The Communications Manager in the Department of Emergency Medicine is looking for a Communications Assistant to provide administrative,  graphics, layout, and social media support for the department. Main responsibilities will be to collect content and design the weekly newsletter, post content and department achievements on social media, post news articles on the website, and create and post events and announcements for the Chair. Photograph events.

Below are the specific tasks needed:

• Checking the listservs for held-up messages daily.
• Checking Beatrix for approving articles with EM faculty daily.
• Facilitate web updates and edits, working with EM faculty and YSM Editor as they arise.
• Using Yale Message, send emails on behalf of the department to specified groups
• Weekly Newsletter
• Using the template as a base, reaching out for content from section chiefs and filling that content when it arrives. The content is usually a blurb, with occasional addition of a link to an article, and a photo if available.
• Work with Administration Fellow, Mitch Blenden, for the weekly tip.
• Work with Chair on intro, readings, and final approval for content from faculty.
• Send over to YSM Comms Editor to review before distribution.

 Posting on social media:

• LinkedIn, BlueSky, and Twitter Photography, and photo editing (on a case-by-case basis).