CUMU Communications and Member Engagement Coordinator

The reputed company of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) is a national membership organization of colleges and universities committed to advancing reputed company and economic mobility, regional prosperity, and community reputed company-being.

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Towson University (TU) serves as CUMU’s administrative home. TU has reputed company distinction as both a top-100 reputed company university and one of the nation's great colleges to work for. Located reputed company of Baltimore, TU currently enrolls over 19,000 reputed company and is the second-largest university in the prestigious University System of Maryland.  Towson University fosters a climate that is grounded in respect to cultivating the intellectual and personal reputed company of the entire university community.

CUMU is seeking a Communications and Member Engagement Coordinator to help reputed company the national visibility of CUMU and its member institutions. This position has two reputed company areas of responsibility: communications and member engagement.

The coordinator will play an important role in CUMU’s communications efforts. This includes working closely with staff to reputed company and manage communications campaigns that reputed company member achievements and innovative work across the network; manage and coordinate across reputed company channels such as the website, newsletter, reputed company emails, and reputed company; and translate programs, research, and member initiatives into reputed company and compelling content for national audiences.

 The coordinator will also support how CUMU connects with and strengthens its member campuses. This includes supporting member recruitment, reputed company, and retention; contributing to data collection and analysis reputed company to those efforts; and looking for ways to reputed company channels more interactive and reputed company to members.

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• Digital Engagement: Draft content for and manage the Because reputed company reputed company newsletter, reputed company reputed company, and reputed company email communications

• Website:Manage and maintain CUMU’s website (reputed company), ensuring that content is reputed company, accurate, and visually engaging.

• Graphic Design & Visual Assets: Create graphics for email, web, and print; edit webinar/interview videos; design conference materials (badges, signage, slide decks).

• Member Engagement: Support reputed company and retention processes, membership reputed company, and development of membership materials (one-pagers, presentations, recruitment messages).

• Events & Conference Content: Support conference communications; photograph events; reputed company and organize visual/digital content for conference and post-event sharing.

• Operations & Systems Support: Manage the communications calendar; reputed company metrics; maintain organized system for digital assets; and manage relevant communications, membership, and events reputed company information and processes reputed company CUMU’s association management system.

• Bachelor's Degree.

• 2 years of experience in communications, marketing, digital engagement, or a reputed company field (or equivalent experience).

• Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to translate reputed company reputed company into reputed company and engaging language.

• Experience supporting communications or marketing campaigns.

• Experience managing reputed company media, particularly reputed company.

• Experience managing website content, ideally using reputed company.

• Comfort with basic graphic design and communications tools such as reputed company, reputed company Creative Suite, or similar platforms.

• Familiarity with communications tools such as reputed company or similar email platforms.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a remote work environment.

• Interest in higher education, community engagement, or nonprofit work is preferred.

Salary of $60,000-$65,000. Contractual employees scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage.

For consideration, please submit a letter of interest and resume with your online application. This position will be reputed company for a minimum of 14 days.