Director of Marketing

Livingston, AL (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive5+ years exp

Posted 6 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own the development and execution of comprehensive marketing strategies aligned with enrollment, advancement, and campus engagement, and provide strategic leadership for marketing operations, web, creative services, and analytics.

  • Lead integrated campaigns for recruitment, fundraising, events
  • Manage external partners and measure performance

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement integrated marketing strategies that support institutional priorities, including enrollment growth, advancement initiatives, alumni engagement, student engagement, community engagement, and University visibility.
  • Provide leadership and direction for the University's marketing operations, including advancement marketing, web content management, digital engagement initiatives, and creative services.
  • Collaborate with the Director of Communications to ensure alignment between institutional messaging, content strategy, brand standards, and audience engagement efforts.
  • Lead the planning and execution of marketing campaigns that support recruitment, fundraising, events, academic initiatives, and other strategic University priorities.
  • Oversee the University's primary marketing efforts for Enrollment Management, Institutional Advancement, and other campus partners, ensuring marketing strategies are aligned with organizational goals and audience needs.
  • Provide strategic leadership and institutional coordination for enrollment marketing initiatives, including managing external strategic partners, agencies, and consultants, and supporting all undergraduate and graduate student recruitment efforts.
  • Establish priorities, expectations, and performance measures for external marketing partners and evaluate effectiveness in support of enrollment goals and institutional objectives.
  • Oversee the University's primary web presence and assigned digital platforms through supervision of the Web Content Specialist or other staff as appropriate, ensuring digital properties support institutional objectives, audience needs, brand compliance, accessibility standards, and user experience expectations.
  • Provide leadership for the University's visual identity, creative services, and development of marketing and engagement materials that support institutional priorities.
  • Ensure effective stewardship of institutional marketing resources, including creative assets, digital platforms, vendor relationships, and marketing technologies assigned to the division.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Public Relations, or a related field.
  • Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in marketing, communications, enrollment marketing, advancement marketing, public relations, or a closely-related field.
  • Minimum of two (2) years of experience leading projects, teams, programs, vendor relationships, or organizational initiatives.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and implementing marketing strategies, campaigns, or audience engagement initiatives.
  • Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders and managing competing priorities in a complex organizational environment.
  • Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred

  • Master's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, Higher Education Administration, or a related field.
  • Seven (7) or more years of progressively responsible professional experience in marketing, communications, enrollment marketing, advancement marketing, or closely related areas.
  • Three (3) or more years of supervisory or leadership experience with responsibility for personnel, budgets, vendor relationships, or strategic initiatives.
  • Experience working in a higher education marketing environment.
  • Experience in higher education marketing, enrollment management, institutional advancement, or nonprofit marketing.
  • Experience managing creative services, web content, digital platforms, or integrated marketing campaigns.
  • Experience working with external marketing agencies, consultants, or vendor partners.
  • Experience utilizing marketing analytics, audience insights, or performance metrics to inform decision-making and strategy.

Director of Marketing

University of West Alabama (UWA) · Livingston, AL · Unknown