Communications Coordinator

FLSA Status

Exempt

Earliest Start Date

Immediately

Salary

Salary commensurate with experience

Hours per Week

40 hours weekly

Hiring Department

Office of Employee Benefits

Required Application Materials

A resume and letter of interest is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor.

About Us

For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans - and people all over the world - through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, four health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 160,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.

The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System's thirteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives - not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.

Purpose of Position

This role is part of a collaborative team that develops and executes marketing and communications strategy in partnership with the Group Insurance Program leadership. It requires advanced design expertise and a strong grasp of brand identity to produce compelling, visually engaging content across multiple platforms in alignment with the program's brand. The position also involves ongoing research and analysis of business needs, industry trends, and emerging technologies. The ideal candidate will bring strong design, marketing, and communication skills to support strategic planning and delivery of high-quality creative assets for internal and external campaigns targeting the UT Benefits program population.

Essential Functions

• Develop Branding and Strategy

Collaborate to apply program branding and communication strategies by defining scope and objectives based on research, industry best practices, and a strong understanding of communication and design systems.

Work in partnership with leadership and Senior Analysts to understand group insurance rules and processes, ensuring accurate and accessible messaging of complex information using a variety of digital and print assets designed for an audience with varying backgrounds and education levels.

Collaborate with the creative and content teams to create educational campaign strategies, themes, and templates, and produce associated digital and print materials, including HTML email outreach.

Consistently execute elements of strategic communication plans, including social media outreach, website content management, blogging, educational materials, and multimedia production, ensuring projects are completed in a timely manner.

Provide creative design solutions that are aligned with our programs' brand, goals, and values. Create fully accessible digital and print assets-including websites, enrollment microsites, plan guides, brochures, posters, and promotional materials-while coordinating closely with print vendors and partners to ensure quality and timely delivery.

Provide strategic design and communication support to contracted vendors and UT institutions, including reviewing external materials to ensure consistency and effectiveness across initiatives.

Support the preparation of reports and market analyses as needed and recommend tools and technologies to enhance the efficiency and impact of branding and communication efforts.

Train and support team members in using content management systems to maintain consistent and up-to-date program information across digital platforms.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Working Conditions

Additional Information

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to a minimum of 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. Participation in TRS is mandatory.

A background check will be conducted on candidates under final consideration. The background check may include any or all of the following : criminal history check, prior employment verification, education verification, professional references check, and motor vehicle records check. Background checks are conducted by third-party vendors. Upon request form the third-party vendor, candidates under final consideration must provide the required information for the background checks to be completed.

EO / AA Statement

The University of Texas System Administration is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees in all terms and conditions of employment. U. T. System will provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state laws.

For information on accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact the Office of Talent and Innovation at oti@utsystem.edu.