The International School of Azerbaijan (TISA) is announcing a vacancy for the position of Communications, External Relations and Publishing Coordinator.
Please note that Azerbaijani citizenship is required for this position.
Communications, External Relations and Publishing Coordinator reports to the Director and is responsible for developing and coordinating internal and external communications for TISA, administering TISA website (overall look and content), developing and recommending marketing plan and branding strategy, drafting content, editing and coordinating publishing of internal materials with the staff responsible in those areas.
Skills required for the position:
• Exceptional writing and editing skills in English, with the ability to adapt messaging to various stakeholders
• Strong project management abilities; comfortable working independently and in teams to create and meet deadlines; capable of developing and managing a project plan, establish priorities, work to deadlines and control a number of projects at various stages of work
• Event planning experience
• Solid expertise in the development of content, including web and promotional materials
• Experience with marketing automation, social media and PR tools
• Experience with MS Office products
• Strong consideration given for skills in print/layout design (desktop publishing tools and visual/graphic layout)
• BA/MA degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Journalism or a related discipline
The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out the below listed responsibilities:
Communications and External Relations:
Develop a communications and external relations plan including strategy, goals, budget and tactics
Coordinate all external relations activities
Direct social media activities to engage audiences across traditional and new media
Leverage existing community relations and cultivate new contacts
Formulate creative direction for a wide variety of marketing channels, leveraging best practices in digital communications content creation, creative direction and analytics
Build external relations to grow community awareness (Baku and beyond)
Maintain a keen understanding of educational trends affecting our stakeholders and make appropriate recommendations
Attend activities outside of normal school hours as required
Help to organize and coordinate events for the school including International Day, Winterfest, Language Festival and others.
Maintaining Database:
Liaise with IT Director and Admissions Officer to utilize school databases in order to maximize their effectiveness in communicating with parents, students and alumni.
Work with Director, Principals, Admissions Officer, and Business Development Manager as required.
Prepare all external mailing lists
Be able to extract segments of database to be used for targeted communication
Work with mail merge functionality
School Publications:
Coordinate the placement of all school coverage in print and electronic materials.
Be responsible for editorial, design, production and distribution of all school content, materials and publications, including: videos, emails, TV screens on campus, job fairs, ManageBac, , TISA website (CMS Joomla), social media, greeting cards, surveys, handbooks, open houses, talks, yearbook, newsletters, internal blogs, mobile applications, etc.
Project scheduling and management of production process for all materials
Management of vendor (printers, graphic designer), selection and purchasing process
Art direction and design
Ensuring school events are documented (videos, photos, etc)
Qualified candidates are requested to fill in the Application Form placed on TISA website at http://www.tisa.az/vacancies and send it to [email protected] .