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About the Role

The Communications Specialist performs editorial, media monitoring, and departmental support work. This role involves editing agency publications, identifying, monitoring, distributing, and archiving media publications, contributing to social media efforts, and providing administrative and technical support. The position requires proactive collaboration with the Communications team, Executive staff, and agency employees.

Responsibilities

Performs writing, proofreading, and editing of agency publications including brochures, manuals, web content, videos, forms, newsletters, and reports.
Develops the layout and design of various agency materials.
Contributes to the production of multimedia content such as videos, infographics, interactive web pages, and podcasts.
Contributes to social media content for agency channels.
Performs media research to identify TRS-related news articles and communications from various media sources.
Monitors and collects daily news clippings for distribution to the TRS Board and executives.
Maintains and monitors an electronic archive of clippings.
Maintains an agency publications library/archive.
Monitors records retention activities and ensures departmental compliance with records management policies.
Assists with video production, photography, graphic design, writing, and editing for Communications materials.
Helps coordinate board and town hall meetings and webcasts.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in journalism, public relations, advertising, communications, or a closely related field.
High school diploma or equivalent and additional full-time experience in editing and publication design in the field of journalism, public relations, public information, communications, or media relations or related experience may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.
Four (4) years of full-time directly related, progressively responsible experience in editing and publication design in the field of journalism, public relations, public information, communications, or media relations or related experience.
A master's degree or doctoral degree in a closely related field may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.
Experience with multimedia communications to include video production, web content development, and user-experience (UX) research and design.
Application of artificial intelligence tools to support communications.
Knowledge of concepts and practices of proofing, editing, and preparation of informational materials.
Knowledge of Associated Press (AP) style.
Knowledge of techniques and methods of planning and organizing projects as well as for writing/editing/proofreading various types of material.
Knowledge of multimedia communications.
Skill in effectively translating complex laws, regulations, policies, and other program technical information into lay language.
Skill in planning and project management, including planning, organizing, and coordinating work assignments to effectively meet frequent and/or multiple deadlines, in handling multiple tasks simultaneously, and in managing conflicting priorities and demands.
Skill in effective written and verbal communications.
Skill in using a personal computer with word processing, spreadsheet, database, desktop publishing, graphics design, video editing, and presentation software and applications.
Ability to establish and maintain harmonious working relationships with co-workers, agency staff, vendors, contractors, and external contacts.
Ability to work effectively in a professional team environment.

Skills

Editing
Publication design
Journalism
Public relations
Public information
Communications
Media relations
Multimedia communications
Video production
Web content development
User-experience (UX) research and design
Artificial intelligence tools
Proofing
Associated Press (AP) style
Project planning
Project organization
Project coordination
Written communication
Verbal communication
Word processing software
Spreadsheet software
Database software
Desktop publishing software
Graphics design software
Video editing software
Presentation software

Location

TRS Headquarters Building 1
4655 Mueller Boulevard
Austin, Texas, 78723
United States

Work Type

Unclassified Regular Full-Time (URF)

Experience Level

Four (4) years of full-time directly related, progressively responsible experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in journalism, public relations, advertising, communications, or a closely related field.
High school diploma or equivalent and additional full-time experience in editing and publication design in the field of journalism, public relations, public information, communications, or media relations or related experience may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.
A master's degree or doctoral degree in a closely related field may be substituted on an equivalent year-for-year basis.

Salary/Compensations

$67,081.00 - 83,852.00, Annual Salary

About the Company

Service, Respect, and Connection are core to the individual and collective TRS experience.
At TRS, we’re inspired by our community who bring authenticity and commitment to our mission to improve the retirement security of public education employees and retirees throughout Texas.
As a group of achievers, we tap collaboration and innovation to raise the bar in performance, administering and counseling pensions and healthcare benefits to ensure certainty for the future of our members.
We invite you to join us, where both personal and career growth are respected and where you can make a difference in our members’ lives every day.