Part-Time Position: Specialist, Integrated Marketing Communications

This position is no longer open.

The Marketing and Communications Department at the Lebanese American University is looking for a Specialist, Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) to join a dynamic team of multidisciplinary professionals with a common desire to contribute to the successful implementation of the university’s integrated marketing and communications initiative.

Area of expertise:

Marketing and communication

Position description

The Specialist, IMC contributes to the integration of marketing and communications for his/her schools, programs and/or institutes, across the spectrum of communications channels. He/She assists in the development of calendars of activities, implementation plans, to achieve the goals and objectives of the schools/programs/departments and is responsible for the timely and on-budget delivery of marketing communications solutions by managing the projects, effectively briefing the team of writers, editors, designers, multimedia artists and external parties.

Major duties and responsibilities

• Develop, monitor and communicate project briefs, project status updates and reports
• Attend client meetings, conduct regular communications with university community; report on meetings with minutes of meetings; act on meeting decisions by communicating internally
• Conduct research on category, competition, audiences, conduct surveys and tests of pre-launch and post-launch of communications
• Coordinate development and timely production of publications and materials with team (writers, graphic designer) and suppliers (printers), manage printing contracts, specs, budgets and timelines
• Coordinate the development of online communications with team (online/web team, social media team, web content team)
• Supervise the management and maintenance of web content through direct editing or through assigning duties to team
• Provide regular input on all assigned activities, generate reports on a monthly basis, generate budget reports, provide timely internal communications of key contacts with schools/departments
• Locate and select appropriate, existing multimedia content, including still images, animations, music and video. Oversee production of new visuals when needed.
• Develop weekly status reports
• Follow up on the contracts with freelancers, review performance against set objectives
• Manage special projects and additional duties, as assigned

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with relevant specialization
• Strong command of English, and advanced business writing skills
• Experience in marketing, advertising, and/or communication
• Qualitative and quantitative research knowledge
• Knowledge of digital communications

Interested qualified candidates should send a letter of interest indicating in the subject Specialist, Integrated Marketing Communications, and their CV to gabriel.abiad@lau.edu.lb

The closing date for receiving applications is January 23, 2018. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.