Jesus Christ Today Program, Communications Officer

Overview

The Communications Officer will develop and implementcommunications and media strategy for the Jesus Christ Today Program, a multi-year, grant-funded initiative of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture. Reporting to the Center’s Communications Officer, this team member exercises independent judgment in shaping and executing the program's public-facing presence and serves as principal liaison among Center leadership, program fellows, contracted media professionals, and University partners. The position requires a communications professional capable of setting strategy, managing external vendors and expenditures, and advising senior scholars on the presentation of their work to scholarly and public audiences.

Principal Responsibilities

• Develops and executes the communications and publicity strategy for the Jesus Today Program, including public events, fellows’ research projects, and the initiative's overall public profile.
• Serves as principal liaison among Center leadership, program fellows, external vendors, and University communications partners; reconciles competing priorities and ensures strategic alignment across constituencies.
• Directs day-to-day production workflows and editorial planning for the program’s media output; establishes standards, timelines, and delivery requirements.
• Identifies, engages, and manages contracted media professionals and production vendors; defines scopes of work and evaluates performance against deliverables.
• Designs and directs the media and documentation plan for program events, including production requirements and on-site execution.
• Advises program fellows on communications approaches for their individual projects, recommending formats and strategies appropriate to their aims and audiences.
• Analyzes and synthesizes data pertaining to reach, audience, and engagement; interprets findings and recommends adjustments to strategy and resource allocation.
• Administers the program's communications budget; recommends expenditures and monitors performance against grant requirements and reporting obligations.

Required Skills and Abilities

1.Demonstrated ability to develop and execute a strategic communications plan, meet deadlines, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

2.Ability to work independently as well as to collaborate and contribute to team objectives. 

3.Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

4.Administration of multi-part projects requiring vendor and stakeholder interface. Demonstrated ability to liaise and streamline communication between multiple parties. 

5.Familiarity and honed taste in branding, content, and/or marketing. 

Preferred Skills and Abilities

1.Technological agility in current digital media, software, and related platforms. Ability to learn new platforms as needed. 

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, media studies, or a related field and some related professional experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Principal Responsibilities

1. Brand & Communications Strategy. Develops and executes public relations strategy, output, and performance for the department with the goal of increasing media impressions in local, national, industry-specific and alumni media. Creates communications strategy to showcase top technologies available for license. Ensures consistent look and tone for all department communications, including written content, website and social media. 2. Media Relations. Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with media representatives. Identifies opportunities to work with other the departments, university publications and the Office of Public Affairs to develop and publicize stories. 3. Content Creation. Assesses the University faculty inventions and student startups for newsworthiness and create compelling news and public relations content. Creates engaging, dynamic content for the public, including press releases, blog articles, website updates, newsletter articles and social media. 4. Outreach. Manages delivery channels for newsworthy content, including updating and maintaining the department websites, social media accounts, and articles for email newsletters, and creating video, print, and on-campus events. Creates websites that embed existing content from Yale and external sites (publications related to the technology, videos featuring inventor, profile on Yale Bulletin and Calendar innovators webpage). 5. Other. Seeks out, negotiates with and recommends external organizations that can provide services that optimize both the cost and functionality of the new communications strategy. Ensures that all communications conform to the University guidelines. Hires student workers as needed to assist in producing copy. May perform other duties as assigned. Required Education and Experience Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and four years of experience in website design, production, marketing, project management or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Posting Date

10/29/2026

Job Category

Professional

Bargaining Unit

NON

Compensation Grade

Administration & Operations

Compensation Grade Profile

Supervisor; Senior Associate (23)

Salary Range

$65,000.00 - $101,000.00

Benefits

A general description of the benefits to be offered with this Managerial & Professional position is available at:

Yale Benefits

Time Type

Full time

Duration Type

Staff Fixed Duration (Fixed Term)

Work Model

Hybrid