Responsibilities

• Serve as senior leader of university and/or professional school communications. 2. Manage key relationships with clients with high degree of professionalism, judgment, and understanding of University initiatives, goals and mission. 3. Oversee long-range and short-range planning for coordinated communications channels. 4. Serve as key strategist to improve broad staff and faculty communications initiatives and campaigns; design, mange, and implement communication or marketing plans for key initiatives. 5. Develop and implement communication strategic plan promoting Yale’s strength to a variety of audiences throughout the globe, using both traditional and digital media. 6. Direct communications planning for the all internal and/or external announcements, statements and messages on various institutional issues and initiatives and oversee their dissemination to the media and other parities. 7. Direct communication strategies based on user and audience preference; analyze and understand various communication preferences of client group. 8. Establish standards and protocols for best practices in communications. 9. Act as executive producer of content including articles, video and photo galleries. 10. Arrange interviews on various issues and provide briefing and background materials, message points, content and training.

Requirements

• Required Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree in Communications, English, Journalism or related field and eight years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Outstanding written and oral communications skills; demonstrated ability guiding and advising executive leadership on communications. Must submit three writing samples with application.
• Exceptional judgment, reliability, and discretion. Ability to thrive in a role that requires the establishment of consensus in a complex, matrixed environment. Demonstrated ability building productive relationships through interaction with leaders, faculty, and staff.
• Excellent writing and communication skills with a keen eye for grammatical errors or confusing text. Outstanding organizational skills and very detail-oriented.
• Demonstrated organizational ability in planning, directing, and assembling teams, and working wisely in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with an audience-centered approach to content and the data analytics such an approach requires.

Preferred

• Master’s Degree.
• Familiarity with the academic culture, and the processes and policies of an educational institution. Communications experience in an academic institution.
• Experience writing for a variety of audiences.

Benefits

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