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Assistant Dean of Marketing, Communications & External Relations, Questrom, Marketing & Communications
Higher Ed
CRM
Public Relations
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Boston University is hiring an Assistant Dean of Marketing, Communications & External Relations, Questrom, Marketing & Communications. The role sits on the Dean's senior leadership team at the Questrom School of Business and builds an integrated marketing, communications, public relations, and external relations function. It reports directly to the Dean and advises on reputation, positioning, stakeholder trust, external visibility, and demand generation.
Highlights
- Set strategy for the school's Marketing & Communications department and align its work with Questrom's strategic priorities so the function delivers measurable outcomes.
- Advise the Dean on reputation, positioning, stakeholder trust, external visibility, and demand generation as a member of the senior leadership team.
- Strengthen the department's capabilities across marketing, communications, public relations, and external relations.
- Partner with advancement and development teams on donor and alumni communications, and work with external agencies and consultants.
- 12 or more years of marketing and communications experience, ideally in higher education, including at least 8 years of demonstrated leadership.
- Master's degree in business or a related field, with an MBA preferred.
- Demonstrated expertise in brand strategy, CRM, and integrated digital and print marketing.
- Ability to lead complex initiatives involving multiple internal and external stakeholders, backed by strong analytical, managerial, and consensus-building skills.
- Expected hiring range of $150,400 to $210,600 per year for this full-time, regular position.
Assistant Dean of Marketing, Communications & External Relations, Questrom, Marketing & Communications Full Description
The Assistant Dean of Marketing, Communications & External Relations serves as a member of the Dean's senior leadership team and is accountable for building an integrated marketing, communications, public relations, and external relations capability that advances Questrom's strategic priorities. The role reports directly to the Dean and provides strategic counsel on reputation, positioning, stakeholder trust, external visibility, and demand generation. The core responsibility is to set strategy, strengthen capabilities, align the work of Marketing & Communications department with school priorities, and ensure that the function produces measurable strategic outcomes.
Required Skills
- 12+ years of marketing and communications work experience, ideally in higher education.
- Min. of 8 years of demonstrated leadership experience.
- Master's degree in business or related sub-field; MBA preferred
- Proven experience working with external agencies & consultants
- Experience partnering with advancement/development teams on donor and alumni communications
- Demonstrated expertise in brand strategy, CRM, and integrated digital and print marketing strategies
- Ability to think strategically and creatively and lead complex initiatives that affect and involve multiple internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent administrative, analytical, communication, interpersonal, managerial, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to build strong partnerships
- Strong collaboration, persuasion, and consensus-building skills
- Commitment to diversity, with demonstrated impact
- Demonstrated competency in inclusive leadership, including ability to work effectively with individuals from different backgrounds.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
This position is located at 595 Commonwealth Ave, Questrom School of Business, Boston, MA, United States.
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