Purdue University
Operations and Communications Manager
🇺🇸 West Lafayette, IN
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Communications
🗓️ November 12th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Develop and execute communication strategies including newsletters, press releases, and marketing materials.
- Manage social media accounts such as X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube.
- Organize conferences, workshops, seminars, and visits from external collaborators.
- Generate institutional documents and reports while assisting with overall operations.
- Required skills: writing, editing, proofreading, layout and design, and professional publishing.
- Experience with data collection for metrics like funding levels and publications.
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Management, Leadership, Science, or Engineering required.
- Helpful experience includes science communications, event planning, graphic design software, and website management.
- Position is exempt from overtime and requires a background check.
- Purdue University will not sponsor employment authorization for this role.
Operations and Communications Manager Full Description
Duties & Responsibilities
- Executes a communications strategy to promote PQSEI both internally and externally; independently designs newsletters and presentations, writes press releases, manages website, generates posters, flyers and other marketing material, organizes weekly memos, etc. Serves as a primary point of contact for media relations and public inquiries.
- Manages and maintains regular activity on PQSEI social media accounts such as X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, etc.
- Assist in general operations of the institute; organize events such as conferences, workshops, seminars, and visits from external collaborators/stakeholders. Generate institute documents and reports.
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Management, Leadership, Science, or Engineering
- Excellent organizational and communications skills
- Strong writing, editing, proofreading, layout and design, professional printing/publishing skills including ability to present concepts verbally
- High level of independence and ability to execute without help
- Experience managing social media accounts such as X/Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.
- Ability to manage data collection for a variety of metrics (such as funding levels, publications, total researchers, etc.)
What Is Helpful:
- One or more years of prior work experience in science communications
- Experience planning/organizing events
- Experience with graphic design software
- Website design/management experience
- Background in/knowledge of science and engineering
What We Want You To Know:
- Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
- A background check is required for employment in this position
- FLSA: Exempt (Not eligible for overtime)
- Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period
- Purdue University is an EO/EA University.
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