Manager
Career Family: External Relations Professional Level: External Relations Manager
Career Family Job Summary: Jobs in this career family involve building relationships with external parties for the purposes of information sharing and facilitation of strategic partnerships. Functions include government relations, alumni relations, commercial business relations, non-profit relations, and event planning/management.
Professional Level Job Summary: Managers are responsible for the day-to-day operation of functional work units, including the development and implementation of processes consistent with college, school or departmental strategies and processes and the supervision of professional and support staff.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, advertising, graphic design, visual arts, or a related field.
- Three (3) years of related professional experience in photography, social media management, content creation, visual and mixed-media arts, editing, or other related professional experience.
- Optional Substitution: Related technical/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree on a year for year basis.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's or terminal degree in communications, marketing, advertising, graphic design, visual arts, or a related field.
- Four (4) years of related professional experience in photography, social media management, content creation, visual and mixed-media arts, editing, or other related professional experience.
- Related professional experience as manager, supervisor, work leader, staff authority or project/program administrator
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Ability to train and supervise employees
- Ability to establish work priorities and handle multiple deadlines
- Passion for engaging with people and connecting them to opportunities that meet their needs
- Ability to effectively, professionally, and persuasively represent CU through presentations, verbal communication, and written communication.
- Ability to deal effectively with multiple categories of stakeholders, including students, alumni, employers, community leaders, faculty, and support staff.
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects and tasks simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail.
Supervision Exercised: No cap on supervision exercised. Should not supervise a higher professional level position.
Salary: Grade 7
FLSA Status: Exempt or Non-Exempt