Responsibilities

• Leads the operational execution and event management of all high-visibility events, campus-wide Career Fairs, and strategic signature programs.
• Provides strategic oversight and collaborative support across the Center's event and programming portfolio, ensuring effective logistical execution and impact.
• Oversees the comprehensive execution of event logistics for all major Career Development Center events, including event registrations, space reservations, vendor and supplier management, event layout planning, and staffing.
• Manages high-profile internal/external stakeholder relationships, ensuring strong engagement and partnership continuity.
• Directs and executes high-volume, effective on-campus promotional and outreach campaigns to maximize event awareness and student engagement.
• Manages the selection and management of all internal/external event and marketing vendors, ensuring compliance with the University Procurement office.
• Collaborate with campus partners to ensure optimal event management, experience, and attendance.
• Effectively leads programming and event execution within a defined budget.
• In conjunction with the leadership and functional teams, develops a comprehensive event calendar and manages implementation of all initiatives across the academic year.
• Experience: Intentionally enhances the user experience (UX) and impact at all events, ensuring a seamless and high-quality environment for attendees.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations or related field or equivalent experience/training. SUBSTITUTION: A high school diploma and two additional years of work experience may substitute for Bachelor’s degree, at the rate of one year of work experience is equivalent to two years of higher education.
• Minimum of three (3) years of related experience in event management and/or marketing strategy. SUBSTITUTION: A Master’s degree may substitute for up to one year of required work experience.
• Proven ability to lead strategic planning for integrated events and marketing initiatives, demonstrating the ability to drive concepts from ideation through implementation.
• Demonstrated leadership with the ability to provide direction, mentorship, and oversight to student employees, project teams, or professional staff.
• Proven experience in working with creative and cross-functional teams, meeting high-volume production deadlines.
• Relevant combinations of skills and experience will be considered.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in a related field or extensive experience in marketing, communications and event planning
• Experience within a higher education setting.
• Experience with Canva
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
• Experience with photography and studio lighting
• Experience with videography
• Website Content Management System experience; Specifically Cascade Server CMS
• Experience with Notion

Benefits

• The University of San Diego offers a very competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, a retirement contribution given to you by the University, and access to on-campus Fitness Centers.