Responsibilities

• Running a communications and community relations team (hiring, developing, evaluating)
• Serving as the go-to spokesperson for media and community stakeholders
• Planning and executing marketing campaigns tied to enrollment, reputation, and community trust
• Overseeing content production: video, print, digital, social
• Tracking what's working through analytics and adjusting accordingly
• Building relationships with local businesses, civic groups, and community organizations
• Managing the department budget
• Advising district leadership on communications decisions, including sensitive or time-critical ones
• Coordinating staff and student recognition programs

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, marketing, communications, public administration, education administration, or something related
• 5+ years of supervisory experience
• 3+ years in communications or public relations (preferred)
• You write well, and you edit well. You can manage several competing priorities without losing the thread.
• Experience with video production, digital marketing, and analytics
• Comfort working in public education, or at least a real interest in it

Benefits

• Competitive salary with TRS pension and full benefits
• Forbes' No. 1 K-12 employer in the nation, 2026