VISUAL COMM SPEC 4

Department Description: 

The School is committed to providing outstanding, integrated patient-centered care, preparing the next generation of clinicians and scientists for a rapidly evolving health care system, leading the world in scientific discovery and its translation into improved patient care and public health, creating and maintaining a supportive work and learning environment that attracts the best faculty, staff, students and trainees who can meet the changing needs of the School, society and profession, and optimizing resources to support strategic objectives and maximize stakeholder value.  

 We provide comprehensive oral health care services with over 120,000 patient visits per year.  We offer a four-year DDS program as well as a two-year program for international dentists that culminates in the DDS degree.  We have numerous specialty residencies, PhD and Master’s degree programs in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, a combined DDS-PhD program, and a combined PhD-dental specialty training program. Other graduate programs include Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology and Bioengineering, and a DDS/MBA program. The School is one of the preeminent oral and craniofacial research enterprises in the world, ranking number one in National Institute of Health funding for 25 consecutive years.  

UCSF Dental Center

UCSF Dental Center is a cohesive entity within the structure of UCSF’s School of Dentistry that oversees and operates all clinical activities in the dental school. Its primary goal is to provide outstanding, seamless, cutting-edge patient-centered care. The Dental Center also aims to provide state of the art clinical experiences and education to students; deliver cost-effective dental health care; and generate resources for reinvestment in the School of Dentistry’s educational, clinical and scholarship missions. UCSF Dental Center’s primary services include all advanced dental specialty programs, and the general dentistry and specialty faculty practices. A majority of the Dental Center’s clinical facilities are located at the Parnassus Campus, with affiliated clinics at Buchanan Dental Center and an additional presence at Mission Bay and the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

Job Summary:

The Visual Communications Specialist plays a key role in advancing UCSF School of Dentistry’s (SOD) mission areas by designing and producing high-impact visual content for internal and external audiences. This position supports communication campaigns that range from employee engagement and institutional initiatives to the launch and promotion of new healthcare clinics and academic programs.

The Specialist will create visuals that effectively communicate across multiple environments—digital, print, and physical spaces—ensuring accessibility and impact for audiences both on and off campus and in clinic, including those who may not be desk-based.