Director of Communications and Strategic Initiatives

This position directs media relations, marketing, web communications, social media and digital media for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) and UI Extension and facilitates key operations and strategic priorities and initiatives. As the primary communication representative for CALS, this position is the chief content strategist for marketing and communications in support of the reputation and positioning of CALS. The director serves in a leadership role as a contributing member of the executive team of the college. Duties may include:

Provide marketing leadership in a variety of areas, including alumni relations, web content, media and public relations and publications Provide leadership, vision, management and assessment of key operations and strategic initiatives for CALS Advance CALS initiatives through purposeful and creative messaging that is tied to the university?s brand and the strategic initiatives of the college Provide counsel to the dean and departments on marketing approaches and supervises the Marketing and Communications Team as well as Alumni Events Identify and prioritize strategic initiatives that advance the initiatives and objectives of CALS Other duties as assigned

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