Innovation Media Strategist and Storytelling Associate Director

LexLab is hiring a part-time Innovation Media Strategist & Storytelling Director (“Medial Strategist”) to help extend our voice across digital, press, and partner channels by finding the right stories, sharpening the message, and ensuring it travels to the right ears. This role is part strategist, part editor, part reporter, part producer. It is for someone who writes well, thinks clearly, moves quickly, and has strong instincts about what makes people pay attention, and highly passionate about getting the word out about our meaningful work. Someone curious about law, innovation, startups, legal education, AI, and the changing market and business of law. Someone who wants to help create new opportunities for students and practitioners.

LexLab seeks a Media Strategist who has excellent judgment, cares about language, moves quickly, is curious about the future of law, is self-directed and comfortable working with smart and busy people, cares about students and learning, and is mission-driven.

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum four years of relevant professional experience in communications, journalism, digital content, marketing, public relations, or a related field.
• Experience developing and executing communications, media, or content strategies for an organization, publication, company, university, nonprofit, or similar organization.
• Experience creating, writing, and editing digital and social media content.
• Experience developing content from programs, events, initiatives, or organizational activities and translating complex information into clear and engaging stories.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders, including faculty, students, staff, senior leaders, partners, or community members. Experience in the technology industry or in legal technology is helpful but not required.

• Excellent writing, editing, and headline judgment.
• Experience managing social or digital content for an organization, publication, company, school, nonprofit, or community.
• Familiarity with the platforms used by professional, academic, startup, legal, or policy audiences.
• Ability to translate complex ideas into clear, engaging content.
• Comfort creating or coordinating lightweight visuals, short-form video, quote cards, carousels, clips, or simple explainers.
• Experience managing an editorial calendar and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to identify strong external story angles and draft clear press releases, pitch notes, media advisories, or announcement copy.
• Comfort building and maintaining targeted media lists for reporters, editors, newsletters, podcasts, partner organizations, and other external audiences.
• Ability to work with faculty, students, founders, senior leaders, partners, communications colleagues, and external media contacts.
• Familiarity with analytics, audience feedback, and performance tracking.
• Strong organizational skills and sound professional judgment.

Interested candidates should include the following with their application:

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• Three writing or content samples.
• Portfolio or links to relevant digital work. This may include social media content, short-form video, newsletters, web writing, visual storytelling, campaign work, press materials, or examples of making complex ideas accessible.
  

Applicants who meet the position requirements will be competitively evaluated to identify the individuals whose breadth and depth of experience and education most closely relate to the stated requirements and the needs of the College. Depending on the quality and number of the applications received, only the better qualified applicants may be contacted for an interview. The position is open until filled.

The skills listed above are comprehensive, and we understand there are great candidates who possess only a subset of those skills, or who have other important skills. If you match some of these skills, please do not hesitate to apply.

UC Law SF is an equal opportunity employer. UC Law SF strives to provide a diverse and inclusive educational environment that fosters cultural awareness, mutual understanding and respect. UC Law SF is interested in candidates who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their teaching. Qualified women and members of underrepresented minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.