Senior Director, University Communication

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Position Title Senior Director, University Communication

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Employment Status

Employment Status Full Time

Position Status

Position Status Regular

If Limited Term (End Date of Assignment, Project, or Grant)

Position Type

Position Type Staff

Job Family

Job Family External Relations, Communications, and Marketing

Position Overview

Be The Difference Begins with Great People.

Are you looking for a new opportunity where you can make the difference in the lives of students and faculty? We’re always looking for highly talented individuals to join our team – people who think big, care deeply, and believe in being the difference in their work and community.

We prioritize student success, access to education, and service in our work to educate well-rounded servant leaders who transform their fields, our society and the world. Our Catholic, Jesuit approach emphasizes student engagement with the world around them and formation of the heart and mind.

We believe in our mission:
The search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others. These core values guide our relationships with our students, each other, and our community.

Marquette University offers a rich and competitive Total Rewards package including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) with up to 8% university match, generous time off package, and tuition benefits for employees, spouses, and dependents with no payback requirement! For more information, please view our Total Rewards guide .

This is your next opportunity to join an organization that invests in their employees’ career journey by diversifying their skills, deepening their expert knowledge, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, focusing on personal wellbeing, providing leadership training, and sustaining a culture of respect and inclusion.

The Senior Director, University Communication leads a team of communication professionals responsible for developing university-wide and college/school-specific communications strategies and implementation plans to facilitate cohesive messaging across strategic topics, channels, and audiences; proactively managing and protecting the university’s reputation from known and anticipated national and local issues; and elevating leadership communications to advance the mission and strategic goals of Marquette University and its academic units.

On both a daily and long-term basis, this includes leadership of internal communication, media relations, , constituent communication, college and unit marketing and communication, and crisis-related communication at the local, state, regional and national levels and across higher education media outlets and stakeholders. This position regularly provides counsel to senior leaders on issues/crises, both in the anticipation of public reaction and the preparation of responses.

In addition to managing direct reports with university storytelling roles, also manages a direct report who leads a centralized college communication team of liaisons, providing direction, insight and education for strategic messaging, multi-channel content creation and marketing/communication best practices to ensure cohesive, proactive, unified strategy and messaging.

Duties and Responsibilities

• | 1. Supervisory Responsibilities
  · Supervise team members who drive proactive, strategic media relations and internal communication, including daily oversight of the university’s primary internal communication…