KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (BL-BUS-IUBLA)

The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University is a comprehensive provider of top-tier business education with a full portfolio of undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and executive programs on campuses in Bloomington and Indianapolis, and online worldwide. The Kelley School has been creating career momentum for more than 100 years, going from 70 students in 1920 to an enrollment of more than 14,000 students today. Our innovative curriculum is built on personal development, teamwork, and experiential learning with an emphasis on global and social responsibility. Our success is reflected globally in our reputation among academic peers, our career placement statistics, and the accomplishments of more than 123,000 living alumni around the globe.

The Director of Marketing performs a vital role in the Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC) at the Kelley School of Business by directing the planning and execution of marketing efforts in support of academic programs at both Kelley Bloomington and Kelley IUPUI.

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Spends time as needed on both campuses. Leads a team of individuals located in Bloomington and Indianapolis, who create and carry out marketing plans and related activities for various programs.
• At various times this work includes hiring, training, evaluating, coaching, assigning work, and setting goals and objectives.
• Develops and evaluates strategies to advance brand awareness and enrollment based on data and insights.
• Ensures campaigns and initiatives are integrated, cohesive, compelling, effective, consistent across platforms, and deliver a strong ROI.
• Collaborates closely with peer OMC leaders, Kelley deans, program leaders, and other key stakeholders in Bloomington and Indianapolis, and reports directly to the Executive Director of Marketing and Communications.
• Ensures compliance with Kelley and Indiana University brand standards.
• Serves as the subject matter expert for the marketing of academic programs at Kelley.
• Refines and optimizes standards and processes to ensure productivity, quality, transparency, and stakeholder satisfaction across all aspects of marketing for programs at Kelley.
• Plans, tracks, and provides updates on the budget.
• Monitors industry trends and best practices, makes process, operational, and strategic recommendations, and assists in implementing procedural changes.
• Manages relationships with campus partners and outside vendors.
• Performs other related duties as needed.

General Responsibilities

• Directs operations for the marketing and communications function by providing oversight and direction within a department, large multi-faceted department, or multiple departments.
• Hires, trains, evaluates, coaches, assigns work, sets goals and objectives, determines staffing needs, and directs the work of a team of Marketing Generalists and/or Marketing Assistants.
• Manages relationships with various internal and external stakeholders; determines marketing needs, projects, and programs to align with objectives and goals and supervises processes such as the development of marketing timelines related to such initiatives.
• Independently develops, evaluates, and executes basic and highly complex strategic marketing plans for a department, functional area within a department, or large, multi-faceted department to advance goals and objectives, including data collection and market research, target market definition, development of project timelines, sourcing of promotional materials, and marketing content creation.
• Responds to escalated and complex inquiries and requests from direct reports and stakeholders; acts as a resource and explains policies, procedures, and programs.
• Assists in budget planning and administration for marketing initiatives, including expenditures, revenue projections, and project and program costs.
• Regularly researches relevant subject matter to increase knowledge in area(s) of specialty; monitors industry trends and best practices, makes process and operational and strategic recommendations to manager, and assists in implementing procedural changes.
• May provide guidance to lower-level Marketing Leaders.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, English, public relations, or related field

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 4 years in relevant field
• 1 year of management experience in relevant field

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• Experience working in close collaboration with creative and content teams

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent collaboration and team building skills
• Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback
• Instills commitment to organizational goals
• Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills
• Effective conflict management skills
• Builds and manages effective teams

Preferred

• Excellent organizational skills.
• Good judgement for identifying and prioritizing marketing opportunities

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Bloomington, Indiana and Indianapolis, Indiana

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.

Career Level: Sr. Operational

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Marketing & Communications

Job Family: Marketing

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