Associate Director of Marketing and Operations

Associate Director of Marketing and Operations

This position executes new initiatives and projects initiated by the SBS leadership team to achieve the perceived goals and outcomes. These initiatives and projects not only span a wide range from marketing and branding needs, academic operations, to accreditations, but also require significant data collection, analysis, and visualization. This position requires close and effective collaborations within and outside SBS, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to quickly understand the scope and needs of each task, connect the dots, and how the tasks are aligned with the School's goals.

Primary Responsibilities

Academic Operations and Data Analytics :

• Work with OIRA, CTSE, and the School's academic leadership team to manage the distribution and storage / organization of the course evaluation reports.
• Be part of the staff team to analyze course offerings and schedules using business intelligence and AI tools to identify opportunities to reduce redundant courses, promote course sharing, and better coordinate course schedules.
• Support AACSB accreditation maintenance :
• Assessment related : (i) maintaining assessment related documents; (ii) setting up assessment schedules and informing relevant course instructors / coordinators each semester; (iii) collecting assessment data, sorting, organizing, and analyzing data; and (iv) preparing executive summary report each semester and communicating with UPCC and GPCC and the academic leadership team.
• Assist the Associate Deans to integrate digital and emerging AI technologies in learning and competency assessments.
• Societal impact materials : Collect, track and classify school activities using intelligence and data analytics tools from four areas : (i) faculty's intellectual contributions; (ii) curriculum; (iii) co-curricular activities; and (iv) community outreaches, and prepare summary reports each year.
• Facilitate the promotion of the hallmarks of SBS education in the areas of immersive consulting, service learning, and global learning by (i) maintaining and updating the relevant webpages; (ii) conducting best practices and benchmarking analysis to identify improvement areas; (iii) offering suggestions for spotlight and success stories to support marketing / branding; and (iv) tracking the school's strategic partnerships, project sponsors, and external supporters.
• Employ marketing analytics to take a deep dive into the School's social media accounts such as LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook to gather data and outcomes related to the school's strategic initiatives and then feed the info to the Dean's Office and relevant departments and programs to facilitate outreach planning, alumni engagement, student mentoring, and consulting projects.

Marketing and Communication Execution and Event Management :

Requirements / Qualifications

Education : Bachelor's and Master's degrees with preferred training in marketing, business intelligence, and / or data analytics

Professional experience : Over 5 years of higher-ed experiences in social media, web development / design, student recruiting / advising / retention, and event planning.

Administrative skills : Advanced proficiency with MS Office and various databases and IT systems / tools as well as AI tools available at Suffolk.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Excellent planner, organizer and problem solver.

Work environment : Interacting with multiple stakeholders internally and certain international communities. Work is broad in scope covering one or more complicated areas. A high degree of design and analytic ability and creative thinking is required to devise new, non-standard approaches to highly intricate, technically complex problems. Hybrid working modality and flexible working hours.

Personal attributes : (1) Attentive to details and excellent design, planning and organization skills; (2) Proficient with website design, marketing content creation, social media, databases, and data analysis and interpretation; (3) Can communicate effectively with professors, the department chairs, the program directors, and deans; (4) the ability to work effectively with diverse groups and in highly complex and demanding situation; and (5) enthusiastic and curious about new phenomena, eager to learn, and active in taking on initiatives and new responsibilities.

Hours of Work : full time.

Salary Transparency Suffolk University provides salary ranges as a good faith estimate of what it reasonably expects to pay for a role at the time the position is posted. The actual salary offered to the selected candidate will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to, the position's scope and responsibilities, the candidate's experience, education, training, and applicable legal requirements. The listed pay range reflects base salary only and does not include additional benefits or compensation.

Equal Opportunity Statement Suffolk University does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, genetic information, or status as a veteran in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs, activities, or employment. As an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, the University is dedicated to the goal of building a diverse and inclusive faculty and staff that reflect the broad range of human experience who contribute to the robust exchange of ideas on campus, and who are committed to teaching and working in a diverse environment. We strongly encourage applications from groups historically marginalized or underrepresented because of race / color, gender, religious creed, disability, national origin, veteran status or LGBTQ status. Suffolk University is especially interested in candidates who, through their training, service and experience, will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the University community.