Managing Director, Marketing, Communications and Engagement

Key to Commits success is a robust strategic marketing communication and stakeholder engagement effort developing content activatingand influencing stakeholders and continuously building partnerships and momentum around the impact of public education systems change.

Commit seeks an experienced marketing and communications leader to join our leadership team as theManaging Director of Marketing Communications and Engagementto play a pivotal role overseeing all marketing branding events/convenings and communication functions.

This is a unique opportunity for astrategic ambitious leaderwho thrives at the intersection of storytelling data and impact. You will serve as a chief architect of Commits public narrative helping to elevate the regions collective effortswhile building and executing strategic events and engagement to activate external stakeholders to ensure every young personregardless of race income or backgroundhas the opportunity toearn a living wage.

Salary Range: $150000-$182000

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Strategic Leadership and Vision

• In partnership with theExecutive Leadership Teamestablishand executea long-term vision andmulti-year strategic stakeholder engagement and communications planto increase awareness influence and impact across diverse audiences (educators policymakers funders community partners and the public).
• Align marketing engagementand communication strategies with Commitspriorityeducational systemsEffective TalentAcademic Readinessand Postsecondary Access & Successto ensure narrative coherence and measurable results.
• Serve as astrategic advisor to the CEOPresidentCOO and senior leadership providing counsel on messaging brand reputation public relations andexternal stakeholder engagement.
• Drive strategicframing and influenceacross internal and external audiences synthesizing data values and storiesto build understanding and inspire action.

2. ExternalPartnershipRelationship Development and Management

• Lead multi-yearcomprehensivecampaignsin collaboration withnumerousexternal partners to increase regional and statewide outcomes focused on effective educator talent instructional systems and quality college and career-readiness postsecondary access and success and others asidentified.
• Serve asaMarketing and Communicationsconsultantfor Education is Freedom dedicating approximately25% of time to developing and executing strategic marketingand communicationplans that advance shared impact goals.
• Build and manage a network ofstrategic partners and vendors(media PR creative agencies researchersetc) to amplify storytelling and extend capacity.
• Develop and cultivate relationships with media partners school district communication leaders and other marketing communication and engagement peers across the ecosystem.
• Build andleverageaMarketing and Communications Advisory Committeeprovidingadditionalexpertise and capacity.

3. Team and Organizational Leadership

• Lead coach and develop ateam of6professionalsfostering a culture of ownership creativityhigh-expectationsand continuous learning.
• Serve on the Executive Leadership teamproviding marketing communications and activationexpertiseand guidance whilerepresentingthe Marketing Communications and Engagement Team.
• Build systems and processesthat support effective execution cross-team collaboration and alignment with organizational goals.
• Model inclusive trust-based leadershipthat reinforces Commits culture of joy integrity and shared accountability.
• Support staff across the organizationbuilding internal brand ambassadorsensuring access to relevant information tools and resources that enhance clarity and cohesion in messaging.

4. Execution and Measurement

• Manage the full communications and marketing portfolioincluding earned media narrative change digital engagement design events and internal communicationsto achieve measurable outcomes.
• Establish and trackclear KPIsthat measure audience reach engagement and impact across all channels (social web podcast earned media newsletters and events).
• Ensurehigh-qualitytimelyexecutionacross projects by setting clear standardsanticipatingbarriers and coordinating with cross-functional teams.
• Lead the development of a stakeholderengagement scorecardthat tracks reach engagement andperception ensuring data-driven continuous improvement.

• 10 years of progressive experience in marketing communicationsjournalismor public or governmental affairs; nonprofiteducation public policysector experience preferred.
• Experiencedeveloping and executing messaging aligned with public policy initiativeshighlypreferred.
• Demonstrated success in leading complex multi-channel campaigns and growing brand awareness.
• Demonstrated experience executing small- and large-scale events driving audiences to take desired actions.
• Strong data fluencyable to design and interpret KPIs and use insights for decision-making.
• Experience withSalesforceandMarketingCloudAccount Engagementpreferred.
• Proven ability to lead and inspire teamsdirectly manageothers towardsoutcomesand high-performanceandestablishteamoperating systems.
• Secure and managevendors andbuild partnerships across diverse audiences.
• Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Deep commitment to equity inclusion and the mission of The Commit Partnership.

