Job Description Summary:

Loyola Law School seeks a dynamic professional to serve as the Executive Director of Marketing Communications. The Executive Director will lead and implement a comprehensive communication and strategic marketing plan. The Executive Director reports directly to the dean and works with the law school's senior level administrators. The Executive Director is responsible for communicating the law school's mission, vision, and values to internal and external audiences. The successful candidate will be a creative and strategic thinker who will develop and implement a dynamic integrated communications, media, public relations, and marketing plan using traditional and innovative approaches that promotes and enhances the law school's academic standing and reputation.

The Executive Director of Marketing Communications develops and implements a marketing communications plan that supports enrollment, academics and fundraising initiatives; provides ongoing assessment of the law school's marketing, branding, and communications practices; serves as a spokesperson for the law school; oversees publications, marketing, and media productions to produce the law school's alumni magazine, dean's letters & communications, department/center/program newsletters and brochures, campus newsletter, news releases, promotional and fundraising communications and correspondence; advises associate deans, directors, faculty, and other internal constituents to support their communications, public relations, and marketing initiatives. The Executive Director provides leadership and guidance to internal constituents to ensure that individual department/center/program goals and message are in alignment with the law school's overall communications and marketing plan. The successful candidate will have a minimum of a bachelor's degree and seven years of marketing communications experience.

Education:

The position requires a Bachelors degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing or other related major. 

Experience:

Must have an understanding of strategic communications practices, especially in higher education; exposure and experience with institutional media relations and an awareness of local and regional media contacts and an understanding and experience in the production of graphic materials.

Requires six or more years in a related field; university experience preferred.  Writing, editing, proofing, public speaking, publication development, web and graphics management and design skills and experience required.  Strong background in institutional marketing techniques, promotion methods, and branding is desirable.

Knowledge/Ability:

Successful experience in writing and developing content for newsletters, magazine articles, direct marketing materials or other similar publications is required.  Must have the ability to transform abstract ideas into concrete messages and images.  Must have worked with creative professionals, such as graphic designers, to conceptualize and design publications.  Ability to work closely with media contacts and professionals. Must be well organized and a self starter who can work with minimal supervision. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.  Must also have a supervisory and interpersonal style that is persuasive, cool under pressure, collaborative and that creates trust.