Vice President for Communication and Marketing

Morristown, NJ - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Vice President for Communication and Marketing

Campus Location: Walters State Community College - Morristown (Employees are assigned to a home location but may occasionally or regularly be required to work at other WSCC locations.)

Job Purpose:The Vice President for Communications and Marketing provide visionary leadership for the Colleges institutional communications marketing branding and public relations strategy. This role is responsible for advancing the Colleges image reputation and engagement with all audiences and across all platforms.

Essential Job Functions:

Develops and implements a comprehensive integrated communications and marketing plan that supports the Colleges mission and goals. Provides strategic direction for all areas including advertising media relations website management digital marketing publications social media printing services photography and video production.
Leads and coordinates institutional responses to critical issues and crisis situations to ensure clear consistent and timely communication.
Builds and maintains strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders including faculty staff media alumni and community leadersto enhance storytelling collaboration and outreach.
Serves as a key member of the Colleges Executive Leadership Team and actively participates on committees to shape institutional strategy and direction.
Provides leadership for departmental operations including budget management personnel supervision policy development project planning and procurement activities.
Evaluates institutional communication efforts for consistency clarity and impact. Establishes best practices to align messaging eliminate redundancy and enhance audience engagement.
May perform related duties that support the mission and strategic objectives College.

Required Qualifications:

Masters degree in Marketing Communications Public Relations or a closely related field
Seven to eleven years of progressive experience in communications marketing or a related leadership position.
Exceptional written oral and interpersonal communication skills.
Demonstrated expertise in strategic marketing media relations and public relations.
Proficiency in digital and graphic design tools including Adobe Creative Cloud and competence in standard office technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

Executive or senior leadership experience within a higher education or nonprofit organization.
Prior management experience in a communications or public relations agency setting.

Behavioral Core Competencies:

Empowers and motivates team to maximize effectiveness.
Listens effectively encourages and is receptive to new ideas; invites response/dissent; verifies he/she has a clear understanding of what others are saying.
Breaks down barriers and develops influential relationships across teams/functions/layers; challenges others to identify new ways to view existing situations.
Empowers employees to adjust procedures to improve service quality and find creative solutions to problems. Recognizes and rewards achievement.
Spends time with employees to learn about their capabilities needs and priorities. Manages team conflict appropriately providing feedback and coaching to develop team members.
Inspires improvement to advance the Colleges mission while preserving institutional principles and character; recognizes and rewards people whose actions support organizational change efforts.
Considers the impact and efficiency of decisions prior to deciding on a specific course of action in deference to WSCCs benefactors and supporters.

Leadership and Supervisory:The incumbent oversees the Communications and Marketing department including eight full-time staff members and student workers. The role operates independently exercising significant judgment in setting departmental goals recommending policy and advancing college-wide initiatives. Work is reviewed based on long-term outcomes and measurable impact.

Environment & Working Conditions:Standard office environment with occasional variations in temperature and light levels.

Physical Demands (including requirements for travel or working nights/weekends/holidays):

Large amounts of time spent looking at computer monitors could lead to some eye strain stress or headache issues. Repetitive stress injuries could occur.
Occasional travel to local or regional events involving WSCC could be necessary.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of this job.

REQ#503565

Posting Closes: Tuesday February 24 2026

Required Experience:

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Job Title: Vice President for Communication and MarketingCampus Location: Walters State Community College - Morristown (Employees are assigned to a home location but may occasionally or regularly be required to work at other WSCC locations.)Job Purpose:The Vice President for Communications and Marke...