Responsibilities

• Establish communications with faculty and staff regarding student, department, and event information.
• Provide form(s) to faculty/staff requesting information and detailed description of upcoming events involving VASJ High School students and/or staff.
• Meet with the calendar coordinator to avoid conflicts in usage of facilities.
• Attend Administrative weekly meetings to keep the team advised and be advised of events or event changes.
• Meet with individual administrators and department heads to receive information regarding their events and how events are best promoted and to whom.
• Establish and maintain a communicative relationship with local media.
• Provide to press, website, church bulletins (when applicable) information, photos, and video necessary to promote VASJ student(s), staff member(s), or event(s)
• Create, implement, and evaluate Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School marketing and communications strategy in collaboration with the President.
• Coordinate and set up press conferences. Have press releases and photos prepared for reporters and/or broadcasters. Meet with students (and parents if deemed necessary) and/or staff members prior to press interviews of conferences. Discuss the “dos & don’ts” in representing the best interests of individuals and VASJ.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nonprofit management, communications, marketing, public relations or business.
• Familiarity of the teachings, traditions and values of the Catholic Church, formation and Catholic Education. Enthusiasm to uphold those teachings, traditions and values.
• Ability to strongly support the mission of VIlla Angela-St. Joseph High School and develop and sustain a commitment to the charisms of the Marianist and Ursuline sponsorships of the school.
• Excellent communication skills. Expertise and experience in social media and marketing and opportunities for engagement.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in different stages of progress toward meeting deadlines.
• Ability to engage, lead and motivate.
• Expertise in responding to phone, email, text, video and social media inquiries from internal and external sources related to communications and marketing of VASJ.
• Present a high level of professionalism, poise, sensitivity and support in a variety of situations.