Information Technology Communications Manager

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IT Communications Manager

Location: Princeton, NJ |Onsite

Pay: $60–$70/hour

Schedule: 36.25 hours per week

Contract: 6 months

Start: ASAP

Our client is seeking an experienced IT Communications Manager for a 6-month contract opportunity in Princeton, NJ. The ideal candidate will have exceptional writing and editing skills, experience supporting senior executives, and the ability to translate complex technical information into clear, accessible communications for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Draft and edit emails, announcements, presentations, talking points, and other communications for the CIO and senior IT leaders.
• Explain technical, cybersecurity, and operational information in clear, easy-to-understand language.
• Coordinate communications during cybersecurity incidents, major IT outages, and other technology issues.
• Prepare incident notifications, status updates, and resolution messages as situations change.
• Develop communication plans for new technology services, system updates, maintenance, and service changes.
• Create emails, FAQs, website content, announcements, and support materials for different audiences.
• Work with IT leadership, technical teams, cybersecurity professionals, the Service Desk, and University partners.
• Update OIT websites and ensure content is accurate, accessible, and current.

Required Qualifications

• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Demonstrated experience developing communications for senior executives.
• Experience translating complex technical information for nontechnical audiences.
• Experience creating content for email, websites, presentations, FAQs, and other digital channels.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently, and exercise sound judgment in sensitive or rapidly changing situations.

Strongly Preferred

• Experience managing multiple communications projects and coordinating input from diverse stakeholders.
• Experience supporting IT initiatives, system changes, cybersecurity incidents, or major service outages.
• Higher education experience.
• Drupal or other web content management system experience.
• ServiceNow familiarity.

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