Senior Director of Communications
Senior Director of Communications
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The Indiana University Foundation (IUF) is seeking a master problem solver relationship builder and strategic business partner to serve as the Senior Director of this pivotal role you will champion and advocate for the communication needs across our organization overseeing our internal and external comms social media publications and content teams.
We are looking for a visionary guru and expert in the communications field eager to help transform our team and take deliberate steps to create an advancement-driven organization.
Someone with a strategic mindset who thrives seeing big ideas brought to life and enjoys harnessing and leveraging the skills of others to realize those lifts. A strong leader who can help us create the infrastructure build processes and design tactics to reposition us in the marketplace. Someone to set the pace and signify an advancement focal point so we can streamline the experience for our constituents that increases brand recognition engagement and donations.
The right candidate is someone who has a big-picture mindset and a can-do attitude. A true strategist and deadline wranglerexcited about driving strategy while simultaneously rolling up their sleeves to manage employee alumni and donor outcomes.
Youll thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment drawing on your strategic communications experience. This individual will lead a small but mighty team of 5 that supports an organization of 300. So you will know how to incorporate the skills talents and ideas of others and empower and motivate them along the way.
You will help shape and guide the team to lead audience-centered communication initiatives including magazine and newsletter oversight internal communication support public and government relations management content curation presidential touchpoints and response management.
The Communications team will bring awareness to the Universitys philanthropic needs and share that impact broadly. From Identifying and fine-tuning our voice and market position to creating a comprehensive communication plan and blueprint for the org you will:
- Showcase the Foundations impact locally nationally and globally.
- Drive alumni and donor engagement through communication participation volunteerism and philanthropic outreach.
- Promote our notable alumni and donor stories to inspire others and advocate impact.
- Help position the work we do as leaders in our space.
- Maximize private support for IU.
- Track monitor and measure the teams efforts and leverage analytics to inform our teams decision- making.
The right candidate will have a hand in supporting the Foundations President and CEO which includes counseling and advising the President shaping his image and helping to promote him as an advancement expert and philanthropic leader. You will create a thoughtful leadership plan design speeches write talking points and build presentations.
In addition as the point person for media relations you will spearhead all media relations activities in local and national markets establishing working relationships with the media and serving as the Foundation spokesperson.
Join us in shaping the narrative and strengthening the mission vision and purpose of the Indiana University Foundation.
Qualifications :
- Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects for a variety of stakeholders successfully and independently.
- Stellar written and oral communication skills with the ability to grasp and translate complex and disparate ideas into cohesive and clear key messages.
- Graceful resilient and flexible in the face of change.
- Proven ability to work under tight deadlines and deliver high-quality work quickly.
- A clear understanding of audience segmentation considering the impact of messaging on all stakeholders.
- Expertise in the development of visual content for a variety of platforms to help reach organizational goals.
- Media relations experience.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a team keeping organizational values as a guidepost.
- Deep crisis-communication experience.
- Proven ability to leverage metrics to inform decision-making.
- Impeccable problem-solving skills.
- Successful and inspiring record of crafting planning and executing focused creative purpose-driven and integrated communications strategies to support multiple long-term objectives.
- Ability to create appropriate content and tone for a wide variety of voices in a mix of media including news releases executive communications speeches emails blogs media briefings and presentations.
- Ability to analyze conceptualize research and implement projects and initiatives even in the absence of existing models.
- Collaborative spirit that fosters the building of relationships across all levels of the organization.
- Ability to facilitate negotiate and resolve conflicting viewpoints.
- Strong attention to organization detail quality and timeliness.
- The highest level of interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain excellent working relations with colleagues across IUF the university donors alumni corporate partners media representatives and the public.
- Ability to be confidential and discreet.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications with an emphasis on Teams Excel Word and PowerPoint.
- A working knowledge of current best practices and how to apply them to communication initiatives.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A bachelors degree in communications is required.
- A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in marketing and communications is required.
- Executive-level/c-suite experience is a must!
Preferred Qualifications:
- A masters degree is preferred.
Preference will be given to candidates with communications experience in higher educationparticularly within other large complex institutionswho understand the unique opportunities and challenges of engaging academic audiences.
Additional Information :
We are accepting applications through Friday August 8th 2025. A cover letter articulating your interest in the position is highly recommended for addition we welcome writing samples or other publications. This position is based in our Bloomington Indiana office and is an onsite role.
The IUF is committed to providing a safe respectful and professional work environment that is free of Discrimination and Harassment. The IUF will not tolerate any form of Discrimination or Harassment based on the Individuals race ethnicity religion color sex age national origin genetic information sexual orientation disability gender identity or expression ancestry marital status protected veteran status pregnancy or any other basis prohibited by law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
