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Job Number | Full/Part Time | Schedule | Salary |
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201801055004 | Full Time | 8AM - 5PM | - |
Position Information
The senior public information officer will enhance UC Riverside's reputation through reporting and disseminating peer-reviewed research and other news related to UC Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering, School of Business Administration, and its Research and Economic Development unit.
The successful candidate will work with faculty and administration to distill complex research into engaging, relatable content aimed at a general audience. You will work as part of a collaborative team of media relations professionals in the University Communications division. This position requires an enthusiastic team player to work under limited supervision and to use discretion and judgment in building relationships, telling UCR's stories, and pitching those stories proactively to national media. Excellent communication, collaborative, and interpersonal skills are essential.
Please note: Applicants for this position will need to submit samples of their work/portfolios for review by the selection committee. Cover Letter Required.
The successful candidate will work with faculty and administration to distill complex research into engaging, relatable content aimed at a general audience. You will work as part of a collaborative team of media relations professionals in the University Communications division. This position requires an enthusiastic team player to work under limited supervision and to use discretion and judgment in building relationships, telling UCR's stories, and pitching those stories proactively to national media. Excellent communication, collaborative, and interpersonal skills are essential.
Please note: Applicants for this position will need to submit samples of their work/portfolios for review by the selection committee. Cover Letter Required.
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Preferred Qualifications
Additional Information
In the Heart of Inland Southern California, UC Riverside is located on nearly 1,200 acres near Box Springs Mountain in Southern California; the park-like campus provides convenient access to the vibrant and growing Inland region. The campus is a living laboratory for the exploration of issues critical to growing communities'air, water, energy, transportation, politics, the arts, history and culture. UCR gives every student, faculty and staff member the resources to explore, engage, imagine and excel.
UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.
For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview
UC Riverside is recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country boasting several key rankings of which we are extremely proud.
- Washington Monthly (August 2016) ranked UC Riverside 12th in the nation in its annual University and College Survey. \
- Education Trust placed UC Riverside 9th in the nation for closing the graduation gap between black and white students by 1.7 percentage points.
- In QS World University Rankings 2016/2017, UC Riverside's Department of Philosophy is #1 in the world for the frequency with which published papers are cited by other philosophers.
- U.S. News and World Report Survey (September 2016) ranked UC Riverside 118th overall; earns "Great Schools, Great Prices."
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (August 2016) Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked UC Riverside among the top 151 to 200 institutions. This survey bills itself as "the most trustworthy precursor of global rankings of the world's top 500 universities."
- U.S. News and World Report's Best Graduate Schools (2016) including:
- Graduate School of Education - 62nd among ranked schools
- Bourns College of Engineering - 71st among ranked schools
For information about our generous employee benefits package, visit: Employee Benefits Overview