communications.
Duties may include: Write and edit a variety of content in digital and print formats Maintain the project or effort website, social media presence and online communications; collaborate on data collection for a variety of reports May assist with day-to-day office operations Provide consultation and writing support to department leadership Other duties as assigned
Unit URL | https://imci.uidaho.edu/
Position Qualifications
Required Experience | One year of communications, marketing, graphic design, journalism, or public relations experience Editing and writing business correspondence using proper grammar and punctuation as demonstrated in application materials Working in customer service-oriented team environment to accomplish shared goals Handling a variety of projects simultaneously that requires attention to details
Required Education | Associate’s Degree in Communications, Journalism or Public Relations; two additional years of experience (for a total of three years) may substitute for a Associate’s Degree
Required Other | Ability to occasionally work nonstandard business hours and weekends
Additional Preferred | Bachelors in Communications, English, Journalism or Public Relations or similar Experience working in higher education or collaborative environments Experience producing and editing informational and persuasive material Experienced in coordinating events, including planning, logistics, and communication Ability to collaborate and demonstrate positive interpersonal and communication skills with internal and external stakeholders Ability to work independently Proficiency in photo/video editing and digital and print design workflows, including adobe creative suite, website management (WordPress, basic html) and multimedia production principles Experience in modern workspace and collaboration software, including the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Word, PowerPoint) document management tools (Adobe Acrobat Pro)
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions | None
Degree Requirement | Listed degree qualification is required at time of hire
Required Education | Associate’s Degree in Communications, Journalism or Public Relations; two additional years of experience (for a total of three years) may substitute for a Associate’s Degree
Required Other | Ability to occasionally work nonstandard business hours and weekends
Additional Preferred | Bachelors in Communications, English, Journalism or Public Relations or similar Experience working in higher education or collaborative environments Experience producing and editing informational and persuasive material Experienced in coordinating events, including planning, logistics, and communication Ability to collaborate and demonstrate positive interpersonal and communication skills with internal and external stakeholders Ability to work independently Proficiency in photo/video editing and digital and print design workflows, including adobe creative suite, website management (WordPress, basic html) and multimedia production principles Experience in modern workspace and collaboration software, including the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Word, PowerPoint) document management tools (Adobe Acrobat Pro)
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions | None
Degree Requirement | Listed degree qualification is required at time of hire
Posting Information
FLSA Status | Non-Exempt
Employee Category | Classified
Pay Range | $26.00 per hour or higher depending on experience.
Type of Appointment | Fiscal Year
FTE | 1.0
Full Time/Part Time | Full Time
Funding | This position is contingent upon the continuation of work and/or funding.
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy. | No
Posting Date | 03/12/2026
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | This position is posted as open until filled, however, applications submitted on or before March 26, 2026 will receive priority consideration.
Applicants:
Please use your letter of qualification to explain in detail how your work experience, skills, and abilities meet both the required and preferred qualifications as listed in the position description. Your letter of qualification will be used to demonstrate your communication and writing skills to determine your ranking among the other applicants for this position.
For resources about how to write a letter of qualification, please visit the HR website here: Applicant Resources – Careers | University of Idaho (uidaho.edu)
ForOther Document 1 please provide 3 example products (e.g. visual, writing sample, marketing).
To see the full job description, please visit the ORED Jobs page here. If you have any questions regarding this posting, please reach out to the search coordinator at kskovgard@uidaho.edu.
Applicant Resources | https://www.uidaho.edu/human-resources/careers/applicant-resources
Background Check Statement | Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.
EEO Statement | The University of Idaho is an equal employment opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Employee Category | Classified
Pay Range | $26.00 per hour or higher depending on experience.
Type of Appointment | Fiscal Year
FTE | 1.0
Full Time/Part Time | Full Time
Funding | This position is contingent upon the continuation of work and/or funding.
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy. | No
Posting Date | 03/12/2026
Closing Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants | This position is posted as open until filled, however, applications submitted on or before March 26, 2026 will receive priority consideration.
Applicants:
Please use your letter of qualification to explain in detail how your work experience, skills, and abilities meet both the required and preferred qualifications as listed in the position description. Your letter of qualification will be used to demonstrate your communication and writing skills to determine your ranking among the other applicants for this position.
For resources about how to write a letter of qualification, please visit the HR website here: Applicant Resources – Careers | University of Idaho (uidaho.edu)
ForOther Document 1 please provide 3 example products (e.g. visual, writing sample, marketing).
To see the full job description, please visit the ORED Jobs page here. If you have any questions regarding this posting, please reach out to the search coordinator at kskovgard@uidaho.edu.
Applicant Resources | https://www.uidaho.edu/human-resources/careers/applicant-resources
Background Check Statement | Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.
EEO Statement | The University of Idaho is an equal employment opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
- Resume/CV
- Other Document 1
- Letter of Qualification
Optional Documents
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Academic Careers
- Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU)
- Chronicle
- HigherEd/Academic Impressions
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Idaho Department of Labor/Job Service including Job Central or Idaho Works (Idahoworks.gov)
- Indeed.com
- Inside Higher Ed
- Newspaper
- Other Venue
- Professional Listservs (Ex: NACUBO, AAAE, ISMC, etc.)
- University of Idaho Website
- University of Idaho Daily Register
- University of Idaho Employee
- Word of Mouth
- Militaryjob.com
- DSPSjobs.com
- Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
- * Were you referred to this employment opportunity by a current University of Idaho employee? If so, please provide their name and department.
(Open Ended Question)
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