Coastal Carolina University
Senior Assistant Director of Admissions Events & Campus Visits
Coastal Carolina University, Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Senior Assistant Director of Admissions Events & Campus Visits
Senior Assistant Director of Admissions Events & Campus Visits is a full-time position in the Office of Admissions and Merit Awards.
About the Role:
The Senior Assistant Director supervises student guides, manages the campus visit program, and coordinates enrollment and yield events, creating a high-touch, student-friendly campus visit experience for prospective students, families, and educators.
How to Apply Interested candidates may apply online at
https://jobs.coastal.edu/postings/120217
and must submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.
Deadline to apply:
December 1, 2025.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree.
At least two years of experience in admissions or student recruitment in a college or university setting.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree.
Direct experience in supervising student workers and/or tour guides and experience coordinating and supervising large-scale recruitment events.
Duties
Manages and supervises the student tour guide program by recruiting, hiring, training, and evaluating all student tour guides and effectively tracks their performance to ensure the provision of superior customer service, the dissemination of accurate information, and an excellent campus visit experience.
Manages the daily campus visit program for prospective students, families, educators, and other special groups. Serves as the consistent point of contact throughout the pre-visit process. Manages the daily operation of the Welcome Center, including facility set-up and technology needs.
Coordinates and plans enrollment and yield events including but not limited to: Atheneum Scholars, on-campus admitted student events, off-campus admitted student events, counselor luncheons, and other in-person enrollment-driven events.
Consistently raises the awareness of the importance of the campus visit experience among campus community members. Provides campus visit data to department leadership to use for assessment and program improvement.
Provides exceptional customer service to all constituents, including but not limited to, faculty, staff, students, visitors, and the community at large.
Skills & Abilities
Sensitivity to the needs of all prospective students and the ability to communicate effectively with students, parents and counselors.
Ability to perform detailed work and handle confidential matters.
Ability to use an admissions CRM, student information system, and basic computer software to update and carry out the details of student recruitment activities.
Must be a team player and able to work in a multi-task environment.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and demonstrated leadership/supervisory capabilities are required.
Ability to establish and maintain relationships with professional staff across campus.
Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 10,000 students from 49 states and 55 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences.
The University provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, or because an employee or applicant for employment is an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, an Armed Forces service medal veteran, a recently separated veteran, or an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or other “protected veteran,” as defined by law. Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer.
Coastal Carolina University prohibits any form of discrimination against its students, faculty, staff and applicants in its programs or for admission to or employment with the University. For more information, visit Title IX or EEO.
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About the Role:
The Senior Assistant Director supervises student guides, manages the campus visit program, and coordinates enrollment and yield events, creating a high-touch, student-friendly campus visit experience for prospective students, families, and educators.
How to Apply Interested candidates may apply online at
https://jobs.coastal.edu/postings/120217
and must submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.
Deadline to apply:
December 1, 2025.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree.
At least two years of experience in admissions or student recruitment in a college or university setting.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree.
Direct experience in supervising student workers and/or tour guides and experience coordinating and supervising large-scale recruitment events.
Duties
Manages and supervises the student tour guide program by recruiting, hiring, training, and evaluating all student tour guides and effectively tracks their performance to ensure the provision of superior customer service, the dissemination of accurate information, and an excellent campus visit experience.
Manages the daily campus visit program for prospective students, families, educators, and other special groups. Serves as the consistent point of contact throughout the pre-visit process. Manages the daily operation of the Welcome Center, including facility set-up and technology needs.
Coordinates and plans enrollment and yield events including but not limited to: Atheneum Scholars, on-campus admitted student events, off-campus admitted student events, counselor luncheons, and other in-person enrollment-driven events.
Consistently raises the awareness of the importance of the campus visit experience among campus community members. Provides campus visit data to department leadership to use for assessment and program improvement.
Provides exceptional customer service to all constituents, including but not limited to, faculty, staff, students, visitors, and the community at large.
Skills & Abilities
Sensitivity to the needs of all prospective students and the ability to communicate effectively with students, parents and counselors.
Ability to perform detailed work and handle confidential matters.
Ability to use an admissions CRM, student information system, and basic computer software to update and carry out the details of student recruitment activities.
Must be a team player and able to work in a multi-task environment.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and demonstrated leadership/supervisory capabilities are required.
Ability to establish and maintain relationships with professional staff across campus.
Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 10,000 students from 49 states and 55 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences.
The University provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, or because an employee or applicant for employment is an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, an Armed Forces service medal veteran, a recently separated veteran, or an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or other “protected veteran,” as defined by law. Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer.
Coastal Carolina University prohibits any form of discrimination against its students, faculty, staff and applicants in its programs or for admission to or employment with the University. For more information, visit Title IX or EEO.
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