Senior Editorial Director , University Development and Alumni Relations

Senior Editorial Director (0409U), University Development and Alumni Relations #88357

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University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) increases support for and enhances knowledge of UC Berkeley through communications, public outreach, and fundraising. The department is responsible for centralized fundraising and donor engagement and works to strengthen unit development offices by consulting and partnering with campus fundraisers. UDAR also handles a range of central activities and services encompassing events, communications, stewardship, prospect development, gift management, database management, and more.

A full-service professional team, External Relations and Marketing Communications (ERMC) supports these activities with videos, websites, events and programming, email campaigns, slide decks, printed and digital collateral, and more.

The Senior Editorial Director serves as the University Relations and Alumni Relations (UDAR) division's primary advancement spokesperson, leading proactive and reactive media relations in support of the campus fundraising community.

The position oversees the strategy, development, and execution of communications produced by the External Relations and Marketing Communications (ERMC) editorial team—including print, digital, and multimedia content, in support of the university's fundraising priorities and comprehensive campaign. Partners with senior management and campus leaders to develop and implement long- and short-term communications strategies. Represents the ERMC editorial team at campus meetings and, when appropriate, serves as a proxy for the Assistant Vice Chancellor, ERMC.

Builds strong collaborative relationships with advancement and strategic communications partners across the university.

Leadership and Personnel Management - 50%

• Leads and develops a ten-person multidisciplinary editorial and multimedia communications team, directly supervising one subordinate manager and six editors.
• Selects, hires, trains, coaches, evaluates, and takes corrective action as needed for direct reports.
• Provides strategic leadership, editorial direction, and performance management across the team's editorial, digital, multimedia, social media, and video functions, ensuring the team's communications are high quality, strategically aligned, and delivered on time and within budget.
• Collaborates with other communications leaders to support broader departmental and divisional communications priorities.

Strategic Communications Leadership - 25%

• Provides strategic communications leadership for UDAR's fundraising priorities and comprehensive campaign by overseeing the strategy, development, and execution of communications produced by the ERMC editorial team, including print, digital, multimedia, and executive communications.
• Partners with senior leadership and campus clients to develop long- and short-term communications strategies, advises on complex and sensitive communications issues, and has final editorial responsibility for the team's communications deliverables.
• Serves as the UDAR's primary advancement spokesperson, leading proactive and reactive media relations and advising leadership on media strategy and public messaging.
• Examples include serving as the strategic…