Creative Direction & Brand Governance: Oversee
print, digital, and social media concepts; establish brand
guidelines and templates, including Canva resources, to support
self-service models for clubs and departmental partners.
Athletics & Fan Experience: Collaborate with
Athletics and Van Wagner Sponsorship Sales to support game-day
student and fan engagement, ticket sales, and local partnership
opportunities with the Town of Fairfield and local businesses.
Project Management & Intake: Manage marketing
requests, including digital, design, and media tickets; track
production schedules, approvals, timelines, deliverables, and
partner revisions.
Partner Consultation & Relationship Management:
Serve as the primary marketing liaison for assigned departments,
meeting regularly with partners to assess needs, provide creative
direction, and ensure alignment with University priorities.
Campus & Signature Event Execution: Provide day-of
marketing and communications support for major University events,
including Commencement Weekend, Orientation, Move-In, First
Fairfield Friday, Alumni & Family Weekend, Tree Lighting,
Holiday Events and Signature Basketball Games.
Event Communications Coordination: Coordinate digital
and print communications for events, including digital boards,
email, volunteer communications, news/recaps, arena AV assets,
posters, flyers, pull-up banners, directional signage, programs,
stickers, and photobooth signs.
Student Clubs & Engagement Support: Maintain a
primarily self-service model for student clubs while establishing
clear brand directives for logos and student-facing materials.
Visual Storytelling & Content Coordination: Manage
photography resources for major events and identify and pitch
compelling campus stories for social channels, Fairfield
News, and Fairfield Magazine.
Departmental Communications Support: Support campus
partners with presentations, signage, award programs, website
updates, outcome reports, lecture promotions, employer engagement
communications, and other marketing needs.
Requirements
- 2+ years of marketing experience; higher education experience
preferred.
- Familiarity with Canva or a similar design platform
preferred.
- Ability to manage multiple timelines and deliverables.
- Excellent problem-solving and project management skills.
- Experience working on-site at large events is a plus.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Excels in Internal and External cross multi-department
collaboration
- Project Management Software, Wrike or Similar platform
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
Work Schedule
- In-person, on the main North Benson Campus
- Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
- Some nights and weekends will be required.
- On-site support for all Signature University Events is
required.
The expected wage range for this position is $59,821.39 to $
64,821.39 annually.
Category:
Marketing - Admin
Performs such other duties, responsibilities, and activities as
required by supervisor and as departmental/University needs
indicate.
*Disclaimer
The above information indicates the general nature and level of
work performed by employees within this classification. It is not
designed to contain and should not be interpreted as a
comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities,
activities, and/or qualifications required or expected of employees
assigned to this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may
change and new ones may be assigned at any time, with or without
notice.
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time off, tuition benefits, and other benefits according to
institutional policy.
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