Position Summary The Office of Research and Innovation (OR&I) is a Major Administrative Unit (MAU) with more than 500 employees who support MSU’s research and creative activity by administering research funding, ensuring research integrity for both faculty and students, providing grant support services, fostering collaboration, licensing university inventions, and overseeing regulatory compliance. The Communications Manager I is responsible for managing the strategic marketing initiatives and brand oversight for the Plant Resilience Institute (PRI). This position ensures that communication initiatives focus on the institutes’ primary goals and objectives. The person in this position will enhance recognition of MSU in addressing plant resilience to environmental challenge