Director of Marketing

Cincinnati, OH (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive marketing operations and strategic alignment to deliver scalable college-wide initiatives.

  • Own marketing project management processes, intake, timelines, and cross-functional coordination.
  • Must-have: Three to five years in marketing with project leadership and supervisory experience.
  • Standout: Proven ability to implement integrated marketing systems for efficiency and transparency.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leads and manages all marketing project management processes, including intake, prioritization, timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional coordination. Ensures accountability and transparency across all marketing initiatives.
  • Develops and implements a strategic plan to bring marketing tools in-house and intentionally layer systems (project management, content, digital, and communication tools) to improve efficiency, scalability, and performance.
  • Partners with the Vice President of Advancement to align marketing initiatives with institutional priorities established by executive leadership. Translates strategic direction into executable marketing plans with clear goals, milestones, and outcomes.
  • Supervises and supports marketing staff, providing direction, coaching, performance management, and workload oversight to ensure alignment with departmental goals and standards.
  • Serves as a key liaison between Marketing and internal stakeholders across the college, ensuring coordination, clear communication, and effective implementation of marketing initiatives.
  • Monitors progress, evaluates outcomes, and recommends improvements to marketing processes, tools, and workflows to enhance effectiveness and responsiveness.
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field.
  • Three (3) to five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the marketing field
  • Two (2) to four (4) years of supervisory or management experience
  • Demonstrated experience leading marketing project management and workflows with a high level of accountability and follow-through
  • Ability to receive and act on leadership direction with professionalism, focus, and a solutions-oriented mindset
  • Proven capacity to develop and implement integrated marketing systems and tools that support efficiency, transparency, and scalability
  • Strong leadership and people management skills, with an emphasis on collaboration, coaching, and service-oriented leadership
  • Commitment to providing responsive, solution-focused customer service to internal stakeholders and campus partners, treating departments as internal clients
  • Excellent organizational, communication, and decision-making skills, with the ability to balance strategic priorities and day-to-day execution
  • Ability to manage competing priorities in a complex, fast-paced environment while maintaining a positive, professional, and service-driven approach
  • Detail-oriented, self-motivated, able to work independently and adapt seamlessly to fast-paced, dynamic environments.
  • Skilled in engaging and supporting students from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities effectively and meet tight deadlines.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Forms, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Word)

Preferred

  • Experience partnering with senior leadership on institutional initiatives
  • Openness to creative problem-solving and exploring innovative approaches to marketing solutions while remaining aligned with institutional goals
  • Previous experience in a supervisory or leadership role
  • Previous experience in a community college setting

Benefits

  • Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
  • Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
  • 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
  • Vacation/Sick Time
  • Work-Life Balance
  • 9.5 Paid Holidays
  • 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
  • Employee Assistance Program
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Gateway Community & Technical College

Gateway Community & Technical College is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Gateway enrolls nearly 6,500 students. The college provides transfer and career education and training and offers more than 200 associate degrees, diplomas and certificates in 30 subject areas. Classes are provided at Gateway campuses in Boone County, Covington and Edgewood. Through partnerships with more than 500 local businesses, Gateway provides customized, short-term training to more than 4,000 other people. Gateway is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees. Gateway is also accredited by the Council on Occupational Education.

Founded in 2002
Florence, Kentucky, USA
349 employees

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$64.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.2%
Direct
60.9%
Referral
8.5%
Social
2.2%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~349