Assistant Director

Location : Nashua

Job Type: Full-Time

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Division: University Advancement

Department: Marketing and Communications

Opening Date: 01/10/2025

Description

The Assistant Director for the Marketing & Communications office will strive to advance the University's marketing and communications strategy through a variety of marketing and recruitment publications, public relations, social media, and online content. With an emphasis on effective writing, this position will provide support for the University's recruitment-focused marketing efforts and advancement strategies, as well as the mission of the University.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Director to design, implement, and continually refine innovative marketing and communication strategies, ensuring alignment with the University's mission and goals.
• Serve as the University's primary writer-write copy for marketing and recruitment publications and projects, the University magazine, public relations, social media, and the website.
• Leads the creation and execution of marketing and recruitment publications, managing timelines, stakeholder input, and final approvals to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Serve as media liaison and identify public relations opportunities, write press releases, and disseminate news stories to the media on a timely basis.
• Monitor press release distribution and media placement performance and provide daily reports.
• Interview a variety of University constituents for profiles, feature stories, and take photographs.
• Edit and proofread a variety of marketing and communications content for accuracy and style.
• Proactively review and monitor the University's website using a web-based content management system, ensuring that content is engaging, current, and accurate.
• Post upcoming events and information to the website in a timely manner.
• Monitor the University's online and social media presences, ensuring that information, guides, and directories are current and effective.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of three years of professional writing experience in a marketing and communications environment. Strong preference will be given to candidates with higher education writing experience.
• Excellent writing skills, both for print and online formats. Must be able to write and edit quickly with attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience using design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite and familiarity with SEO best practices is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience writing for a mix of marketing publications is required.
• Exceptional customer service and interpersonal communication skills; ability to deal effectively with a wide range of University constituents.
• Ability to multi-task a volume of projects while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience working with website content management software and managing social media pages/communities.
• Must be able to work some evenings and weekends as required to cover events.

In addition to a competitive salary, Rivier University offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental and vision coverage, employer paid life and disability plans, retirement plan with employer match, Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution, flexible spending accounts, paid time off, holidays, educational assistance benefits, employee assistance program (EAP) and a variety of additional discounts and services.

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