Chief Communications Officer

Chief Communications Officer

As UTA's Chief Communications Officer, you will create and implement a comprehensive communications strategy that promotes UTA's strategic priorities and brings them to life for all UTA stakeholders. Through your leadership, UTA will be broadly recognized as a vital partner and expert resource to address Utah's priorities around air quality, traffic congestion, mobility, travel choices, economic development, and access to education, employment, entertainment, and housing. Your professional connections, personal integrity, and influence across key audiences will underscore UTA's institutional integrity and reputation. The strategy you implement will unite UTA's messaging under a common theme to ensure and strengthen consistent brand identity across all platforms (print, broadcast, and digital channels) and positioning UTA as an employer of choice in the region. You will achieve these goals not as a Lone Ranger, but with the support and through the empowerment, initiative, and creativity of your dynamic Communications and Marketing Team. As a leader and developer of people, you will strengthen the Communications and Marketing Team to envision, own, and achieve its highest potential. You will guide, mentor, and provide career opportunities for your talented group of communications and marketing professionals, including experts in strategy, public relations, marketing, digital and social media, media relations, and graphic arts.

As the Chief Communications Officer (CCO), you will :

• Provide direction to senior leadership team by bringing together strategic communications and institutional marketing representatives to address Agency-wide initiatives.
• In collaboration with the Executive Director and Board of Trustees the CCO, develop, implement, and communicate all communication and marketing strategies, relationship building, and identifying opportunities to expand public reach.
• Develop internal communication plans that communicate UTA's vision, corporate culture and strategic plans and initiatives to employees.
• Develop and implements the Agency's corporate brand identity and image, and directs the Agency's public relations, marketing, media relations, and social media.
• Oversee and drives external communications designed to increase public awareness, understanding and support of the Agency's strategic objectives and priorities.
• Set and focus strategic direction for communications and customer facing functions including technology, brand identity, and image.
• Direct all outward facing media, and communication initiatives.

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UTA's benefits package for executive level administrative employees includes :