Corporate communications [h1.location_city]

Position Type Admin Professional / Research Professional

Classification Title

Classification Title Prof / Indiv Contrib II

Number of Vacancies

Work Hours / Week 40

Proposed Annual Salary Range $50,000-$60,000

Employee Benefits

Colorado State University is not just a workplace; it’s a thriving community that’s transforming lives and improving the human condition through world‑class teaching, research, and service. With a robust benefits package, collaborative atmosphere, and focus on work‑life balance, CSU is where you can thrive, grow, and make a lasting impact.

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11 : 59pm (MT) on 12 / 31 / 2025

Description of Work Unit

The College of Business at Colorado State University is an AACSB‑accredited business school focused on using business to create a better world.

The College provides programs and career support services to more than 2,500 undergraduate and 1,300 graduate students in top‑ranked on‑campus and online programs. College faculty impart students with the values, knowledge, and skills to navigate rapidly evolving markets and address global challenges with sustainable business models and practices. Our students are known for their creativity and resilience—resulting in a job offer and placement rate of over 90% within 90 days of graduation and readiness to make a difference locally, nationally, and globally.

The College’s highly ranked programs include its Online MBA degree that is among the 10 largest in the nation and its Impact MBA program recently recognized by Corporate Knights as a top 20 worldwide “Better World MBA” program.

The College’s marketing and communications team is responsible for brand and revenue generation strategies and tactics across audiences, including prospective students, current students, staff / faculty, executives, alumni, academic influencers, the CSU campus community, donors and the business community.

Position Summary

This position develops compelling content to elevate the College of Business’s brand story across a wide range of mediums ranging from email and social media to web landing pages and CSU editorial platforms such as Source.

This position covers three primary areas of focus : 1) content creation and story‑telling for alumni, donors, boards, corporate partners and business community communications, 2) promotions for external‑facing events / experiences, and 3) promotional items development and management.

This role requires an understanding of audience differentiation, ability to adapt writing to specific purposes, as well as digital marketing skills in social media, email and web. This role must be able to adapt writing style and creative development to meet key business goals and align with audience and channel‑specific needs across platforms. This position requires strong project management and organizational skills, attention to detail and a strong command of written storytelling techniques, as well as the ability to augment them with multimedia assets to elevate digital performance. This role works independently as well as alongside other members of the Marketing and Communications team to elevate the College’s brand story, and collaborates frequently with stakeholders throughout the college to develop persuasive content.

The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the proposed start date and maintain work authorization; The College of Business will not provide visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future.

Due to the end of semester and holiday season, we will commence reviewing applications and interviewing for this role in mid‑January. The preferred start date for this role is February 2026. Thank you for your patience during this time.

Required Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, journalism, English, or related field
• 3+ years professional work experience in a marketing / communications type role or related position
• Ability to write in a number of different styles / tones for print and multimedia digital formats such as email, website, and a wide range of social channels
• 1+ years experience consistently creating digital content via mass marketing emails and social channels to support brand development and growth
• Experience coordinating and managing projects
• Experience measuring efficacy of featured content, promotions and branding campaigns
• The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the proposed start date and maintain work authorization; The College of Business will not provide visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future.

Preferred Job Qualifications

You are a brand‑building storyteller experienced in using a wide range of communication channels from email to social media and web landing pages to persuasively convey a message and engage the target audience. You understand the nuances of speaking to specific audiences, and are adept at catering messaging and selecting visuals to appeal to audiences, while working effectively in the channel and maintaining a brand position. All channels, whether it’s social media or email, are seen as strategic opportunities to reach our community and engage them in our Business for a Better World vision. You use a variety of proven and developing tactics, and routinely turn to analytics to gauge the efficacy of those attempts. While you’re not necessarily a designer or a videographer, you are able to select and guide development of creative that stands out. Multi‑media assets such as video and motion graphics from templates and other guides doesn’t scare you – you may not be a pro, but you are adept at using them to deliver a story with impact. When it comes time to try new technologies, you’re eager and willing to try new things, but understand that audience and user experience should always drive innovation.

Job Duty Category External Communications

Job Duty Category External Event Promotions

Special Instructions to Applicants

In order for an application to be considered complete, applicants will be expected to provide :

For full consideration, applications should be received no later than 11 : 59pm (MT) December 31, 2025.

We appreciate your interest. Due to the end of semester and holiday season, we will commence reviewing and interviewing for this role in mid‑January. The preferred start date for this role is February 2026. Thank you for your patience during this time.

CSU is committed to full inclusion of qualified individuals. If you are needing assistance or accommodations with the search process, please reach out to the listed search contact.

Please note, applicants may redact information from their application materials that identifies their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

Conditions of Employment Pre‑employment Criminal Background Check (required for new hires)

References Requested

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Maximum Requested 3

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