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Marketing & Communications Specialist

Creative Circle
Boston, MA Contractor
POSTED ON 4/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/16/2026

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Our higher education client is seeking a Marketing and Communications Specialist to join their IT department for a 12 month hybrid assignment in Boston, MA. The Marketing and Communications Specialist supports an IT Services organization by planning and delivering coordinated, high-quality content across key communication channels. This mid-level role focuses heavily on AI enablement, shaping how a university community understands, adopts, and uses technology tools and services. The Specialist serves as a bridge between technical teams and non-technical audiences, translating complex topics into clear, practical, and audience-focused communications while maintaining a broader content strategy that supports IT services, initiatives, and operational needs.

The Basics
Duration: 12 month assignment 
Hours per week: Full-time, approximately 40 hours per week
Location requirements: Hybrid in Boston, MA

Required Qualifications

  • Strong experience in a mid-level marketing, communications, or content role with exceptional writing and editing skills
  • Proven ability to plan, manage, and execute editorial calendars and content strategies across multiple channels
  • Demonstrated success communicating technical or complex topics clearly to non-technical audiences, with comfort using AI tools in daily work

Other Qualifications
Experience with technology, AI, or digital services communications is highly valued. Familiarity with web content management systems, email marketing platforms, analytics tools, UX writing, or accessibility standards is a plus. Candidates with experience using AI for drafting, editing, research, or workflow optimization, as well as those with exposure to multimedia or visual storytelling, will be well positioned for this role.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain an integrated content strategy aligned with IT Services priorities, including AI-related initiatives
  • Plan, manage, and execute editorial calendars across web, email, and digital channels, including ownership of a monthly newsletter
  • Write, edit, and deliver clear, practical content that explains AI tools, use cases, governance, and responsible use
  • Serve as an editor and content advisor, coordinating with stakeholders to ensure accuracy, clarity, and alignment
  • Create and edit content for web, email, digital interfaces, print, and user-facing systems
  • Support and maintain digital channels, including websites and social platforms, using data and analytics to optimize performance
  • Partner with technical teams and campus stakeholders to support communications for projects, service updates, and change initiatives
  • Actively use AI tools to improve content quality, efficiency, and overall communication impact

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.

Email Your Resume In Word To
asella@creativecircle.com
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Ashley Sella - Senior Recruiter, National Delivery

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.This is a new role.

This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 04/16/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Our hiring process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications. Recruiters review all results.  Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.

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