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Senior Vice President Marketing and Communications

Hillel International

Role Overview

Hillel International seeks aSenior Vice President Marketing and Communications (SVP M&C) to lead an exciting high-impact portfolio encompassing marketing communications and a large direct-response fundraising directly to the Chief External Affairs Officer and serving as a key member of the senior leadership team this executive will manage three direct reports and a team of nearly 40 professionals.

The SVP M&C must bring exceptional leadership judgment and cultural fluency with the ability to operate in a nuanced ecosystem. This leader will be a central partner in crisis communications marketing and brand strategy and organizational alignment balancing urgency with long-term strategy.

For more information about this important work and vision explore Hillels newstrategic planfor 2025-2028.

Location: Remote East Coast or Central Time preferred

What Youll Do

Marketing & Brand Strategy

• Grow Hillels global marketing function bringing strategic focus creativity and momentum to a high-growth area.
• Strengthen Hillels brand positioning across a competitive market landscape encompassing campus community students parents and stakeholders.
• Increase student awareness relevance and engagement nationally operating effectively within a modest budget.
• Infuse creativity innovation and strategic thinking into marketing efforts and brand building opportunities across channels and audiences.

Communications Reputation & Crisis Leadership

• Serve as a senior organizational leader on communications strategy including crisis response related to campus antisemitism and other high-profile and sensitive topics.
• Provide sound judgment and strategic counsel on high-stakes reputational matters.
• Anticipate how messaging will land with diverse audiences including students campus professionals donors boards and university leaders.
• Collaborate closely with Legal Campus Affairs executive leadership and external advisors to ensure coordinated disciplined communications.

Direct-Response Fundraising

• Ensure strong leadership culture and accountability while empowering experienced leaders to manage day-to-day execution.
• Align fundraising communications with enterprise brand and messaging strategy.
• Support the continued success and growth of Hillel Internationals grassroots movement-wide fundraising consulting services and partner with senior leadership to evaluate the future structure and evolution of the function.

Executive Leadership & Organizational Partnership

• Lead and develop a distributed team of nearly 40 professionals across marketing communications and fundraising consulting.
• Oversee senior leaders who independently manage large multi-layered teams.
• Serve as a key member of the senior leadership team partnering closely with the CEO CEAO and other executives.
• Represent Hillel externally with credibility nuance and executive presence while thriving in a complex high-accountability environment.

Qualifications & Experience

This is a unique opportunity for a bold mission-driven marketing and communications leader to shape and lead a comprehensive enterprise-wide marketing and communications strategy; drive execution through strong experienced leaders; and inspire a best-in-class team as the organization continues to navigate rapid landscape changes emerging needs and scale its overall impact.

The SVP will bring:

Senior & People Leadership:15 years of progressive senior leadership experience across marketing and communications with related experience in fundraising and a strong track record of leading and developing large multi-layered teams in complex distributed organizations.

Strategic Marketing & Brand Vision:Demonstrated strategic marketing acumen including brand positioning deep channel and audience fluency and operating effectively within resource constraints with experience providing brand stewardship across complex distributed organizations.

Crisis Communications & Judgment:Significant experience navigating crisis communications reputational risk and high-stakes issues requiring sound judgment speed and discretion.

Jewish Communal & College Campuses:Sophisticated understanding of the Jewish communal ecosystem and campus dynamics including political nuance; candidates without direct Jewish professional experience will be considered only with significant relevant lay leadership exposure.

Board & Executive Presence:Comfort working closely with boards senior lay leaders and executive stakeholders with the ability to influence advise and communicate credibly at the highest levels.

Emotional Intelligence & Leadership Style:High emotional intelligence maturity and self-awareness paired with sound judgment resilience and a collaborative leadership approach.

EDUCATION:Bachelors degree required.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:Willingness to travel domestically and internationally several times per year.

What Youll Receive

• The salary range for this role is$220000$250000 with additional bonus potential.
• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance retirement plan Life AD&D and Long-Term Disability (LTD) insurances Flexible Spending accounts generous vacation/sick time and parental leave.

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About Hillel International

In 1923 Rabbi Benjamin Frankel started Hillel with humble means a noble mission and a breathtaking vision: to convey Jewish civilization to a new generation. Today Hillel International continues to enrich the lives of Jewish students and is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world at nearly 1000 colleges and universities across North America and around the world. As Hillel evolves as an organization the mission remains steadfast: to create lasting connections with every Jewish student that foster an enduring commitment to Jewish life learning and Israel and train them to become the next Jewish leaders.

Hillel is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an accepting and inclusive environment for all.