Responsibilities

• Works with the Dean and the leadership team of the School to develop and implement an integrated strategic communications plan to advance the School’s brand and increase awareness of its programs, activities, and mission. The plan will identify priority audiences, messages, channels, responsibilities, an editorial schedule, and measures of success.
• Works directly and regularly with Department Chairs to understand departmental priorities, upcoming initiatives, events, accomplishments, recruitment needs, and opportunities for communication and promotion. Meets with the Chairs collectively or individually at least four times each academic year( twice per semester) to maintain consistent communication between the departments and the School’s communications efforts.
• Provides editorial direction and brand management to enhance School brand and reputation.
• Provides oversight of the School’s marketing and communications materials. Establishes and manages a process for review and feedback on visual communications, actively seeking input from School leadership to help ensure materials appropriately represent the School and its programs.
• Develops a communications strategy for increasing the visibility of faculty research, scholarship, and creative activity across Architecture & Design, identifying opportunities to promote faculty expertise and accomplishments to academic, professional, industry, media, alumni, donor, and public audiences.
• Maintains a clear editorial and project process for intake, prioritization, approvals, production, status updates, publication, and follow-up across web, social media, email, print, media relations, and events.
• Builds and executes systematic and sustainable processes for documenting School outputs, events, lectures, faculty and student research, and activities with alumni, community and industry.
• Maintains an active presence across the School and regularly engages with faculty and students to develop a strong understanding of the School’s programs, people, activities, accomplishments, and culture. Identifies stories and communications opportunities through direct engagement with the School community rather than relying solely on submitted content.
• Attends key School events, Annual Board Meetings, lectures, exhibitions, reviews, student activities, and other activities as appropriate to identify and capture stories, moments, quotes, achievements, and other content for use across School communications.
• Meets regularly with faculty across Architecture and Design to learn about their current and emerging research, scholarship, creative activity, publications, exhibitions, awards, grants, collaborations, and areas of expertise. Proactively identifies opportunities to translate and promote this work through School communications rather than relying solely on faculty to submit stories or requests.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, Business Administration or a related field and five years of related experience
• Previous experience with editing, writing and website maintenance
• At least one year of supervisory experience
• Prior work experience working with a wide range of populations, as demonstrated by application materials and work history
• This position requires a formal degree in the cited discipline area(s) to ensure that candidates have advanced knowledge, analytical skills and professional competencies necessary to perform the duties of the position. The level of degree is commonly recognized as the standard qualification for similar roles in the public and private sector, ensuring that the university remains competitive with industry aligned practices, enhances collaboration with external partners, and supports the delivery of services and programs that meet professional and market-driven expectations.

Preferred

• Experience with AI technologies for predictive analytics and yield modeling; personalized campaigns; and for administrative automation and document processing
• Excellent computer skills and demonstrated interest and capacity in database management
• Experience collaborating with different levels of leadership, including university and school leaderships as demonstrated by application materials and work history
• Experience with strategic communications
• Knowledge of developing surveys and analyzing data for reporting purposes
• Proven experience exercising initiatives, decision-making and self-discipline
• Experience in all or some of the other areas of responsibilities of the position
• Demonstrated effective written communication skills as evidenced by application materials
• Demonstrated organizational skills and demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects and juggle priorities