Marketing Communications Associate Director, Advancement

Advancement Communications Specialist

As a community, the University of Rochester is defined by a deep commitment to Meliora - Ever Better. Embedded in that ideal are the values we share: equity, leadership, integrity, openness, respect, and accountability. Together, we will set the highest standards for how we treat each other to ensure our community is welcoming to all and is a place where all can thrive.

Job Location: 300 East River Rd, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14623

Opening: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Department: 100006 Ofc Sr Vice Pres Advancement

Work Shift: UR - Day (United States of America)

Range: UR URG 110

Compensation Range: $60,431.00 - $84,603.00

Responsibilities

General Purpose: Develops communications materials to effectively represent the products, services, brands and/or the organization to customers and prospects. Applies various communication strategies to create an impression, raise awareness, and encourage a preference and response by the target audience for the organization and its products, services and brands. Creates multimedia packages, such as letters, brochures, and video. Develops clear, concise content for press releases, website updates, print materials, and social media networks, ensuring consistent and effective messaging across all platforms.

Essential Functions

• Plans, manages, and executes strategies for the communications team that raises money and drives engagement.
• Writes and develops compelling content.
• Identifies and creates compelling, audience-aligned digital and print content that communicates and supports the University's strategic goals, initiatives, and priorities, as well as other relevant needs as defined by leadership.
• Interviews subject matter experts and synthesizes complex scholarship, industry concepts, or important messaging for a broad, non-specialist audience, and collaborates closely with in-house editors, photographers, video producers, graphic and web designers, and others to execute on content deliverables.
• Leads project management for communications projects, including social media.
• Builds and maintains relationships with key constituents across campus to consult, advise, or execute on communications plans and projects with a high degree of professionalism, judgment, and understanding of needs and goal.
• Contributes to the development of and executes annual marketing operations plans to help raise money and create engagement.
• Sets clear goals for the team and aligns unit goals with advancement goals.
• Pursues and coordinates content distribution and promotion creatively and strategically, including through search engine optimization and marketing, local, national, and international news media coverage, social media engagement, internal communications channels, and other methods and avenues as appropriate.
• Stays current with the latest issues, trends, and best practices in an ever-changing multimedia communications landscape.

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and 3 years of relevant experience required
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

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