Under the direction of the Superintendent, this position assumes responsibility for developing and coordinating the dissemination of information to the public; manages district-level social media; writes articles and notices for submission to newspapers and a variety of publications; maintains contact with media representatives; attends school board meetings and publishes a summary; writes, designs, and distributes the District's community newsletter, as well as a monthly internal newsletter; provides speech writing services to administrators and Board of Trustees; designs and distributes informational brochures and flyers; assists with special events and projects; represents WSD at school site, district and community events; serves as District photographer and videographer; and assists with employee recognition programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A. Education experience (1) Graduation from an accredited four-year college/university with a major in journalism, public relations, media relations, English, communications, or other related field of endeavor required. (2) Three years experience in journalism, advertising, marketing, public relations, media writing, communications, as a public information officer, or other similar employment preferred. B. Equivalencies: 1. Additional experience beyond that required in A.3 (above) may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of two years. 2. Graduate-level education beyond that required in A.2 (above) may be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of two years.