Language Skills

• Ability to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate.
• Ability to communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
• Ability to describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Ability to read and write in Standard English.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others.
• Ability to interact with persons of various social cultural economic and educational backgrounds.
• Ability to listen perceptively and convey awareness.
• Ability to interact diplomatically with the public in a continuous public contact setting.
• Ability to work as part of a team and in a team environment.
• Ability to maintain level-headedness in the face of resistance and contrary opinions.

Work Environment

The Managing Director generally works in an office environment but may occasionally be required to perform job duties outside of the typical office setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. The employee is not exposed to any adverse environmental conditions.

About The Commit Partnership:

Our Mission

We believe that through our collective actions Dallas Countywhich educates 10% of Texas and 1% of the nationcan become an inclusive and prosperous region where economic opportunity is shared fairly. Thats why our True North Goal is that by 2040 at least half of all Dallas County residents ages 2534 irrespective of race will have the opportunity to earn a living wage.

To increase living wage attainment we must equitably increase educational success aligned with high-demand well-paying jobsmaximizing the cumulative impact from early education through college career and military readiness to strong postsecondary completion. Our team aligns community stakeholders around this shared roadmap for the future using data to surface strategic initiatives that improve policies practices and funding. Together we work to address the systemic root causes that hinder progress and strengthen our communitys capacity to serve every student effectively.

Our Story

Founded in 2012 the Commit Partnership has grown into the nations largest educational collective impact organization uniting more than 70 backbone team members and over 200 partners across Dallas County and Texasall working together to address the systemic education challenges facing our region and state. Our team brings community stakeholders together around a shared roadmap for the future using data and practitioner insights to inform effective policy solutions that accelerate progress toward our goals and strengthen our collective capacity to serve every student well.

Together we advocate for an excellent public education that ensures all studentsregardless of race place or socioeconomic statuscan shape their own futures earn a living wage and share in the prosperity of the worlds eighth-largest economy. We pursue this mission through several key initiatives including Early Matters Dallas Dallas County Promise the Texas Urban Council and the Texas Impact Network.

True North Traits

Our True North Traits creates a mission-driven environment and champions us to do our best work each day.

Systemic Impact: You understand the barriers and lived experiences that our students face and are skilled at delivering systemic solutions at scale that address these needs. You achieve significant sustainable results that increase equitable outcomes through your work (including the reallocation or improvement in public funding) and you recognize the difference between activity and impact.

Judgment: You exhibit a relentless students first focus by thinking strategically about what data must be collected analyzed visualized and activated (and what steps must be taken in what order) to cause resources to be reallocated and actions to be taken to systemically overcome the root causes hindering achievement of the Partnerships mission.

Communication: By listening to understand before seeking to be understood youre able to build trust and facilitate collaboration across lines of difference recognizing that both are essential to our success. You are also able to find common ground with diverse stakeholders and can tailor the organizations message to different audiences as needed to influence meaningful change.

Innovation: You can create or meaningfully contribute to the design and execution of a systemic and transformational strategic plan to solve complex problems often at scale that improves organizational effectiveness and/or closes equity gaps for our students and families.

Equity and Inclusion: You intentionally create spaces where relevant stakeholders have a seat or voice at the table ensuring that each person at the tables thoughts and perspectives are shared valued by all others at the table and reflected in our work. Youre excited to help build and/or contribute to teams where everyone feels welcomed respected valued and highly supported.

Joy: You recognize that people are central to our work striking a balance between people and process and you inspire others with your optimism and thirst for substantive change in service to the mission.

Integrity: You admit mistakes openly share learnings widely and elevate bad news quickly also capable of making difficult decisions in all situations to ensure the success of the organization.

The Commit Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to hire individuals with backgrounds similar to that of the stakeholders they serve. As an organization that embraces equity and inclusion all employment decisions are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color religion or belief national social or ethnic origin gender age sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression marital civil union or domestic partnership status or any other status protected by federal state or local laws.

Commit does not sponsor visas of any kind.