Associate Director of Communications

Founded in 1870 as the Colorado Agricultural College, Colorado State University is now among the nation's leading research universities.

• Serve as primary project manager for the Communications Office to coordinate publications, multimedia, campaigns, and special events for Housing & Dining Services

• Plan, budget, track, and assess communications projects

• Work closely with Housing & Dining Services directors to balance project requests with available resources, department needs and departmental/university priorities; strategize and develop solutions to challenges and opportunities that arise

• Implement Housing & Dining Services project management system for major communications projects and use internal project calendar software/system for smaller communications projects to track and report status

• Supervision of Project Management team including an Administrative Professional Communications Coordinator and student staff interns

• Provide research, writing, and editing for publications, press releases, web pages, newsletters, informational campaigns, and other official communications

• Work collaboratively with the Director of Communications and office leadership team to develop strategic marketing and public relations campaigns to meet departmental communications objectives

• Assist the Director of Communications with media relations and serve as the back-up on call staff member for crisis communication and after-hours emergencies

• Represent the Director of Communications at management meetings and committees in the director’s absence

• Understand and incorporate concepts of diversity, social justice, and sustainability into projects, events, and programs

• Participate in continuing education activities that enhance professional knowledge and technical skills

• Take a leadership role in drafting budgets, goals, and timelines

• Take a leadership role in staff and interdepartmental meetings

• Serve on appropriate University committees

• Assist with varied duties as assigned; some events and programs do occur on evenings and weekends

• Bachelor of Science/Arts degree in communications, public relations, or marketing with a minimum of five years of experience OR

• Bachelor of Science/Arts degree in unrelated field with a minimum of seven years’ experience in the communications field

• Demonstrated project management experience

• Experience in supervision and evaluation of staff

• Master of Science/Art degree in related field preferred and can be substituted for two years of professional experience

• Ability to navigate and balance competing priorities with available resources

• Experience in a college or university setting

• Demonstrated experience meeting deadlines and coordinating projects within project management software/systems

• Strong writing and editing skills for both digital and print platforms

• Comfort with public speaking and engaging a diverse public to include students, faculty, staff, campus/community partners, and vendors

• Experience with multimedia (content management systems, social media management, and/or digital sign deployment)

• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, social justice, and sustainability