Director of Marketing and Communications

Salt Lake City, UT (On-site)

$75K/yr – $80K/yrDirector/Executive5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive marketing leadership and brand strategy for a university theatre program, coordinating cross‑functional teams to grow audiences and revenue.

  • Own integrated campaigns across subscriptions, tickets, and group sales.
  • Must-have: 5–7 years in marketing leadership with CRM and ticketing tools.
  • Standout: Experience managing brand, PR, and cross-functional teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead and execute integrated marketing campaigns for all productions, including subscription, single ticket, and group sales strategies that drive revenue and audience growth.
  • Develop and steward PTC's brand strategy, ensuring clear, consistent, and compelling messaging across all platforms and materials.
  • Oversee the creation and execution of marketing and communications content, including digital, print, email, and social media.
  • Lead and direct all press and media relations efforts end-to-end, including strategic planning, cultivating media relationships, developing and distributing press materials, coordinating interviews, and tracking coverage to ensure consistent, impactful storytelling that advances PTC's visibility and institutional goals.
  • Partner with Managing Director to develop and manage the annual marketing budget, ensuring effective and responsible use of resources.
  • Collaborate cross-departmentally—including with Artistic, Development, Education, Patron Services, and Outreach—to ensure alignment of messaging, support fundraising and patron engagement strategies, and advance audience development and retention across all communities.
  • Manage and mentor the marketing and communications team, setting priorities, supporting professional growth, and ensuring effective execution of departmental goals.
  • Performs other duties as assigned to ensure the smooth operations of the marketing and communications department as well as the organization.

Requirements

  • 5-7 years of professional experience in a related marketing and communications leadership role.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related area or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience).
  • Four to six years of progressively more responsible management experience.
  • Background knowledge of hiring department's area of specialization in order to analyze, plan and draw conclusions for recommendations to superiors.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills in planning and directing employees and processes in order to effectively monitor and develop subordinates and to ensure the smooth operation of department.
  • Experience with marketing and CRM tools, including ticketing systems (Spektrix a plus), website management (WordPress), social media platforms, and email marketing (Constant Contact and DotDigital); familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite and related tools preferred.
  • Experience overseeing brand management, public relations, special events, and campaign execution.
  • Ability to travel locally for meetings, events, and press engagements; a valid Utah driver's license (or ability to obtain one) and reliable transportation are required.
  • Availability to work evenings and weekends as needed to support performances and events.

Preferred

  • Master's degree in a related area may be preferred.
  • Proficiency with marketing and CRM tools, including ticketing systems (Spektrix a plus), website management (WordPress), social media platforms, and email marketing (Constant Contact and DotDigital); familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite and related tools preferred.
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The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 31,000 students from across the U.S. and the world. With over 72 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Known for its proximity to seven world-class ski resorts within 40 minutes of campus, the U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty and business leaders.The University of Utah became a member of the PAC-12 conference in July 2011.Technology and CommercializationThe University of Utah is tops in the country for creating start-up companies from university research, according to a ranking by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). See http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/u-of-utah-no-1-for-startups for more information.Forbes magazine’s recent ranking of the “Best States for Business” pointed to “an educated labor force” as a big reason Utah came in at number one. The U supplies many of the employees for companies that keep expanding their operations in Utah, such as Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Omniture, Oracle, Ebay and many others. http://pac12info.utah.edu/commercialization-of-innovation/HealthcareUniversity of Utah Health Care recently ranked first in the nation in a prestigious national study. The University Health System Consortium’s 2010 Quality and Accountability Study compared 98 of the nation’s top academic medical centers and ranked them based on core quality measures, patient safety indicators, mortality rates, re-admission rates, and patient satisfaction scores. See more about University of Utah Health Care at http://healthcare.utah.edu/index.php

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
12K employees (464 in marketing)

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$579.4K
Traffic Source Mix
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45.6%
Direct
47.4%
Referral
5.6%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~12K

Marketing Team

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332 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
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