Jes Scott, Social Media Coordinator - University of Victoria

Jes Scott is the Social Media Coordinator at the University of Victoria. UVic is located on an island off the west coast of Canada.

In her role at UVic, Jes develops and implements an overall social media strategy for the university. She is also working on building a collaborative environment with departments across campus to help them use social media effectively. Although this coordinator position was created less than a year ago, she’s worked UVic for over ten years.

Jes has a masters of Communication from Simon Fraser University. Her thesis explored how social media users negotiate self-censorship when advocating for social and political change. She is also an alum of Higher Ed Experts’ professional certificate programs in social media marketing for higher ed and social media measurement for higher ed.