Director of Graduate Marketing and Campaigns

Bethlehem, PA (Hybrid)

$84K/yr – $102K/yrDirector/Executive5+ years expFull time

Posted 9 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and drive the university-wide graduate digital marketing program, leading SEO, paid media, and CRM-enabled prospect journeys while coordinating with colleges and university communications to ensure brand-aligned enrollment growth.

  • Oversee multi-channel marketing strategy for graduate programs
  • Partner with external agencies and internal teams to deliver measurable outcomes
  • Establish and report on performance metrics for senior leadership

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute university-wide graduate digital marketing strategy across Lehigh's full graduate program portfolio
  • Lead SEO and AEO initiatives to strengthen organic visibility and answer-engine presence for graduate programs
  • Plan, manage, and optimize paid media campaigns across search, display, and social channels
  • Oversee CRM-connected acquisition workflows, ensuring prospective student journeys are personalized, timely, and conversion-focused
  • Coordinate with individual colleges to align program-level messaging with institution-wide enrollment priorities
  • Partner with University Communications to maintain brand consistency across all graduate marketing touchpoints
  • Collaborate with Enrollment Systems to ensure data integrity, tracking accuracy, and technology enablement across campaigns
  • Manage relationships with external marketing and media agency partners, holding them accountable to agreed deliverables and outcomes
  • Build and maintain a performance reporting framework, translating campaign data into clear insights for senior enrollment leadership
  • Report directly to the Executive Director of Graduate Enrollment Strategy, contributing to institution-level enrollment growth planning

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Higher Education Administration, or a related field
  • Master's Degree preferred
  • At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in digital marketing, enrollment marketing, higher education marketing, or a related field
  • Experience with SEO, digital advertising, content marketing, marketing analytics, CRM platforms such as Slate, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, SEMrush or similar tools preferred
  • Proven ability to coordinate across academic and administrative units without losing momentum
  • Strong analytical orientation, with experience turning performance data into enrollment strategy
  • A track record of managing external agency relationships and holding partners to outcomes
  • Experience operating in a multi-college or portfolio environment requiring both diplomacy and decisiveness

Preferred

  • Master's Degree preferred

Benefits

  • strong retirement contributions
  • generous tuition benefits for employees and dependents
  • substantial paid leave
  • meaningful investment in professional development
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Lehigh University

Lehigh is a premier residential research university, ranked in the top tier of national research universities each year. We are a coeducational, nondenominational, private university that offers a rigorous academic environment for undergraduate and graduate students from across the globe.Lehigh offers majors and programs in five colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Health, the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science and the College of Education.More than 5,000 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students call Lehigh home. Located in Pennsylvania’s scenic Lehigh Valley, the campus is in close proximity to both New York City and Philadelphia. Lehigh is comprised of 2,358 acres, making it one of the largest private universities in the country. Since 1865, generations of students have chosen Lehigh for their educational experience. They know Lehigh is a place where they can make strong personal connections with faculty, conduct research in diverse fields of study, thrive in a dynamic campus community, form lasting bonds with Lehigh alumni, and learn from their own life experiences.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
4.5K employees

Salaries

Posted range

$84K/yr – $102K/yr

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Marketing Team

Median Tenure
8.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$5M
Last Raise
$5M
Grant, 7 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2019
    Grant • $5M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
973.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$615K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.8%
Direct
27%
Referral
4.5%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~4.5K

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Director of Graduate Marketing and Campaigns

Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA · Hybrid