Position: Communications Coordinator
Central Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon is committed to educating students from
diverse backgrounds in a Catholic community, challenging each individual to live as a Christian
witness in service to others.
Central Catholic offers a wide range of advanced placement and honors classes as well as
support services to assist its 900 students to excel academically. Students grow in faith,
spirituality, service, and character at Central Catholic. We offer a rich program of co-curricular
activities and have a strong base of support from a dedicated staff, loyal alumni, and generous
donors. At Central Catholic, we want students to “Be Challenged. Be Themselves. Belong.”
Essential job functions
REPORTS TO:
CLASSIFICATION:
Director of Development
Exempt
1. Communications:
• Curate materials for the website, Central Catholic Magazine, and all social media
• Continuously update website with detailed, accurate, and timely information in
regard to all school activities
• Develop working relationships with students, parents, teachers, coaches, and
administrators as a way to stay in touch with news sources
• Develop and execute all electronic marketing for important development and
admissions projects/events
• Write articles for the Central Catholic Magazine
• Serve on editing team for the Central Catholic Magazine
• Continuously monitor and update social media
• Produce press releases for all pertinent media outlets
• Manage digital projects in partnership with creative agencies
• Produce web forms and troubleshoot technical issues on the website
• Photography and videography
Job Scope
The Communications Coordinator works as part of the Development team in a fast-paced,
detail oriented environment. They must possess the ability to work under the pressure of
deadlines, maintain flexible hours, and be willing to assist one another as needed, and assist
with and attend development activities and meetings.
Specific Job Skills
♦ Ability to work independently with little
supervision
♦ Requires excellent communication skills
♦ Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
♦ Maintain confidentiality
♦ Must be organized and be able to prioritize
workload to meet demands
♦ Be flexible, creative, responsible
♦ Ability to interact with staff in a positive
manner
♦ Establish and maintain working
relationships with all faculty and staff
♦ Proficiency with content management
systems
♦ Knowledge of photography and video
equipment
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree and 2-3 years experience in media communications. Experience with writing,
preferably for different types of media, e.g. web, social media, and magazine but will consider a
recent graduate with strong sample course work and professor recommendations. Skilled at
editing and proof reading with good research skills. Experience with Adobe Creative Suite,
Sony Vegas Pro (or other video editing software), content management systems (WordPress,
Drupal, etc.), and Blackbaud software a plus.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, talk, reach, sit,
hear, handle, and perform repetitive motions of the fingers, hands, and /or wrists. Must be able
lift and move items up to 20 pounds.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
The Communications Coordinator is required to perform extensive computer work in a school
or office setting. Employee may be required to attend occasional evening events.
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described above are representative of the
physical capabilities that must be met by an employee and the working conditions that an employee
encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made
to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
SUPERVISES: N/A
Employee Signature, Date
Supervisor Signature, Date