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Salary: $41,161.00 - $47,161.00 Annually
Location : Snow College - Ephraim, UT
Job Type: College President
Job Number: 00666
VP Organization: College President
Department: Marketing
Opening Date: 07/31/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
Description
Position SummaryThe Snow College Office of Creative Services & Communications seeks a talented and detail-oriented Communications Writer and Editor to serve as the institution's primary content creator and editorial resource. This position develops, writes, edits, and manages a wide variety of communications that support the college's mission, strengthen its brand, and engage key audiences including prospective students, current students, alumni, employees, donors, community members, and media outlets.
As the college's editorial gatekeeper, this position helps ensure consistency in voice, tone, messaging, and quality across institutional communications. The Communications Writer and Editor collaborates closely with marketing and communications team members to support strategic storytelling, strengthen the college's reputation, and communicate the impact of Snow College to internal and external audiences.
Impact of the PositionThe Communications Writer and Editor serves as a key steward of Snow College's institutional voice. Through strategic storytelling, editorial leadership, publication management, and content development, this position helps shape how the college is perceived by prospective students, alumni, employees, donors, and the broader community. By ensuring consistency, clarity, and quality across communications, the position strengthens the college's reputation, supports enrollment and engagement efforts, and advances institutional goals.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field.
• Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and storytelling skills.
• Strong understanding of grammar, style, and editorial best practices.
• Ability to adapt writing style and tone for diverse audiences and communication channels.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and collaborative skills.
Preferred Qualifications• Experience in higher education communications, public relations, journalism, marketing, or a related field.
• Experience managing publications from concept through production.
• Familiarity with AP Style and editorial workflow processes.
• Experience writing for print, digital, advertising, web, email, and multimedia platforms.
• Experience collaborating within a creative or marketing team environment. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear, engaging, audience-focused content.
• Strong interviewing, research, and storytelling skills.
• Ability to maintain institutional voice and messaging across diverse communication channels.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with faculty, staff, administrators, students, and external stakeholders.
• Sound editorial judgment and the ability to provide constructive feedback while maintaining positive working relationships.
Major Responsibilities/Duties
Essential Duties and Responsibilities• Write, edit, and distribute news releases and media communications that promote Snow College programs, events, achievements, and initiatives.
• Serve as editor and project manager for the Snow College magazine, overseeing content development, writing, editing, production, and publication.
• Manage and edit other major institutional publications, including commencement programs, event programs, recognition publications, and special print and digital publications.
• Serve as the college's primary editorial reviewer, editing and approving written communications distributed to alumni, prospective students, current students, employees, donors, and community stakeholders.
• Ensure consistency in institutional voice, messaging, editorial standards, and style across communications produced throughout the college.
• Develop compelling copy for marketing campaigns, advertisements, brochures, flyers, digital content, and promotional materials.
• Write and edit email communications for institutional audiences.
• Create scripts and copy for radio, television, video, and other multimedia advertising campaigns.
• Research, write, and edit biographies, feature stories, profiles, and other institutional publications.
• Manage the college's employee newsletter, including content planning, writing, editing, and publication.
• Work as a collaborative team with the web developer, graphic designer, and social media specialist to coordinate messaging and ensure a consistent communications strategy across print, digital, web, social media, and advertising platforms.
• Identify, research, and develop compelling stories that highlight student success, academic excellence, employee achievements, alumni accomplishments, and institutional impact.
• Conduct interviews with students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and community partners to gather information and create engaging content for print, digital, and multimedia platforms.
• Transform complex or technical information into clear, accurate, and audience-focused stories that advance institutional priorities.
• Partner with campus departments to proactively identify newsworthy stories and communication opportunities that support enrollment, advancement, student engagement, and community outreach efforts.
• Provide editorial guidance and consultation to faculty, staff, and administrators on communication projects and messaging.
• Maintain editorial calendars and manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and balancing competing priorities.
• Assist with strategic communication initiatives, crisis communications, and special projects as assigned.
Additional Information
Applications received by 11:59 PM on August 14, 2026, will be eligible for review by the hiring committee. Applications received after that date may not be reviewed by the hiring committee unless deemed appropriate by the college administration.
Initial screening is based on the responses to the online submitted application, as well as your redacted resume, curriculum vitae (CV), cover letter and teaching philosophy statement. Transcripts or any other submitted material will not be considered during initial screening.
Snow College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and educator.
With campuses in both Ephraim and Richfield, Snow College offers programs and courses that are highly interactive and are designed to reach a broad spectrum of students: high school students desiring college courses, traditional on-campus students, technical education students, online students, non-traditional students who wish to start or complete a degree. Snow is committed to the success and positive experience of every one of these students.
Snow College is a two-year public college, and in January 2020, The Chronicle of Higher Education ranked Snow College #1 in the nation for student success in two-year colleges. Located in the heart of Utah, at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains, Snow College is one of the oldest comprehensive two-year college in the Western United States.
The College was established in 1888; excellence continues to be the hallmark of all our work and activities. We are the preferred choice of approximately 6,000 students, with 600 students attending the Richfield campus, who want a small College experience filled with a variety of many different activities, events, and performances. With campuses located in Ephraim, Richfield, and online, students complete degrees in Associate of Arts, Science, or Applied Science with numerous specialized, short-term technical training certificates and diplomas including a few Bachelor's degrees. To learn more about Snow College, please visit our website or brochure.
Benefits:
Snow College offers benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, retirement, and more.
Below is an estimate of the benefits you would receive according to the salary listed in the example:
Salary:Total Benefits(based on a family plan, including retirement, life insurance, FICA, disability etc.):$41,161$30,410
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