COMM SPEC 3 bei UCSF Health

• Content & Brand Alignment: Develops narrative-driven stories highlighting employees, teams, and initiatives that reflect UCSF Health’s values and priorities. Captures and translates complex initiatives (e.g., construction, modernization, culture-building efforts) into accessible, human-centered narratives. Works with the Director of Editorial and Digital Strategy to align storytelling with the department’s editorial calendar.
• Strategic Storytelling & Content Creation: Provide on-the-ground content support for milestone events, employee features, or cultural initiatives. 
• Multimedia Production: Sources or collaborates on photography, video, and graphics that enhance written content.
• Editorial Workflows & Messaging Standards: Conduct interviews, write profiles and stories, and produce series and campaigns for use across internal and external channels. Maintains and updates UCSF Health’s boilerplate, fact sheets, at-a-glance materials, and FAQs. Develops and refreshes system messaging documents that ensure alignment across leadership, campaigns, and communications teams. Ensure content reflects UCSF Health’s tone, accessibility standards, and editorial guidelines.
• Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partners with Strategy, Marketing, and the Office of Communications to ensure institutional consistency in core content. Collaborates with internal communication and change communication colleagues to ensure stories advance strategic initiatives. Supports enterprise communications campaigns by producing relevant content and features. Partners with teams across UCSF and UCSF Health to surface stories that are relevant to the health system.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.  Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors, including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.  The annual salary range for this position is $81,300-$172,300, with a target entry point of $115,650+ depending on experience.  To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public affairs, or a related field, or four years of equivalent experience.
• Five or more years of experience developing narrative and editorial content for strategic communications. 
• Excellent writing, interviewing, and editing skills, with a demonstrated ability to produce clear, compelling stories. 
• Experience creating both human-centered content and core organizational messaging. 
• Strong editorial judgment and ability to connect content to broader institutional goals. 
• Familiarity with healthcare, higher education, or other complex, mission-driven environments. 
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven setting. 
• Comfort working independently and collaboratively with diverse stakeholders. 
• The ability to work onsite in our San Francisco office for a min. of three days a week or more.

• Experience writing for an academic health system, hospital, or large nonprofit. 
• Knowledge of employee engagement or change communications strategies. 
• Familiarity with digital publishing tools and content management systems. 
• Experience partnering with creative/media colleagues on photography or video content. 
• Commitment to creating a culture of belonging and access through storytelling.