Arizona State University

Job Description

Join our team as a Communications Specialist to drive strategic communication planning for our ITSI project, crafting and executing a comprehensive strategy that underscores our impact on global semiconductor supply chains. Responsibilities include producing compelling content across multiple platforms, managing media relations, engaging stakeholders, overseeing digital communication channels, promoting project events, and monitoring communication effectiveness through regular reporting and metric analysis. The ideal candidate will excel at building relationships with journalists, collaborating with diverse stakeholders, and leveraging digital tools to enhance outreach and engagement. 

As part of an ambitious initiative funded by a $13.8 million cooperative agreement under the CHIPS Act of 2022, Arizona State University (ASU) is at the forefront of enhancing semiconductor assembly, testing, and packaging capabilities across ITSI partner countries in the Americas and Indo-Pacific. This effort aims to foster a resilient supply chain for U.S. semiconductor manufacturers, contributing to global economic growth and technological advancement.

Essential Duties

The Communications Specialist plays a vital role in the strategic dissemination of information and engagement with diverse stakeholders to promote the goals and achievements of the Diversifying Semiconductor Supply Chains project. Reporting to the Managing Director, this position is responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive communication strategies, managing media relations, and enhancing project visibility among key audiences.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Strategic Communication Planning: Develop and execute a comprehensive communication strategy that aligns with the project's objectives, highlighting its impact on enhancing global semiconductor supply chains.
• Content Creation and Management: Produce high-quality, engaging content for a variety of platforms, including press releases, project updates, newsletters, and social media posts, to inform and engage stakeholders and the public.
• Media Relations: Serve as the primary point of contact for media inquiries, build and maintain relationships with journalists, and pitch stories to increase project visibility in relevant media outlets.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with project team members, industry partners, government officials, and academic institutions to ensure cohesive messaging and promote project initiatives.
• Digital Communication: Oversee the project's online presence, including website content management and social media engagement, to ensure consistency and impact of digital communications.
• Event Promotion and Support: Coordinate the promotion of project events, including workshops, conferences, and stakeholder meetings, to maximize attendance and engagement.
• Monitoring and Reporting: Monitor the effectiveness of communication activities, provide regular reports on communication metrics, and adjust strategies as needed to enhance outreach and impact.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, English, Communications, Marketing, Education or a related field AND three (3) years of related work experience in the development of comprehensive and creative communication; OR seven (7) years of related work experience; OR Any equivalent combination of experience and or education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved. Certificates from recognized programs that verify mastery of tools and techniques relevant to the assignment may substitute for up to six (6) months of experience.

Desired Qualifications

• Evidence of having a degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience in communication, media relations, or a related role, preferably within international development, technology, or the semiconductor industry.
• Evidence of a proven track record of developing and implementing successful communication strategies.
• Evidence of effective writing, editing, and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical information to diverse audiences.
• Experience in media relation skills and experience managing social media platforms.
• Experience coordinating event promotion and managing digital content.
• Experience in working collaboratively in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment.
• Experience in multiple languages relevant to ITSI partner countries is an asset.
• Willingness to travel as needed to support project objectives.

Working Environment

Activities are generally performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse; required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work. Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 25 pounds. Regular activities require the ability to quickly change priorities, which may include and are subject to the resolution of conflicts. May be required to perform tasks in the field within and/or across University campuses. May be required to travel domestically or internationally for development, implementation, and oversight of global initiatives. Ability to communicate to perform essential functions.

Department Statement

The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Office of Global Outreach and Extended Education (GOEE) leads a dynamic portfolio of global workforce development programs offerings including degrees, professional courses and certification programs working closely with academic units and a global portfolio of industry and government partners.

The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering is the largest producer of engineering and technical talent in the nation and seeks to deliver a world-class learning experience for our students and to advance research and innovation – all at scale. We value and emphasize inherently interdisciplinary endeavors that leverage the breadth and depth of expertise among our outstanding faculty and have built a unique place for large-scale innovation characterized by foundational excellence and translational impacts. We are an engineering school on the rise at the most innovative university in the country and in the heart of the nation’s fifth largest metropolitan area. The scale of our faculty research interests and interdisciplinary mindset, combined with more than 48 graduate degree programs and 25 undergraduate degree programs, provide the foundation for knowledge generation and collaborative opportunities to advance new ideas. 

The Fulton Schools of Engineering, located across ASU’s Tempe and Polytechnic campuses, is comprised of seven schools based on academic programs and research areas. Fulton Engineering has a nationally recognized faculty that conducts research, instructs and mentors students, provides service to engineering, computing and technology professions and creates lasting impacts across local and global communities.

The Fulton Schools of Engineering follows a framework of values designed to distinguish our practice and guide daily decisions in our academic, research, corporate engagement and entrepreneurial endeavors. These values influence how we recognize, reward and communicate our achievements. At the Fulton Schools of Engineering, we:

• Cultivate excellence
• Deliver innovation that matters
• Encourage bold thinking
• Foster a community of learning and collaboration
• Build a foundation for all to be successful

In addition, GOEE administers a large portfolio international capacity building projects with the US Agency for International Development, US State Department, and other government and industry partners to improve STEM education and workforce readiness in a number of countries including Vietnam, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Mexico and other regions. GOEE programs offer global professionals access to Fulton Engineering's nationally renowned faculty through high-impact learning and development experiences delivered via innovative digital immersion education formats.

If you wish to work in an environment where you will be valued for the skills you bring to projects and be challenged to stretch your current capabilities and imagination, then consider becoming part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. To learn more about our team, visit http://asuengineeringonline.com/

Working at ASU has outstanding benefits that include health, dental and vision insurance plans; ASU/UA/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave and holidays; state and optional retirement plans; access to ASU recreation and cultural activities, and more. To estimate the value of your total compensation, please visit https://cfo.asu.edu/compensation-estimator

ASU Statement

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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