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Position Highlights

The College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (CALS) is seeking experienced and creative candidates for the newly created position of Marketing Communications Manager in the Office of Career & Academic Services (CAS).

As a central college support unit, CAS endeavors to achieve this audacious goal : 100% of our entering students to complete their degree.

The Marketing Communications Manager (MCM) is an integral team member ensuring CALS students prospective and current are progressing toward that goal while simultaneously following their individual academic and career pursuits.

The MCM creates and delivers a strategic, integrated, audience-focused marketing approach for all college-wide digital and print communications for current and prospective students.

Current student communications including undergraduate and graduate represent about 70% of content. Prospective undergraduate student communications represent about 30% of content.

Additionally, the MCM will interface with the college’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO) marketing agency to guide an effective digital strategy to promote our 20+ diverse academic majors.

This position works collaboratively to create and execute strategic marketing plans, develop marketing content (newsletter copy, email drip campaigns, website copy, and social media posts), and coordinate the visual design and brand standards to deliver effective marketing campaigns (digital and print) and collateral to increase student persistence, retention, and graduation.

Real-time course correction and new initiatives occur, so this position is highly responsive, navigating both long-term projects and short-term needs.

Career & Academic Services is a highly collaborative and integrated support unit for all academic units in the college. The MCM must be comfortable serving in an advisory role, working in collaboration with CALS Student Affairs, CALS Recruitment, CAS administration, and academic units on the overall student marketing strategy.

This position reports to the CALS Director, Undergraduate Strategic Initiatives and collaborates closely with the Director of Marketing Strategy, Colleges in the Campus Brand Engagement department within the university’s Central Marketing Communications Division.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and visioninsurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays;

UA / ASU / NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified familymembers; state and optional retirement plans; accessto UA recreation and culturalactivities; and more!

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Duties and Responsibilites :

Content Creation & Management

Assist in developing an annual strategic marketing plan for CALS, which includes the definition and prioritization of key prospective and current student audiences and the messages and tactics that will motivate them to engage with the University of Arizona.

Based on the annual plan, assist in developing quarterly reports, tactical plans, and timelines for accomplishing the identified priorities.

• Oversee the creation and curation of compelling digital content, including regular newsletters articles, videos, graphics, and other multimedia formats, to engage and expand the audience.
• Review and edit content for clarity, accuracy, and consistency before publication.
• Maintain an editorial calendar to plan, schedule, and coordinate content releases.
• Actively participate in content production, leveraging skills in writing, editing, graphic design, video editing, or other relevant areas.
• Ensure the production of high-quality, engaging content that meets brand standards and resonates with the target audience.
• Recommend strategies to refine and elevate CALS social media presence through targeted channels, provide content support as needed.
• Interface with the college’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO) marketing agency to guide an effective digital strategy to promote our 20+ diverse academic majors.
• Advise college partners on paid Search Engine Marketing (SEM) advertisements to attract prospective students.
• Stay up to date with emerging digital technologies and platforms, exploring opportunities for expansion and innovation.

Workflow Development & Optimization

• Develop efficient and effective workflows for content creation, review, and approval processes.
• Implement tools and technologies to streamline content production, distribution, and performance tracking.
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of digital content initiatives and make data-driven recommendations for improvement.
• Create creative brief production strategies from concept to distribution in support of in-house video producer.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as creative services, strategic communications, and technical teams to ensure cohesive and integrated digital content strategies.
• Represent CALS at the University-wide College Marketers Council, a committee consisting of each lead marketing / communications professional from each of the unique colleges on campus.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment; prioritize tasks and responsibilities; respond positively to unanticipated changes;

make sound decisions; and meet deadlines

• Ability to follow through on assignments independently with attention to detail
• Ability to work autonomously and contribute effectively to a team environment

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience is required.
• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, journalism, or a related field (or equivalent advanced learning attained through professional level experience required.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with client relationship management
• Experience with marketing and project planning principles
• Experience with effective marketing tactics and creative execution
• Experience with collateral, video and digital production workflow
• Experience with direct response marketing tactics and techniques, including online advertising and email
• Experience with Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) basics
• Experience with media planning and budgeting basics

FLSA Exempt Number of Hours Worked per Week Job FTE Work Calendar Fiscal Job Category Communication and Marketing Benefits Eligible Yes - Full Benefits Compensation Type salary at full-time equivalency (FTE) Grade 8 Career Stream and Level PC3 Job Family Marketing Job Function Communications & Marketing Type of criminal background check required : Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive) Number of Vacancies 1 Target Hire Date 7 / 24 / 2023

Position Highlights

The McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship is an independent Center within the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona.

