Communications Specialist
New York, NYFull-time$80–92K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Communications Specialist writes and edits content for departmental and organizational communications, both internal and external. The role maintains web and electronic-board content, develops communications to raise awareness of organizational offerings, supports project implementations, and contributes to feedback strategies such as surveys and focus groups. It also produces communications across writing, editing, marketing, blogging, and social media channels.
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Full job description
Title: Communications Specialist
Location: Midtown
Org Unit: Internal Communications
Work Days: Monday-Friday
Weekly Hours: 35.00
Exemption Status: Exempt
Salary Range: $80,100.00 - $91,700.00
*As required under NYC Human Rights Law Int 1208-2018 - Salary range for this role when Hired for NYC Offices
Position Summary
Responsible for writing and editing content for departmental/organizational external and internal communications.
Job Responsibilities
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Posts and maintains communications on electronic boards and websites related to events, programs and departmental/institutional initiatives.
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Provides routine content maintenance including creating new webpages, updating text, images and video. Implements processes and guidelines to ensure web content is current and accurate. Analyzes site effectiveness to continuously drive usage.
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Develops content that can be deployed to enhance the awareness of organizational offerings. Supports project implementations using established communication strategies.
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Participates in the development of end user feedback strategies including customer satisfaction surveys and focus groups
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Writes various internal and external communications that may include writing, editing, marketing, blogging, and social media communication vehicles.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in related field
Experience
2-3 years equivalent experience in editing and writing publications. Previous experience with marketing strategies in particular, online strategies
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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Ability to work independently and as part of a team, self motivated, adaptable, and possessing a positive attitude.
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Ability to multi-task and work under pressure; ability to prioritize competing demands and complete action items efficiently with minimal supervision to meet deadlines.
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Cornell welcomes students, faculty, and staff with diverse backgrounds from across the globe to pursue world-class education and career opportunities, to further the founding principle of “any person, any study.” No person shall be denied employment on the basis of any legally protected status or subjected to prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, such factors as race, ethnic or national origin, citizenship and immigration status, color, sex, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, creed, religion, arrest and/or conviction record, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression and/or identity, an individual’s genetic information, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Cornell University embraces diversity in its workforce and seeks job candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds. We hire based on merit, and encourage people from historically underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply. Consistent with federal law, Cornell engages in affirmative action in employment for qualified protected veterans as defined in the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRRA). We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations in accordance with applicable law.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,916 open Communications jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$80–92K/yr
- New York median$104–145K/yr145 salary ranges
- US median$107–162K/yr967 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $86K, is 31% below the New York median midpoint ($124K) — in the lowest quarter of Communications salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 232 open Communications jobs in New York and 1,916 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Orchestra9 open
- City of New York8 open
- Daniel J. Edelman, Inc.8 open
- Experience
- Communications postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (1,180 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 794 of the 1,916 open Communications jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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