Graduate Communications Coordinator

Application Deadline Notification:

When applying, please keep in mind this posting will close at 11:59 pm the night before the posted "end date". Applications MUST be submitted prior to this deadline.

Department:

Digital Engagement, Marketing, and Information Technology

Special Instructions to Applicants:

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

1) A resume/CV; and

2) A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position.

Starting salary will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.

For additional information please contact: Daniel Crouch at Daniel.Crouch@oregonstate.edu

Job Summary:

The Office of Digital Engagement, Marketing, and Information Technology is seeking a Graduate Communications Coordinator. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position.

Join Oregon State University’s Digital Engagement, Marketing, and Information Technology (DEM&IT) team to help prospective graduate students navigate the path from initial interest through enrollment. As Graduate Communications Coordinator, you will develop, coordinate, deliver, and evaluate timely, accessible, personalized recruitment communications in Graduate Slate for university-wide campaigns and individual academic programs.

Reporting to Blake Vawter, Director of Enrollment Marketing, you will translate approved campaign strategy and priorities into communication plans, content, and production schedules. You will work with Graduate CRM Manager Ben Todd and graduate program partners to verify content, deadlines, audiences, and campaign readiness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate approved graduate recruitment priorities into communication plans and production schedules.
• Build, test, schedule, deliver, and monitor Graduate Slate communications across inquiry, application, admission, yield, and enrollment stages.
• Write, edit, and adapt clear, accessible graduate recruitment content for varied programs and audiences.
• Apply approved segmentation and personalization; check links, dates, audience logic, timing, accessibility, and rendering before deployment.
• Coordinate program details, approvals, and campaign calendars with graduate and enrollment partners.
• Track delivery and engagement, support tests, recommend improvements, and maintain campaign documentation.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, journalism, public relations, English, education, business, or a related field.
• Professional experience producing or coordinating communications, marketing, recruitment, customer engagement, or related campaigns.
• Ability to write, edit, proofread, and adapt content accurately for different audiences.
• Experience with CRM, email marketing, marketing automation, content management, or comparable digital communication tools.
• Ability to manage concurrent deadlines, approvals, recurring campaigns, and quality checks; collaborate with varied stakeholders and handle confidential information responsibly.

This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Technolutions Slate; higher education or graduate admissions; segmented and personalized lifecycle campaigns; campaign reporting and testing; accessibility and plain-language practices; FERPA and student data privacy; or HTML and CSS for email.

Working Conditions/Schedule:

Typical schedule is Monday through Friday during regular business hours, with occasional evening or weekend work around launches, deadlines, events, or peak recruitment periods. Work is primarily computer based. This position is primarily based on campus in Corvallis. Occasional work from home may be approved based on business needs and university policy.

Salary Range:

$55,000-$62,000

Anticipated Start Date:

2026-11-30

Anticipated End Date:

When applying, please keep in mind this posting will close at 11:59 pm the night before the posted "end date". Applications MUST be submitted prior to this deadline.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

OSU is a fair chance employer committed to inclusive hiring. We encourage applications from candidates who bring a wide range of lived experience including involvement with the justice system. If this position has “critical or security-sensitive” responsibilities and/or driving duties and you are selected as a finalist, your initial job offer will be contingent upon the results of a job-related pre-employment check (such as a background check, motor vehicle history check, sexual misconduct reference check, etc.). Background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate. Take a look at our Background Checks website including the for candidates section for more details. If you have questions or concerns about the pre-employment check, please contact OSU’s Employee and Labor Relations team at employee.relations@oregonstate.edu.