Associate Director, Marketing and Communications

Department
 

Booth Rustandy Center: Marketing and Brand Strategy

About the Department
 

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and second to none when it comes to influencing business education and business practices. Since 1898, the school has produced ideas and leaders that shape the world of business. Their rigorous, discipline-based approach to business education transforms students into confident, effective, respected business leaders prepared to face the toughest challenges. Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago, one in London, and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment. Chicago Booth is proud to claim: -an unmatched faculty. -degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents. -a global body of nearly 54,000 accomplished alumni. - strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities. As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago, Chicago Booth shares the University's core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth, they constantly question and test ideas, and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment. For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, please visit: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/.

Job Summary
 

The Associate Director of Marketing and Communications is an integral part of the Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation marketing team and oversees the center’s brand voice across all materials and mediums. This position develops and manages marketing content across a variety of mediums to amplify the impact and influence of center programs, research, and events among internal, Booth, university, prospective student, and social sector audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develops a content calendar and oversees execution of content marketing strategy to drive awareness for the Rustandy Center’s research, events, programs, and other news.
• Works closely with Sr. Associate Director, Brand Strategy and Marketing, to ensure a unified voice and look across all materials and mediums to build Booth’s reputation as a leading business school in social impact.
• Serves as a content-creator, content-manager, and marketing manager generally to amplify the center’s research, events, and program efforts. This includes partnering closely with the center teams guiding content strategy, crafting stories, and writing social media posts and brand-driven emails, like the Rustandy Monthly newsletter.
• Writes, edits, and proofreads content for the Center’s marketing materials, including website, blogs, emails, online ads, social media, and printed marketing collateral. Edits and proofreads Rustandy Center-related marketing materials produced in-house, with vendors, and/or with university partners.
• Oversees leadership communications. Drafts and edits talking points, speeches, and presentations for Rustandy Center staff, with a particular focus on external events for leadership. Help prepare leadership for media engagements. Oversees and manages advancement-related communications, including gift announcements, stewardship reports, year-in-review, and donor emails.
• Develops strong working relationships with marketing peers at other research and learning centers, Booth marketing, Booth advancement, the Office of Civic Engagement and University Alumni Relations and Development. Develops new relationships with external partners who may further amplify Rustandy Center content.
• Oversees brand voice and maintenance of the Rustandy Center blog.
• Keeps up to date with the latest in global marketing trends.
• Oversees general marketing activities and administration, assisting as needed. During periods of significant activity, these may include general event and program marketing support.
• Manages and assigns freelance contract work as needed.
• Develops one or more of the following marketing functions: marketing communications and advertising, web blogs or other digital marketing, and market research. Reviews and updates marketing infrastructure which may include one or more database systems, the intranet, and external web sites.
• May participate in developing new products and services, and determining new markets. Acts as a resource for and trains lower level marketing staff. May attend trade shows as needed.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications
 

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

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Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

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Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, marketing, business, communications, or related area.
• Master’s degree in marketing, communications, or journalism.

Experience:

• A minimum three years of marketing/communications experience.
• Previous experience with diverse and geographically dispersed collaborators.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• Experience with Sprinklr, Marketo, and Sitecore.
• Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Airtable, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Creative Suite Photoshop experience.

Preferred Competencies

• Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation skills, as well as organizational skills. Copywriting, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated knowledge of email and content marketing tactics. General knowledge of website best practices, search engine optimization, and social media tactics.
• Work independently with little supervision; possess a self-motivated disposition; identify opportunities for improvement and recommend effective changes, all while achieving key objectives resulting in desired outcomes.
• Excellent strategic planning, critical thinking, analytical, creative problem solving, and persuasion skills.
• Handle multiple detailed tasks/projects simultaneously and meet strict deadlines with frequent interruptions.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and diplomatically with colleagues, as well as with students, faculty and corporate contacts in a multitude of communication methods i.e., in person, email, phone.
• Professional demeanor, including tact, discretion, and a customer service-oriented approach.

Working Conditions

• This position is currently expected to work a minimum three days per week in the office.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter (required)

When applying, the document(s) MUST  be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Job Family
 

Communications

Role Impact
 

Individual Contributor

FLSA Status
 

Exempt

Pay Frequency
 

Monthly

Scheduled Weekly Hours
 

37.5

Benefits Eligible
 

Yes

Requires Compliance with University Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement
 

Yes

Drug Test Required
 

No

Health Screen Required
 

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 

No

Posting Statement
 

Employees must comply with the University’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements. More information about the requirements can be found on the University of Chicago Vaccination GoForward .
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