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University of Kentucky

Executive Communications Specialist

🇺🇸 Lexington, KY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $44K - $70K

💻 Communications

🗓️ July 10th, 2025

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Edtech.com's Summary

University of Kentucky is hiring an Executive Communications Specialist. The role involves researching, writing, editing, and managing communications for the UK Vice President for Research, including speeches, presentations, and strategic campaigns, while ensuring alignment with university brand standards and collaborating with multiple university departments.

Highlights
  • Manage written, oral, and visual communications for the Vice President for Research.
  • Create and refine ideas to convey complex research messages aligned with the university's branding.
  • Support communication efforts for VPR-supported programs, events, research offices, centers, institutes, and core facilities.
  • Review research data and generate federally funded acknowledgement statements.
  • Interact professionally with UK Public Relations, Strategic Communications, Marketing, University Relations, and Legal Counsel.
  • Required proficiency in Microsoft Suite (PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint) and Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
  • Position reports to the Director of Research Communications.
  • Salary range: $43,805 to $70,075 per year.
  • Requires a bachelor's degree and 5 years of related experience.
  • No supervisory responsibilities; full-time staff position with standard Monday to Friday hours.

Executive Communications Specialist Full Description

Executive Communications Specialist
Job Title  | Executive Communications Specialist
Requisition Number  | RE50857
Working Title  | Exec Comms Specialist
Department Name  | 3R100:PR and Strategic Communications
Work Location  | Lexington, KY
Grade Level  | 44
Salary Range  | $43,805-70,075/year
Type of Position  | Staff
Position Time Status  | Full-Time
Required Education  | BA
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 or standing for long periods of time, occasional lifting, transporting laptop computer
Shift  | Monday – Friday: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Job Summary 
This executive communications position requires adherence to university brand standards, high-level communications experience to interpret and iterate research-specific messaging that aligns with university messaging, idea creation/curation and wokring with a tream on visual refinement to convey complex ideas. It involves researching, writing, editing and managing the UK Vice President for Research’s written, oral and visual communication to internal and external constituencies, including speeches, presentations, quotes, radio/video material, talking points, websites, emails to research community, social media and strategic communication campaigns. Includes communication support (writing, editing, review, strategic planning for VPR-supported programs/events, research support offices, centers and institutes, and core facilities), review of research data for a variety of communications and constituencies, and generation of federally funded acknowledgement statements. Requires professional interaction with the Vice President for Research, UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications, UK Marketing, University Relations, and Office of Legal Counsel. Reports to the Director of Research Communications, a unit that reports jointly to the Chief Communications Officer and the Vice President for Research.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities  | Microsoft Suite (including PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint), and Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities?  | No
Preferred Education/Experience  | Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of related experience.
Deadline to Apply  | 07/22/2025

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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and all minorities to consider our employment opportunities.

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.

Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
  1. * Briefly describe your experience related to internal and external communications, including audience/constituents, goals, mode of communication. 
    (Open Ended Question)
  2. * What are three key questions you ask at the start of any communications project? 
    (Open Ended Question)
  3. * How would you rate your familiarity/competency with Microsoft PowerPoint? 1 = not familiar, 10 = very familiar 
    (Open Ended Question)
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
  1. Resume
Optional Documents
  1. Cover Letter
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