Inver Hills Community College seeks a Director of Marketing to position the college in Minnesota’s higher education market through creative, innovative marketing and public relations strategies.

Application Deadline:  February 7, 2012

Salary:  $48,734-70,574 depending on education and related experience.

Appointment: Unlimited Full-Time.

Responsibilities:

•    Lead a team of five marketing staff, including a web development specialist, webmaster, writer, graphic designer, and administrative support staff.
•    Through collaboration with Student and Academic Affairs and the Foundation, create and deliver a strategic marketing plan, using emerging and traditional marketing strategies and social media.
•    Determine marketing messages and positioning.
•    Select and contract with vendors.
•    Manage the college’s website; implement a new web content management system (OU Campus).
•    Identify new opportunities for college marketing, niche and image building through research.
•    Conduct performance studies to assess efficacy of marketing initiatives and guide future efforts.
•    Prepare and manage the annual marketing budget.
•    Lead marketing team to conceptualize and produce marketing materials and promotional messages.
•    Manage and maximize media opportunities.

Minimum Qualifications:
•    Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Public Relations, or a related field, and two years of progressively responsible marketing experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and training.
•    Proven track record of creativity, innovation and achievement of measurable results in marketing, and ability to inspire organizational buy-in.
•    Experience developing and managing marketing campaigns.
•    In-depth knowledge of webpage and emerging technologies for marketing.
•    Experience supervising employees or managing projects and relationships.
•    Proven ability to develop collaborative relationships across an organization.
•    Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

•    Master’s degree in Marketing, Public Relations, or a related field.
•    Marketing experience in education, or a non-profit or government agency.
•    Experience managing media inquiries.

Application requirements:  You must apply online at http://www.inverhills.edu/About/HR/ and click on the Academic and Administrator Jobs link to apply.  Application deadline is 4:30 p.m. on February 7, 2012. Mailed applications will not be considered.

Founded in 1970, Inver Hills is a comprehensive community college offering 38 degree options including the Associate in Arts (A.A.), a liberal education degree that leads to transfer to four-year colleges; the Associate in Fines Arts (A.F.A.) degree in studio arts; and the career-related Associate in Science (A.S.) and Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees in leading occupational areas such as nursing, paralegal, computer networking, law enforcement, human services, business, and emergency medical services.
 
Located 10 minutes from downtown St. Paul in Minnesota, Inver Hills’ 90-acre campus houses nine buildings surrounded by wooded hills and wetlands. Inver Hills serves 7,000 credit-seeking and 10,000 Continuing Education/Customized Training students.  Recognized for adult experiential learning, Learning Communities, and its Center of Excellence for Access and Opportunity, Inver Hills is an Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) institution.  The college is committed to Learning Communities, campus-wide assessment, innovative instruction, integrating technology in instruction, collaboration with Pre-K-12 for college readiness and access, and civic engagement. 

The Director of Marketing reports to the President.  Inver Hills is a financially sound college with a Fiscal Year 2012 operating budget of $32 million.  It is one of 32 community colleges, technical colleges and state universities that comprise the Minnesota State Colleges and University system.

We offer excellent benefits including health and dental insurance (100% employer paid single premium or 90% employer paid family premium); life insurance; optional dental, short- and long-term disability and long-term care insurance; paid holiday, vacation and sick leave; defined benefit and defined contribution (401(a)) retirement plans; tuition waiver for employees and dependents after 3 years of service; and optional 457 and 403(b) retirement savings plans.

If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this selection process, please contact the Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator at HumanResources@inverhills.edu or (651) 450-3670; TTY (651) 450-3369.

Inver Hills Community College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity educator and employer. A member of the Minnesota State College and Universities System. A member of the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium.