Senior Director Enrollment Communications & Engagement

Denton, TX (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead enrollment communications for the UNT System, aligning messaging across platforms to support recruitment, retention, and student success.

  • Must-have: Bachelor's and eight years of related experience; ability to plan and supervise work.
  • Standout: Partners with division leadership and external partners to shape priorities and implementation plans.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Provides leadership for enrollment communications, ensuring alignment with divisional priorities and accountability for measurable outcomes related to recruitment and retention.
  • Oversees communication planning, content oversight, and editorial direction across multiple technology platforms to ensure timely, accurate, and audience appropriate messaging that supports enrollment goals, institutional priorities, and established branding and messaging standards.
  • Directs strategic communication and outreach efforts designed to support movement of students through key stages of the enrollment lifecycle, with responsibility for assessing communication effectiveness and recommending improvements based on performance data and identified needs in collaboration with campus stakeholders.
  • Directs employee communication initiatives that support awareness of divisional priorities, strengthen internal communication practices, and contribute to professional development, engagement, and organizational effectiveness in accordance with University and UNT System policies and procedures.
  • Serves as a strategic partner to division leadership and external partners in the development of communication priorities and implementation plans that support recruitment, retention, student success, and other division and University objectives.
  • Develops and oversees processes for evaluating communication effectiveness using assessment methods, performance indicators, reporting tools, and continuous improvement practices, and uses findings to inform decision making, planning, and resource alignment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's and eight years of closely related professional experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Knowledge of effective managerial methods and techniques to establish and maintain an effective workforce.
  • Ability to plan, assign and supervise the work of subordinates.
  • Ability to conceptualize and make sound business decisions.
  • Strong presentation skills.
  • Strong problem-solving skills.
  • Strong critical thinking skills.
  • Strong planning and project management skills.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders both verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships.

Benefits

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University of North Texas System

The University of North Texas System includes the University of North Texas in Denton, the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth and the University of North Texas at Dallas. The UNT System Administration is based in Downtown Dallas. UNTS is governed by a Board of Regents appointed by the Governor of Texas and is the only Texas public university system headquartered in the vibrant North Texas region. The three independent universities of the UNT System have combined enrollment exceeding 42,000 students across five major teaching locations, including each main campus, as well as Frisco and Downtown Dallas. UNTS institutions award more than 9,000 degrees each year – including the largest number of master’s and doctoral degrees in the region. Overall, the UNT System boosts the Texas economy by nearly $5.2 billion each year.

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