Careers at Lehigh

Join Lehigh University's Development and Alumni Relations Team as an Assistant Director, Marketing Projects.

Lehigh University is seeking an Exempt Staff Full-time Assistant Director, Marketing Projects to join our dynamic Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) team. The Marketing Project Assistant Director works on a wide range of tasks in support of the Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) Marketing and Communications Team. The Marketing Project Assistant Director will provide marketing strategy for a variety of DAR projects and then manage projects across the content and design teams. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, people-savvy, and understand marketing strategies and tactics. The candidate will be comfortable using online tools to submit requests, track production schedules to ensure deadlines and schedules, follow up on outstanding tasks, and pull reports. The Lehigh community takes seriously our commitment to antiracism and The Principles of our Equitable Community.

Position Number: S98300

This position is a Grade: 8 - 40 with an approximate salary range of $46,180-$55,420 and is subject to change based on experience, skills and qualifications.

Key Responsibilities:
• Build marketing plans
• Manage execution of marketing projects
• Draft language for marketing tactics
• Serve as liaison for deliverables between MarCom and requestors

As an Assistant Director, Marketing Projects at Lehigh, you'll be part of a prestigious institution that values academic excellence, intellectual curiosity, and a commitment to developing leaders who make a positive impact on the world. Lehigh offers a vibrant campus community, competitive benefits, and ample opportunities for professional growth and development.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Communications or Marketing, a related field or the equivalent combination of education and experience
• Five to eight years of related work experience
• Experience in advertising, communications, marketing or PR, preferably at an educational institution
• Experience in a communications field with project management experience
• Strong writing and editing skills
• Familiarity with smartsheet, airtable, workfront, imodules, and drupal
• Interpersonal skills
• Outgoing and engaging personality, a sense of humor, strong work ethic, and the desire and ability to take the initiative in exploring new strategies DAR should consider
• Willingness to meet the varying need states of a layered organization
• Excellent interpersonal/team skills and ability to thrive in a collaborative environment

Join our team and be part of a vibrant community dedicated to excellence in education and fostering meaningful connections with alumni and supporters. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing an accommodation for any part of the interview or hiring process may contact Lehigh's Accommodations Specialist.

The duties of this position may allow the employee to work partially remote as deemed appropriate by their supervisor  

Successful completion of standard background checks including but not limited to: social security verification, education verification, national criminal background checks, motor vehicle checks, PATCH, FBI fingerprinting, Child Abuse Clearance and credit history based upon the requirements of the position.

Only complete applications will be considered therefore please complete the application in its entirety.  Once the posting is removed from the website applications may no longer be allowed to be completed.