Marketing - Assistant Teaching Professor at Sacred Heart University | Fairfield, CT

Sacred Heart University

Marketing - Assistant Teaching Professor

Fairfield, CT (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead the graduate marketing program, overseeing curriculum management, admissions support, and teaching a 4-4 load while driving recruitment and retention.

Oversee curriculum, faculty development, budget, and program quality.
Must-have: MBA or related master’s degree with at least 5 years in marketing and martech.
Standout: University-level teaching and program-growth experience.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Oversee all aspects of the graduate program in marketing, including curriculum management, faculty recruitment and development, budget oversight, and continuous improvement to ensure academic quality.
Participate in admissions by reviewing applications, advising students, managing course scheduling, and supporting student success from enrollment through graduation.
Collaborate with Graduate Admissions, Marketing Communications and other university offices to drive recruitment, enhance retention, and promote the program’s visibility through events, outreach, and strategic initiatives.
Teach a 4-4 teaching load, maintaining direct engagement with students while fostering a strong academic community.

Requirements

An earned MBA or masters degree in a related discipline.
Minimum of 5 years professional marketing experience
Experience in marketing technology (martech) ecosystems and stack architecture, including conducting structured martech assessments and selecting, integrating, and operationalizing martech platforms.
Expertise in digital marketing (e.g., promotion, e-commerce, analytics, design, brand management).

Preferred

Five years or more of senior-level management experience and recognition as an authority in marketing.
University-level teaching experience with a record of developing courses, updating curriculum, and using online/digital learning platforms effectively.
Experience integrating emerging technologies into both instruction and program development.
A background in academic program growth, including curriculum planning, faculty collaboration, and new course or program design.
A student-focused mindset with a commitment to mentoring, advising, and supporting graduate student engagement and success.
Strong communication skills, with experience guiding students through admissions, course planning, and progression to graduation.
Proven entrepreneurial or industry leadership experience in building brands, growing organizations, or managing marketing teams.
Service in leadership roles for academic or professional organizations, including responsibilities in budgets, events, or promotions.

Sacred Heart University

We believe that our purposed faith, our commitment to passionate service and our relentless pursuit and embrace of intellectual exchange are the essential elements of Sacred Heart University as an institution and as a community. At our core, we remain focused on the preservation and transmission of the liberal arts and Catholic intellectual traditions.These values compel us as educators and scholars to continually create more diverse and challenging programs, internships and opportunities for our students and for ourselves that are based in the pursuit of truth and knowledge.Our belief in the unlimited potential of every member of the Sacred Heart community has led us to pursue nothing less than uncompromising integrity, courageous leadership and overall excellence from our students, alumni, faculty and staff.Our unwavering belief in the dignity and worth of every human being emboldens us to become fearless in our intellectual discovery, inquiry, understanding and tolerance of a universe of ideas, ethics, problems, differences and similarities.Together we live, learn, grow and serve as individuals that passionately embody the values of Sacred Heart University in our intellectual, personal, professional and spiritual lives.We are Pioneers for the common good. We are committed to creating a better future for others, our community and our world.SHU is the second-largest Catholic university in New England and was the first in America to be led and staffed by lay people. More than 6,400 students attend the University; the fall 2011 enrollment included 3,488 full-time undergraduates, 685 part-time undergraduates and 2,234 graduate students including the Luxembourg campus.

Founded in 1963

Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

3.3K employees (215 in marketing)

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