Chief Communications and Marketing

Marketing Director (B)

What is WIDA? For over 20 years, WIDA has provided a trusted, comprehensive approach to supporting, teaching, and assessing multilingual learners. We are an educational services organization that advances language development and academic achievement for multilingual children in early childhood and grades K-12. In short, we provide educators around the world with high-quality language standards, assessments, professional learning, and research. We are proud to be a part of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) within UW-Madison's nationally ranked School of Education.

The Chief Communications and Marketing Officer will work with WIDA's Executive Director and the senior leadership team on overall strategic priorities and initiatives. In addition, the CCMO will oversee marketing and communications, and will be charged with leveraging WIDA's strong brand to further amplify the organization's impact; partnering across the organization to ensure that marketing and communications is seamlessly integrated across WIDA's core functions; leading a highly effective team of communications and marketing professionals through a period of organizational change and growth; and cementing WIDA's role as an important thought leader in multilingualism, reaching relevant audiences, new and old, within and beyond its consortium.

The Chief Communications and Marketing Officer will bring a deep knowledge of strategic communications, brand identity, best practices in marketing and communications, as well as a willingness to engage with and embrace WIDA's mission in multilingual learning. The successful candidate will have at least seven years of leadership experience in communications-focused roles and will have a well-developed capacity for strategic thinking.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website : https : / / employeedisabilities.wisc.edu / disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants /