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As cornell university’s online learning unit, ecornell delivers online professional certificate courses to individuals and organizations around the worldCourses are personally developed by cornell faculty with expertise in a wide range of topics, including data analytics, management, marketing, human resources, leadership, and stemStudents learn in an interactive, small cohort format to gain skills they can immediately apply in their organizations, while earning a professional certificate from cornell universityEcornell has offered online learning courses and certificate programs for 15 years to over 130,000 students at more than 2,000 companies.
If you are a creative strategist – an experienced creative professional with inspired imagination, a shrewd business sense, marketing savvy, and an easy rapport – then you could be the ideal candidate for ecornell’s senior director of communications and brand position!
The ecornell senior director of communications and brand will direct, lead, and manage the strategic planning, execution, and implementation of effective communication efforts and brand strategy for advancing the visibility and appreciation for ecornell initiatives both within the university and across professional/non-traditional student audiences and organizations.
As a key member of the ecornell’s marketing leadership, the senior director will partner successfully with senior leadership, both within ecornell and across the university, and must have experience thriving in a complex, multi-dimensional organization.
Responsibilities:
Develop and implement communications strategies to meet organizational objectives and advance visibility, awareness, and appreciation for ecornell programs and initiatives among internal and external audiences.
Lead, manage, and continually develop brand and communications creative staff responsible for social media presence, community management, email communications, web, copywriting, and more, including direct supervision.
Oversee high volume of written communications and creative/design work end-to-end; steward the ecornell brand by creating world-class content that cuts through the noise and compels engagement.
Liaison with marketing and communications groups across campus, including the cornell chronicle, alumni affairs and development, academic units, and university communications teams, to promote ecornell programs and events.
Foster and steward critical relationships between ecornell and communications leads across the university; navigate complex relationships; represent ecornell at communications meetings across campus.
Coordinate public relations/media relations efforts with the university and academic units.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree (communications, english, journalism or marketing preferred) with at least seven to ten years of progressive marketing or communications experience in a mid-size or large organization, including leadership of brand or communications function, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Superior communications, branding planning, public relations, strategic marketing, writing, editing, and publication skills, and the creativity necessary to design and implement effective communications and brand strategies; prior experience working in a higher education environment is a plus.
Demonstrated ability to provide management oversight, leadership, and direction to a diverse teamAt least 2 years of significant management, supervisory, and team-building a plus.
Proven record of collaboration and consensus building; strong interpersonal skills.
Understanding of current social web technologies and trends.
Ability to direct multiple projects in a fast-paced environment under demanding deadlines with consistency, accuracy, dependability.
Proactive problem-solving ability.
What we prefer:
Master’s degree (communications, english, journalism or marketing, or related).
Close familiarity with ecornell and cornell university and it’s marketing functions.
What we offer:
The opportunity to work with a dynamic group of people in a high-growth organization where employee development is promoted.
A broad set of competitive benefits under the endowed program, including educational opportunities, access to virtual wellness programs, health care options, 3 weeks of paid vacation, 13 paid holidays, and superior retirement contributionsHttps://hr.cornell.edu/benefits-pay
Salary information for this role can be found here: https://hr.cornell.edu/career-navigator
* *no visa sponsorship is available for this position**
This position is located in ithaca, new yorkDue to the covid-19 pandemic, and the university’s decision to limit the number of on-campus employees, the successful applicant will be asked to perform this role remotely at a location of their choice in the united states for a limited time, only until the university can permit more employees to work on campusOnce the university permits more employees to work on campus, the successful applicant will be expected to work on the ithaca campus, although they may be permitted to perform a portion of their work remotely.
The new york convenience of employer guidelines require new york state individual tax reporting and withholdings for this positionAdditional individual state income tax filings may also be required if working temporarily outside new york state.
University job title:
Communication mgr ii
Job family:
Communications/marketing
Level:
H
Pay rate type:
Salary
Company:
Endowed
Contact name:
Radhika khatkhate
Number of openings:
1
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