Responsibilities

• The Senior Associate Dean and Chief Communications and Marketing Officer serves as the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences' senior leader for communications, marketing, and external engagement.
• This role sets and stewards the narrative direction for Arts & Sciences, clarifying what the College stands for, why its work matters, and to whom, ensuring that communications, executive messaging, events, and advancement efforts are strategically aligned and effective within the College, across the University, and in the broader national landscape.
• The Senior Associate Dean and Chief Communications and Marketing Officer reports directly to the Dean, sits on the Dean’s Cabinet, and works closely with the other Cabinet members, A&S Senior Leadership Team, University Communications, University Advancement, and the College Foundation.
• The role oversees a team of 14 and integrates strategic marketing and communications leadership with advancement partnership and executive-level external engagement.
• As the principal authority on institutional positioning and public voice, this leader is accountable for coherence across internal and external communications, strong partnership with advancement, and the College’s overall reputational strategy.
• The role oversees communications and marketing, executive communications, and advancement and external relations partnership functions, with the authority to structure, lead, and develop teams accordingly.
• Success requires exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, high levels of collaboration, and the ability to lead in a complex, matrixed, mission-driven environment.