Managing Director, Marketing, Communications and Engagement
About The Position
Key to Commit’s success is a robust, strategic marketing, communication, and stakeholder engagement effort developing content, activating, and influencing stakeholders, and continuously building partnerships and momentum around the impact of public education systems change. Commit seeks an experienced marketing and communications leader to join our leadership team as the Managing Director of Marketing, Communications, and Engagement to play a pivotal role overseeing all marketing, branding, events/convenings, and communication functions. This is a unique opportunity for a strategic, ambitious leader who thrives at the intersection of storytelling, data, and impact. You will serve as a chief architect of Commit’s public narrative, helping to elevate the region’s collective efforts while building and executing strategic events and engagement to activate external stakeholders, to ensure every young person—regardless of race, income, or background—has the opportunity to earn a living wage.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in marketing, communications, journalism, or public or governmental affairs; nonprofit, education, public policy sector experience preferred.
- Experience developing and executing messaging aligned with public policy initiatives highly preferred.
- Demonstrated success in leading complex, multi-channel campaigns and growing brand awareness.
- Demonstrated experience executing small- and large-scale events driving audiences to take desired actions.
- Strong data fluency—able to design and interpret KPIs and use insights for decision-making.
- Experience with Salesforce and Marketing Cloud Account Engagement preferred.
- Proven ability to lead and inspire teams, directly manage others towards outcomes and high-performance and establish team operating systems.
- Secure and manage vendors, and build partnerships across diverse audiences.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Deep commitment to equity, inclusion, and the mission of The Commit Partnership.
- Ability to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate.
- Ability to communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
- Ability to describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
- Ability to read and write in Standard English.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others.
- Ability to interact with persons of various social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds.
- Ability to listen perceptively and convey awareness.
- Ability to interact diplomatically with the public in a continuous public contact setting.
- Ability to work as part of a team and in a team environment.
- Ability to maintain level-headedness in the face of resistance and contrary opinions.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership and Vision
- External Partnership, Relationship Development and Management
- Team and Organizational Leadership
- Execution and Measurement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
