Job Summary:

The UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center seeks a Communications Specialist 3 to lead strategic communications that advance the center's mission in research, clinical care, education, and community engagement. This position develops and implements integrated communications strategies that increase public understanding of brain health, dementia, and aging; elevate the center's scientific and clinical impact; and strengthen relationships with patients, families, collaborators, donors, and community partners.

Reporting to the Fein Memory and Aging Center Director of Communications, the Communications Specialist serves as a strategic communications partner across the center, leading multimedia storytelling, digital communications, media relations, website and social media management, project management, and cross-functional communications initiatives. The position collaborates with faculty, clinicians, researchers, staff, and institutional partners—including the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) and the Community Outreach Program (COP)—to translate complex science into accurate, accessible, and engaging communications for diverse audiences.

A key area of responsibility includes supporting interdisciplinary initiatives in NeuroArts, including communications related to neuroaesthetics research and the application of the arts to promote brain health, dementia care, and community engagement, by developing creative communications strategies, fostering partnerships, and producing multimedia content that promotes brain health, reduces stigma associated with dementia, and expands community engagement. The position manages multiple concurrent projects, coordinates internal and external stakeholders, and ensures communications align with UCSF standards and the center's strategic priorities.

Department Overview:

The UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center is a leading center for research, clinical care, education, and community engagement focused on neurodegenerative diseases, healthy aging, and brain health. The center brings together clinicians, researchers, educators, and community partners to advance scientific discovery, improve patient care, and promote brain health across the lifespan.

As part of its interdisciplinary mission, the Fein Memory and Aging Center has developed a growing portfolio of NeuroArts initiatives that integrate creative practice with neuroscience research, clinical care, and public engagement. Through collaborations with artists, cultural organizations, and community partners, these initiatives explore how the arts can deepen understanding of the lived experience of dementia, reduce stigma, communicate scientific discoveries, support brain health, and foster meaningful connections between science and society.

The center's NeuroArts initiatives are supported through partnerships with the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), the Community Outreach Program (COP), Gallery 190, artist residencies, and investigator-led research programs. Working across visual arts, music, dance, theater, film, literature, and other creative disciplines, these collaborations are rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area while contributing to a growing national and international network advancing the role of the arts in brain health and dementia care.

About UCSF

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world’s leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.

Pride Values

UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence – also known as our PRIDE values.

In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity – both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available here.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

Salary Information

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.

Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

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NeuroArts Communications Specialist