The McGuire Center is the foundation of the University’s premier and pioneering reputation in entrepreneurship education, and is a key driver of entrepreneurship research and entrepreneurial activity within the College and broader community.

The McGuire Center is committed to teaching excellence among its faculty and facilitators. For more than 30 years, the McGuire Center’s undergraduate and graduate degree programs in entrepreneurship have been top-ranked by US News, Economist, Business Week, and Entrepreneur rankings.

The primary purpose of the position is to improve the student experience by supporting faculty members teaching courses by responding to student questions in a timely manner, grading assignments, holding virtual office hours and monitoring discussion boards.

The position is expected to average approximately 10 - 15 hours per week while a facilitator is assigned to support a course, but hours are expected to vary week to week.

This is not a continuous position; facilitators will be assigned to courses based on their areas of expertise. Initially, facilitators will be assigned to individual courses.

Based on the needs of the department, facilitators may also be invited to facilitate additional courses.

Some course facilitators may be expected to be present on campus for various assignments, but are also expected to provide their own computing devices and have reliable high-speed access to internet to work from other locations.

No special software will be required; although the device(s) must be capable of accessing the LMS, Microsoft and Adobe applications, and using virtual conferencing software.

The McGuire Center is seeking strong, experienced scholars who are able to work with diverse students and colleagues, and who have experience with a variety of teaching methods and curricular perspectives.

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Duties & Responsibilities

The McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship is seeking course facilitators to support faculty members teaching on-campus and online courses.

Course facilitators improve the student experience by assisting course instructors with tasks such as :

• Providing timely responses to student questions.
• Grading assignments.
• Holding virtual office hours.
• Monitoring discussion boards.
• Entering grades in a learning management system (LMS).

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in a business related field.
• Three years of relevant work experience.
• Experience using an LMS and virtual conferencing software, such as Zoom and MS Teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Entrepreneurship education and / or experience.
• Experience with D2L and an online learning environment.
• PhD from an accredited university.

FLSA Non-Exempt Number of Hours Worked per Week 10 - 15 Job FTE Work Calendar Fiscal Job Category Instructional and Assessment Services Benefits Eligible No Benefits $ Compensation Type hourly rate Grade 6 Career Stream and Level PC2 Job Family Instructional Design & Support Job Function Instruct & Assessment Services Type of criminal background check required : Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive) Number of Vacancies 1 Target Hire Date 7 / 10 / 2023

Position Highlights

The Department of Marketing (MKTG) is seeking applicants for a full-time Lecturer position. The selected applicant will be expected to teach Undergraduate MKTG courses, and engage in student experience enrichment, by serving as the faculty advisor of a Marketing student club.

The Department of Marketing is one of six academic units in the Eller College of Management offering undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs.

It is internationally recognized for pioneering research, innovative curriculum, and distinguished faculty. As we work toward our mission to discover and share new knowledge that shapes the future of business and to educate the next generation of responsible, global leaders who embody the changing business world and possess the knowledge and drive to impact it, we recognize the value of diversity and inclusion.

We invite all qualified individuals to apply to join us in achieving our mission.

This career-track appointment is not eligible for tenure.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave and holidays;

UA / ASU / NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; state and optional retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

• Teaching load for a Lecturer is the equivalent of six Marketing courses per academic year. Initial course taught will be Introduction to Marketing, which is part of the business core curriculum offered as large, in-person sections.
• Participate in service responsibilities at the department, college and / or university level.
• Mentor individual students and / or student teams, including those from underrepresented backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability and commitment to work with diverse students and colleagues.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, related field, and 5 or more years of professional experience in marketing, or equivalent.
• Experience teaching diverse audiences, evidenced by teaching experience, evaluations and / or awards.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Marketing, or related field, prior to the start date.
• Experience developing and teaching large college classes.

Rank Lecturer Tenure Information Career-Track (CT) FLSA Exempt Number of Hours Worked per Week 40 Job FTE Work Calendar Academic Job Category Faculty Benefits Eligible Yes - Full Benefits Compensation Type salary at full-time equivalency (FTE) Type of criminal background check required : Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive) Number of Vacancies 1 Target Hire Date 8 / 14 / 2023