Director of Internal and Executive Communications

• Employs best practices to develop engaging messages, clear, effective communications that promote a sense of belonging and transparency among students, faculty and staff members.
• Builds and executes an internal editorial and communications plan that is aligned with the college’s strategic plan and implemented with consistency across internal channels. Create, establish and document standard processes, protocols and templates for the internal communications practice area.

• Collaborates with the Chief Communications Officer to establish systems that empower other campus communicators to deliver information to students, faculty, and staff in a manner that reduces email fatigue. 
• Lead strategy on Ignite, the college’s intranet
• Manage one direct report responsible for internal communications content
• Works closely with other campus communicators to conceive and coordinate communications that reach key target audiences. 
• Manages writing, research and fact-checking support for major announcements and high-level initiatives. 
• Collaborates closely with senior leadership on crisis communications and issues management. Develops content for confidential, sensitive or embargoed events with discretion.
• Monitors news and global events to identify opportunities, concerns and interests for the campus community.
• Undertakes other critical writing tasks as assigned.

• Coordinates efforts to enhance the overall quality of all presidential communications
• Prepares compelling speeches, remarks, lectures, essays, columns, articles, presentations, correspondence, and other written communications of the highest quality for the college president and other senior college leaders
• Tailors each communication for maximum audience appeal and impact, conducting research on audience expectations, event agendas, topics or remarks of other speakers, and physical space and audio/visual set-up
• Provides counsel and feedback to the president on style and delivery of remarks
• Performs content research and develops detailed speech outlines for executive approval
• Ensures written communications align with an overall messaging strategy for the President, using internal and external communication platforms to articulate goals and initiatives in a clear manner
• Maintains current knowledge of peer institutions, current events, industry issues and trends, Jesuit and Catholic issues, policy proposals, and changes in legislation in order to incorporate relevant information into presidential communications.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• At least 5-7 years' professional experience in the fields of communications, journalism, or publishing
• Familiarity with common communications tools and technologies
• Experience as a high-level speechwriter preferred
• Industry knowledge of higher education a plus

Core Competencies