University of Kentucky
Senior Director of Communications/COM
🇺🇸 Lexington, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $63K - $104K
💻 Communications
🗓️ June 18th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Enhance College of Medicine's presence and promote employee engagement, alumni relations, and public awareness.
- Develop internal and external communications including white papers, speeches, presentations, recruitment materials, and newsletters.
- Conduct interviews with senior leadership and perform research, writing, and fact-checking.
- Use Microsoft Office 10 programs and project management tools such as Asana and Basecamp.
- Salary range: $62,941-103,834 per year.
- Requires a BA degree and at least 3 years of related experience.
- Preferred MS degree in communications, public relations, journalism, or related field.
- Work schedule is full-time, Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with occasional evening and weekend hours.
- Position has no supervisory responsibilities.
- Department: COM Operations within the College of Medicine.
Senior Director of Communications/COM Full Description
Requisition Number | RE50647
Working Title |
Department Name | 7H0OP: COM Operations
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 48
Salary Range | $62,941-103,834/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 | 3 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification | None
Physical Requirements | Sitting for long periods of time, occasional lifting, pushing, pulling, moving objects up to 50 lbs.
Shift | Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and occasional evening and weekend hours as needed.
Job Summary | The College of Medicine is seeking a Senior Director of Communications.
Work within a dedicated communications work unit to further UK College of Medicine’s presence within the region and to encourage employee engagement, alumni relations, and public awareness of the college’s initiatives.
This communicator will support both internal and external communications as well as a variety of white papers, speeches, presentations, etc., for the college.
In accomplishing these assignments, this communication professional will be responsible for interviewing senior leadership, researching topics, writing, fact checking, etc., necessary to produce thoughtful pieces on compelling faculty, student, or alumni success stories, recruitment materials, internal newsletters to faculty and staff, etc.
The position will fill many functions within a small team.
Internal Employee Being Considered (IEBC)
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities | All Office10 programs, project management tools including Asana and Basecamp.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | No
Preferred Education/Experience | MS degree in communications, public relations, journalism, or related field preferred.
Deadline to Apply | 06/24/2025
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.
- * Please select the response that best represents your years of experience working in a health care organization or for a health care client.
- None
- More than 0, up through 1 year
- More than 1 year, up through 3 years
- More than 3 years, up through 5 years
- More than 5 years
- * Describe any work-related communications experience you have working for a health care organization or client.
(Open Ended Question) - * Please select the response that best represents your years of experience with publication development and management.
- None
- More than 0, up through 1 year
- More than 1 year, up through 3 years
- More than 3 years, up through 5 years
- More than 5 years
- * Please describe a time when you had to write a paper or article on behalf of someone else. How did you ensure the piece carried their voice?
(Open Ended Question) - * Describe your previous work experience with content development as described in this job posting.
(Open Ended Question)
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