Responsibilities

• Develops and leads the execution of an enterprise communications strategy that advances institutional priorities, supports long-term strategic goals, and strengthens the university's reputation.
• Establishes and leads an Enterprise Communications Collaborative/Council to foster alignment, coordination, and shared planning among the distributed communications infrastructure and communications professionals across the institution.
• Creates and oversees communications governance frameworks, standards, policies, and processes that support effective enterprise-wide communication planning and execution.
• Directs the development of enterprise messaging frameworks that align institutional priorities, executive communications, and strategic initiatives across the university.
• Serves as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on communications strategies impacting multiple internal and external stakeholder groups and organizational priorities.
• Advises executive leaders, communications teams, and the President's Office on institutional communications alignment for major initiatives and announcements, ensuring consistency with enterprise messaging frameworks, standards and strategic priorities.
• Oversee the development and implementation of multi-year communications strategies that support institutional transformation, change management, and enterprise-wide initiatives within a large, distributed communications environment.
• Leads stakeholder engagement and communications planning for integration efforts, and management of integration publications.
• Owns effectiveness of organizational change communications and recommends strategies that strengthen alignment and engagement.
• Advises executive leadership in building an alignment strategy for communications and messaging between the university and UT Health San Antonio to advance shared institutional priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• Ten (10) years of marketing, communications, or PR experience reflecting increased responsibilities over time.
• This position may require the ability to maintain the security and integrity of UT San Antonio and its infrastructure per Texas EO-GA-48.

Preferred

• Master's Degree in a related field.
• Twelve (12) years of marketing, communications, or PR experience reflecting increased responsibilities over time.