Assistant Director for Marketing & Technology

Benefits of Working at UNCW: Want to become a soaring UNCW Seahawk and work at one of the best universities on the East Coast? Want to put your toes in the sand after a day of work? The University of North Carolina Wilmington offers a wonderfully vibrant university community along with a beautiful location just miles from the beach. Employees of UNCW are provided a comprehensive benefits package as well as other programs, resources, policies, and practices that help to support a work/life balance.

Recruitment Range: $56,500 - $64,000

Vacancy Number: E1569

Location of Workplace: Main UNCW Campus

Home Department: Career Center - 40020

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit: The UNCW Career Center is a comprehensive career counseling and resource center dedicated to empowering students and alumni as active participants in their own career development.

Brief Summary of Work for this Position: The Assistant Director for Marketing & Technology serves on the UNCW Career Center leadership team and leads the office's marketing strategy as chair of the Marketing Committee. This role oversees all marketing plans, activities, branding, and storytelling for the Career Center, supporting annual reporting, outward-facing publications, and collaboration with the Office of University Relations, and Student Affairs Communication and Marketing. It manages internal and external communications and supervises the Marketing Graduate Assistant. In addition to directing marketing efforts, the position functions as the Career Center's technology consultant, ensuring consistent, high-quality technology, providing technical support, and evaluating the value and effectiveness of all technology subscriptions. The Assistant Director also contributes to student success by offering career counseling, presentations, and other direct services as needed.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

• Master's degree in Counseling, Higher Education Administration, College Student Personnel, Marketing, or related field.
• Two or more years of directly related post-graduate related work experience includes positions in a collegiate career center, or a closely related function.
• Experience developing marketing and branding plan, including developing marketing materials.
• Ability to provide leadership within a staff team, and in the development of programs, services, events and related initiatives.
• Experience collaborating with faculty members, other academic and student affairs departments, employers, and other external groups to inform, support and promote relevant career services and programs.
• Knowledge of career related technologies.
• Ability to effectively counsel college students in all academic areas, as well as deciding or exploratory students.
• Supervision experience (undergraduate student, graduate student, or professional staff).
• Excellent presentation, communication and organizational skills. Extensive presentation experience with small and large groups of students, parents, faculty, staff, employers, and the general public.
• Ability to utilize program assessment instruments and electronic career and employment systems.
• Ability to work independently and creatively develop programs, solve problems, resolve differences, and contribute effectively to the Career Center team.

Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills & Experience: Website management and design.

Required Certifications or Licensures: N/A

FTE: 1.0 FTE (40 hours per week)

Months Per Year: 12 Months

Type of Position: Permanent