Ball State University is hiring: Communications and Publicity Coordinator in Mun

Position Title
Communications and Publicity Coordinator

Compensation
$18.45 - 20.34

Department
Career Center_D

Start Date
06/15/2026

About This Opportunity
Candidates for searches must have current authorization to be employed in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Position Function
What you’ll do and what you’ll bring:

Duties and Responsibilities

Collaborate with Career Center staff to gain full knowledge of all pertinent events and services to create and execute a yearly marketing plan for the Career Center.

Oversee Career Center marketing communications support for professional development programs, career planning, job search training and development, employer relations events, and all Career Center events and services.

Coordinate the creation of advertising and marketing communications pieces for Career Center staff, programs, events, and services; conceptualize themes, create design, and produce promotional materials and pieces for advertisement space.

Write and review copy to be clear, concise, and grammatically correct; drive the creation of original concepts that result in effective and compelling communication; understand different language styles that appeal to various target markets; maintain a clear and consistent brand voice; be familiar with commonly used style guides.

Assist in the creation and implementation of the Career Center’s social media strategy; create and publish content and maintain relationships with user communities on multiple platforms; collaborate with internal marketing and public relations teams to support their respective missions, ensuring consistency in voice and cultivating an engaged social media community.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge on university policy as well as marketing guidelines and branding by collaborating with the Marketing and Communications Department as well as the Student Affairs Communication Team.

Utilize connections on campus to learn about new and trending ways to market and promote Career Center events to students, faculty, staff, and external partners.

Oversee maintenance and updating of information on the Career Center website, understanding both content management systems and traditional website upkeep for all Career Center pieces online.

Assign and review work of student assistants; interview, select, orient, train, assign tasks, manage performance, and conduct performance appraisals.

Assist in designing and updating presentations utilizing PowerPoint, InDesign or similar; continually seek new and innovative ways to connect with students and employers through presentation.

Maintain excellent relationships with vendors and provide quality customer service to a variety of constituencies.

Assist in the creation and development of multimedia (audio/video) content for the Career Center; collaborate closely with internal and external partners to help facilitate; plan video shoots; scout, select, and reserve shoot locations; reserve and rent equipment; manage media and archive project media; manage video library.

Support the culture and mission of the Ball State University Career Center.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in marketing, communications, graphic design or related area.

At least one year of experience with project management, market planning and coordinating.

Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Creative Cloud; understanding of print and digital advertising process; demonstrated writing, creativity, communications, marketing, and public relations skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Supervisory experience.

Benefits
At Ball State University, we offer paid 10 to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days, and 10 holidays a year. Plus, our paid parental leave (6 weeks). We offer affordable health and dental insurance, robust long‑term disability and life insurance plans, and a range of retirement benefits. We cover 90 percent of your child’s undergraduate college tuition; we cover 100 percent of your undergraduate tuition and 80 percent of your graduate tuition.

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