Director Of Marketing & Communications - CEHHS - UTK

University of Tennessee•Knoxville, TN

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About The Position

The College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, seeks applications and nominations for a full-time Director of Communications and Marketing to lead and execute the strategic direction, vision, and creative standards for communications and marketing efforts. The director serves as a key member of the CEHHS leadership team, provides leadership and direction for all communications and marketing efforts, and is responsible for promoting and advancing the College’s image and reputation within the community, the state, the nation, and the world. This position provides strategic expertise and guidance on communications and marketing functions, ensuring that materials developed for the College support the College’s goals, reflect the highest quality, and meet expectations for return on investment, including recruitment and retention of high-quality students, faculty, and staff, enhancing alumni and donor relations, and creating a unified marketing and communications plan for the college. The director reports to the dean, serves as the College’s chief communications/marketing officer, and directly supervises two current staff members (Digital Communications Manager and Creative Content Manager), with a third position negotiated after six months in the director role. The director will also work directly with associate deans, department heads, directors, and other stakeholders. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service. UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service. UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices to attract and retain top-tier talent, fostering a strong staff community and supporting a culture of involvement and engagement for everyone. The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as “Best Employer for New Graduates,” “One of America’s Best Large Employers,” and “Best Workplace for Women,” and has been designated as “Best Place for Working Parents” by Forbes Magazine.

Responsibilities

Lead and execute the strategic direction, vision, and creative standards for communications and marketing efforts.
Serve as a key member of the CEHHS leadership team.
Provide leadership and direction for all communications and marketing efforts.
Promote and advance the College’s image and reputation within the community, the state, the nation, and the world.
Provide strategic expertise and guidance on communications and marketing functions.
Ensure that materials developed for the College support the College’s goals, reflect the highest quality, and meet expectations for return on investment, including recruitment and retention of high-quality students, faculty, and staff, enhancing alumni and donor relations, and creating a unified marketing and communications plan for the college.
Serve as the College’s chief communications/marketing officer.
Directly supervise two current staff members (Digital Communications Manager and Creative Content Manager), with a third position negotiated after six months in the director role.
Work directly with associate deans, department heads, directors, and other stakeholders.