Responsibilities

• Manage the marketing project portfolio, coordinating approximately 1,500 annual projects across more than 200 academic programs and all student and administrative services.
• Own project intake, evaluating scope, timelines, and resources to guide prioritization.
• Serve as the central point of contact for project status, timelines, and deliverables across web, print, digital advertising, event marketing, email, and content projects.
• Monitor project capacity and adjust plans as needed to keep deliverables on schedule and on standard.
• Lead the ongoing development of Hive, the division's project management system, including configuration, training, and adoption.
• Evaluate and adopt new tools and technologies, including AI-assisted workflows, to improve efficiency and reporting.
• Maintain documentation, asset management, and archiving standards in the College's Digital Asset Management system.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for departments requesting marketing services, clarifying needs and expectations, and requesting additional information as needed.
• Build relationships with academic departments, service units, and administrative leaders to support project success.
• Lead project briefings, approvals, and status updates to keep stakeholders aligned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Business Administration, Project Management, or related discipline required.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience managing complex, cross-functional projects required.
• Experience in marketing, communications, creative services, higher education, or a related environment required.

Preferred

• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, implementing project management processes, coordinating stakeholder relationships, and improving operational workflows preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive starting pay is dependent on education and experience. College of DuPage also offers a generous benefits plan which includes paid time off, tuition discounts for employees and dependents, medical, dental, vision effective the first day of employment, and retirement benefits in a collaborative and friendly environment.