{"id":5228,"date":"2024-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=5228"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:02:52","slug":"information-specialist-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/information-specialist-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Specialist 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>17774 (NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv)<br \/>\n22431 (NE H NI SEIU 925 Non Supv)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFINITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under technical direction, participate in writing and editing assignments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Positions in this class write drafts of and edit standard communications material. Work is performed under direction of a senior information specialist or equivalent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under established guidelines, gather background information by research and personal interviews, and write drafts of newsletters, brochures, publicity releases (radio, TV, newspapers, etc.), proposals, speeches, memoranda, etc.;<\/p>\n<p>Assist in liaison work between clients, publication and production personnel; arrange for distribution of communications material;<\/p>\n<p>Translate statistical reports, research documents, abstracts\/concepts, and verbal directions into prose and pictorial concepts;<\/p>\n<p>Edit copy for style and accuracy of material;<\/p>\n<p>May prepare layouts and paste-ups; participate in photographic duties; take photographs, etc.;<\/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. Additional full-time writing\/editing experience may substitute year-for-year for educational requirement.<\/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 \/>\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 17774 (NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv) 22431 (NE H NI SEIU 925 Non Supv) DEFINITION Under technical direction, participate in writing and editing assignments. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS Positions in this class write drafts of and edit standard communications material. Work is performed under direction of a senior information specialist or equivalent. TYPICAL WORK Under established guidelines, gather background information by research and personal interviews, and write drafts of newsletters, brochures, publicity releases (radio, TV, newspapers,&#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-5228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5228","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=5228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11681,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5228\/revisions\/11681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}