CBSM Communications Specialist

Do you have a passion for storytelling, content creation, and community building? The UAF College of Business and Security Management (CBSM) is seeking a creative and motivated Communications Specialist. This position leads outreach and social media efforts, including developing weekly e-newsletters and planning content across various platforms. This position ensures accurate lists, tracks campaign performance, oversees digital signage, writes blog posts, and maintains an online job board connecting employers with students and alumni.

The role supports CBSM’s major events, including the Arctic Innovation Competition and the Business Leader of the Year, as well as student and community programs. Duties include creating marketing materials, updating webpages, coordinating event communications, and serving as a key contact to ensure smooth logistics before, during, and after events.

Marketing management is also central to this role. The Communications Specialist maintains website content, manages photo assets, supports video production, and guides student marketing assistants in editing projects. The position collaborates with CBSM student organizations and ensures that all materials adhere to UAF brand standards.

Content creation spans flyers, degree maps, advertisements, blogs, newsletters, and event programs. The Communications Specialist ensures clarity, accuracy, and consistency with CBSM and UAF branding while advising faculty and staff on best practices. This role also supports recruitment and retention through high-quality materials.

Finally, the Communications Specialist serves as CBSM’s Public Information Officer (PIO), representing the college on the UAF PIO committee. The position prepares press releases and public service announcements in coordination with University Relations, ensuring all communications reflect CBSM’s mission and align with UAF’s institutional standards.

Minimum Qualifications:

A bachelor's degree in business, marketing, graphic design, public relations, journalism, communications, or a related field, and three years of progressively responsible experience relevant to the position, or an equivalent combination of training and experience. 

Extensive experience in marketing, public relations, and graphic or website design may be substituted.

Position Details:

This position is located on the Troth Yeddha' campus in Fairbanks, Alaska. This is a full-time, exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and a full employee benefits package. UA offers a comprehensive compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and their family members, and affordable medical, dental, and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 79, based on education and experience.

This position is open until filled. Applications will be reviewed starting October 13, 2025. To ensure consideration, apply by 11:55 PM, Alaska Standard Time, on the DAY BEFORE the REVIEW DATE, October 12, 2025. Submission of an application does not guarantee review or a job offer.

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☎️If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Jim Wolverton, CBSM HR Coordinator, at jwolvert@alaska.edu or (907) 474-7461.

*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.  Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.

The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.

The University of Alaska (www.alaska.edu) is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and Educational Institution.  The University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination (www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.

The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.

Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.

All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.

*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus.  The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.  

Access to the reports is available at:

UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu. 

UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.

UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.