Communications Coordinator Job Description

Communications Coordinator Job Description

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Communications coordinator provides guidelines and advice to employees to ensure all communications are in line with the brand guidelines including social media.

Communications Coordinator Duties & Responsibilities

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Sample responsibilities for this position include:

Develop/draft/format content for internal communication channels such as Holts News emails, town halls, leadership tours, sales rallies, videos, lunch and learns, speaking notes, question and answer documents, PowerPoint presentations, posters, brochures, videos, invitations, contests, surveys, and marketing materials
Prepare documents necessary for the distribution of information such as PowerPoint presentations, checklists
Post content on the company’s internal website corporate web site and social media channels
Work closely with webmaster to oversee daily intranet postings and updates
Participate in the IT induction process
List IT and innovations events and conferences to attend
Determining with the business accurate distribution lists, and maintaining them, as necessary
Together with Senior Employee Communications Specialist - Business Transformation, attend meetings to keep up to date on rollouts, communication needs
Participate in pitching stories to press
Stay informed about industry news and flag issues and trends for the group in a timely manner

Communications Coordinator Qualifications

Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.

Licensing or Certifications for Communications Coordinator

List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ITIL, PMP, GCIC, UNDP, ISD, APR, RAN, TCOLE, CMCI

Education for Communications Coordinator

Typically a job would require a certain level of education.

Employers hiring for the communications coordinator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Public Relations, Education, English, Communication, Writing, Social Media, Management

Skills for Communications Coordinator

Desired skills for communications coordinator include:

Microsoft Office
Excel
Photoshop
AP style
Local
PowerPoint
Word
Social media
InDesign
Federal government standards and guidelines

Desired experience for communications coordinator includes:

Be a capable administrator, skilled at managing multiple tasks simultaneously across different time zones
Love planning and managing events, from team meetings and offsites to media events
Be meticulous in attention to detail in handling accounts, communications and schedules, often under deadline
Be able to work cross-functionally with various teams on a daily basis
BA in communications, marketing, public relations or related field preferred
Must be a flexible, high-energy team player with a commitment to high-quality deliverables

Communications Coordinator Examples

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Communications Coordinator Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of communications coordinator. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for communications coordinator
  • Serve as point of contact for events/talks at local schools, community organizations, , and maintain a schedule for talks given by students, faculty
  • Maintain statistics of social media, outreach talks, and tours
  • Coordinate with others on developing content for videos and work with contractors creating videos (including social media optimized products)
  • Responsible for daily morning and afternoon press clips process for Cable Entertainment group
  • Create press lists or find press contacts through systems including Cision
  • Responsible for maintaining the private side of the website
  • Coordinates the content for The First Tee’s internal e-publications Impact Today and High Five
  • Develop media lists, gather assets, track media coverage daily, coordinate mailings, set-up wire releases for distribution as requested
  • Post news releases to Pressroom
  • Manage VIP lists for select events including outreach, on site coordination, troubleshooting
Qualifications for communications coordinator
  • Experience with designing presentation layouts in PPT and Keynote
  • One to two years of hands-on news experience or education preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to work under pressure with speed and accuracy
  • 1 – 2 years retail store experience preferred
  • Experience in HTML and SharePoint understanding of HTML5, DHTML, Javascript, and JQUERY
  • Web site design and management experience
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Communications Coordinator Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a communications coordinator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for communications coordinator
  • Support and learn about key business initiatives such as store openings, safety, e-commerce/digital, seasonal and more, by working with cross-functional teams and drafting internal and external communications materials, including everything from press releases and pitches to fact sheets, bios, briefing materials and social media posts
  • Working with project managers and directors across the Center to ensure accurate and timely updates of web site content
  • Serving as first point of contact for all media relations requests from reporters and permissions requests from external clients
  • Coordinating responses to requests, both internal and external, including scheduling meetings
  • Assisting with publication production, including fact-checking, proofreading, and editing academic citations and references
  • Handling Communications activities related to Center events, including publicity and audiovisual/technology needs
  • Creating and maintaining electronic library of graphics and other archives of communications-related elements and templates, including logos, letterhead, and photos
  • Responsible for promoting the College of Arts and Sciences and increasing its visibility through the collection, development and dissemination of information about the college to multiple internal and external constituencies using a variety of digital and creative media
  • Responsibilities of the position include digital newsletter organization, layout, loading and distribution
  • Assist in the running and communication of internal events such as screenings and visiting speaker sessions, looking after technical set up and managing attendees, assisting with major all staff events
Qualifications for communications coordinator
  • Willingness to travel, work some overtime
  • Any experience with content management tools is a plus
  • Comfortable with learning new skills and willing to take on responsibilities as needed by the team
  • Demonstrate proficiency in writing skills to craft external correspondence, communications plans, press materials
  • High School Diploma or its equivalency (BA/BS in Public Relations, Marketing, Communications, English, or Journalism is preferred)
  • 3-5 years administrative experience to include 2+ years of experience in communications with an Agency, Studio, Sports Franchise or Public Company
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Communications Coordinator Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of communications coordinator. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for communications coordinator
  • Work with local media relationships or agency to drive awareness and positioning of the company
  • Archive materials and coordinate access and sharing
  • Lead deployment of communications content to web-based internal publishing systems
  • Assist with preparing and coordinating materials that support employee engagement
  • Anticipate communication requirements, understanding various audiences and constituencies and responding to requests and inquiries for the department
  • Collaborate directly with business partners across the enterprise to help plan and strategize initiatives and company updates
  • Maintain and ensure timelines and deliverables are met for projects and initiatives
  • Maintain and update email/intranet editorial style guides and related guides and reference materials
  • Measure communication analytics, gather feedback and report findings
  • Identify opportunities for process improvement to ensure quality and timeliness of services provided
Qualifications for communications coordinator
  • Personal experience with public relations and an understanding of its role in business
  • Strong interest in sports and entertainment is a plus
  • Strong work ethic, ability to work well under pressure & multi-task
  • Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations or related field and a minimum of 1-2 years of relevant work experience
  • Second language skills are not necessary, but are a plus
  • Strong baseball acumen a plus
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Communications Coordinator Job Description

Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a communications coordinator. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for communications coordinator
  • Stay up to date on local and national news with an eye on opportunities for media outreach
  • Draft tweets, Twitter pitches, replies, and scheduled retweets in coordination with team social media strategy
  • Conduct continuous traditional and social media monitoring, compile media clips into reports distributed twice daily- AM and PM
  • Assist in the development of a new platform with the Web Team
  • Utilizes processing, spreadsheet, and other computer software
  • Write and manage updates for client websites
  • Write, format and manage fulfillment of client e-mail campaigns, including distribution tool and analytics (monitoring click through rates)
  • Track budgets, staff time hours and direct expenditures
  • Assist in coordinating work streams for junior team members
  • Identify and explore industry affiliation opportunities to further client objectives
Qualifications for communications coordinator
  • Understanding/interest in collegiate sports important
  • Minimum 1 years organizational communications experience
  • Exceptional organizational skills and an ability to work independently and collaboratively with colleagues at all levels
  • Highly organized, self-motivated, customer oriented and able to manage multiple priorities and activities with minimal guidance and effectively work across teams
  • Strong attention to detail and an ability to deliver high quality work under tight timelines
  • Proven ability to organize data for efficient storage and user access
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Communications Coordinator Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of communications coordinator. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for communications coordinator
  • Plan the team workflow ensuring optimum productivity, meeting deadlines for all communications and other activities
  • Ensure that all tasks are managed by people with relevant skill sets and effectively monitored
  • Produce relevant and timely management information
  • Ensure communications are developed in line with the transitional communications plan and the people work streams
  • Initiate new creative approaches to current communication methods
  • Support the Communication Assistants in the organisation, running and evaluating incentive and motivational activity
  • Develop clear incentive and event plans to promote high performance across all teams within the contact centres
  • Build and maintain a calendar of clear events and incentive plans, with all activities planned in advance and arranged on behalf of the Management Team
  • Track and account for all incentives spending, ensuring that a clear benefit is visible to all parties
  • Promote a culture of team work covering all activities to the agreed standard and timescales as required
Qualifications for communications coordinator
  • Good at time management with ability to prioritise workload in order to meet deadlines and remain calm under pressure
  • Ability to multi task projects and work under pressure
  • Bachelor’s Degree in marketing, communications or English required
  • Must have a working knowledge of web design, content management systems, and scripting tools including HTML
  • Must be able to work independently with others, handle situations with diplomacy and tact, and maintain excellent relationships
  • Must work well in a fast-paced environment and be able to manage multiple high-priority assignments and be comfortable collaborating and taking feedback from different constituents across campus

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