{"id":5226,"date":"2024-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=5226"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:02:51","slug":"information-specialist-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/information-specialist-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Specialist 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>17775 (NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv)<br \/>\n22432 (NE H NI SEIU 925 Non Supv)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFINITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perform writing and editing assignments in the development, preparation, and dissemination of communications material.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Positions in this class have responsibility for writing and editing communications material which requires special knowledge as well as initiative and judgment. Work independently under general supervision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gather background information by research and personal interviews and write newsletters, brochures, publicity releases (radio, TV, newspapers, etc.), proposals, speeches, memoranda, etc.;<\/p>\n<p>Provide liaison between client, publication, and production personnel to arrange for distribution of communications material;<\/p>\n<p>Translate statistical reports, research documents, abstract concepts, and verbal directions into prose and pictorial form;<\/p>\n<p>Edit copy to check for appropriateness of style and accuracy of material;<\/p>\n<p>May perform photographic duties;<\/p>\n<p>Perform related duties as required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bachelor of Arts&#8217; Degree in Communications, English, Journalism, or related field, AND two years of writing\/editing experience. Additional full-time writing\/editing experience may substitute, year-for-year, for educational requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>02\/07\/1973: New Class<br \/>\n12\/14\/1973: Revise Class<br \/>\n07\/02\/1990: Revise MQ<br \/>\n05\/01\/2000: New to CSA<br \/>\n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP 17775 (NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv) 22432 (NE H NI SEIU 925 Non Supv) DEFINITION Perform writing and editing assignments in the development, preparation, and dissemination of communications material. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Positions in this class have responsibility for writing and editing communications material which requires special knowledge as well as initiative and judgment. Work independently under general supervision. TYPICAL WORK Gather background information by research and personal interviews and write newsletters, brochures, publicity releases&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11680,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5226\/revisions\/11680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}