Project & CRM Operations Specialist - Office of Communications for Enrollment Management (OCEM)

Duties and Responsibilities Project Management & Coordination Manage project intake, ensuring requests include clear objectives, scope, audiences, deliverables, timelines, and other necessary information. Coordinate and track projects from intake through completion, maintaining accurate project status, milestones, deadlines, and deliverables. Route and prioritize work within established OCEM workflows and help ensure projects align with unit priorities and goals. Coordinate schedules, meetings, approvals, and other project needs with teammates and stakeholders. Identify potential delays, dependencies, or bottlenecks and escalate issues when needed. Close completed projects, ensuring final deliverables, results, and documentation are appropriately recorded and archived. Coordinate collection of project and campaign metrics and support regular reporting and sharing of results. CRM & Slate Operations Build, test, and execute communications, events, forms, and other operational processes within Slate. Support audience management and segmentation, including queries and populations as appropriate. Review and test Slate communications and processes to ensure accuracy and proper functionality before launch. Maintain organized and consistent communications, templates, folders, events, and other assets within Slate. Troubleshoot routine Slate issues and coordinate resolution with teammates and stakeholders. Maintain documentation and follow established standards for CRM operations. Purchasing, Vendor & Production Coordination Serve as the primary purchasing card holder for OCEM, making and documenting authorized purchases in accordance with university policies and procedures. Maintain accurate purchasing records, receipts, reconciliations, and supporting documentation. Coordinate with external vendors for printing, mailing, promotional materials, and other products and services. Manage quotes, specifications, schedules, proofs, deliverables, and other vendor-related details. Coordinate and provide on-site support for communications and multimedia productions, including scheduling, locations, equipment, setup and breakdown, transportation and handling of production gear, participant coordination, and other production needs. Attend multimedia shoots as needed to provide hands-on production and logistical support. Assist with identifying, scheduling, and coordinating students, faculty, staff, and other participants for photo and video productions. Track expenditures and support inventory management as needed. Documentation & Information Management Serve as a steward of OCEM documentation centers, shared files, and other knowledge resources. Develop and maintain clear, intuitive organizational structures for files, documentation, templates, and shared resources. Establish and document conventions for file organization, naming, storage, archiving, and related practices. Regularly review and maintain shared documentation spaces to ensure information remains current, organized, accessible, and easy to navigate. Help teammates understand where information belongs, how resources are organized, and where authoritative information can be found. Archive or remove outdated and duplicate materials in accordance with applicable records-management practices. Process Improvement & Operational Support Develop and maintain documentation for project workflows, Slate processes, purchasing procedures, vendor processes, and other recurring operations. Identify recurring issues, inefficiencies, and opportunities to improve workflows. Help establish and reinforce consistent project management and operational practices across OCEM. Collaborate with teammates to improve tools, processes, and systems that increase efficiency and reliability.