AVP, Admissions & Global Enrollment Strategy

Uniglobaltechnologies; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 197,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerson College in Boston seeks an Associate Vice President of Admissions to lead undergraduate, transfer, international, and graduate recruitment with a data-driven, student-centric strategy. The AVP will collaborate with senior leadership, design multi-channel campaigns, manage a diverse team, and align financial aid with enrollment goals while expanding the college's international footprint.

This senior role requires a master's degree and 15+ years of leadership in admissions, with a track

Qualifications

• Master's degree in higher education administration, enrollment management, communications, fine arts administration, or related field.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in college admissions or enrollment management at the level of director or higher.
• Advanced experience in data analysis and analyzing enrollment funnel data.
• Demonstrated experience managing, developing, and empowering a diverse professional staff.
• Experience leading enrollment operations within a specialized arts, design, or communication institution, or a comprehensive university with highly prominent creative colleges.
• Experience working with external strategic partners and consulting entities specializing in stop-out recovery, adult completion, or digital lead generation preferred.
• Proven success in working with partners that design and manage financial aid leveraging models or merit/talent-based scholarship matrices preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the directors of undergraduate, transfer, graduate and international recruitment that result in achieving and exceeding enrollment projections.
• Develop and execute an innovative, multi-channel strategic recruitment plan tailored to distinct student pipelines: traditional first-year, specialized transfers, international, and advanced graduate cohorts for both spring and fall start terms.
• Partner with senior enrollment leadership to establish annual enrollment goals, predictive yield modeling, and net tuition revenue targets.
• Utilize advanced data analytics, CRM platforms, and market research to monitor application funnels, identify emerging demographic shifts, and adjust recruitment strategies in real time.
• Lead a forward-thinking specialized territory management model, utilizing targeted geographic and zip-code level data to maximize yield.
• Significantly expand the number of inquiries and applicants, providing rapid application review and decisions.
• Expand the top of the admissions funnel significantly.
• Collaborate with faculty and academic department chairs to standardize, streamline, and optimize talent-based evaluation rubrics, ensuring a transparent, equitable, and efficient review cycle.
• Maintain a deep understanding of evolving trends in arts, film, digital media, and communication education to effectively position the college's unique institutional value.
• Cultivate and expand global recruitment networks, ensuring compliance with international credential evaluations, visa processing pipelines, and English language proficiency standards to enrich the campus's international footprint.
• Partner with Financial Aid and Student Accounts to strategically leverage institutional aid, merit scholarships, and talent-based awards to optimize student yield and retention.
• Work alongside University Communications and Marketing and especially Enrollment Management Marketing to co-create compelling, brand-aligned print and digital admissions materials, social media campaigns, and personalized outreach sequences.
• Partner with event management leaders to create and support top-of-class events that increase applications and deposits as well as reduce melt.
• Work in tandem with the Visitor Center as well as other campus stakeholders to present the gold standard in campus visits.
• Align with Student Affairs to ensure a seamless transition from deposited status to orientation and matriculation.

Skills

Data analysis

Staff leadership

Enrollment operations

External partnerships

Financial aid leveraging

Enrollment strategy

Education

Master's degree in higher education administration, enrollment management, communications, fine arts administration, or related field

Job description

Emerson College in Boston seeks an Associate Vice President of Admissions to lead undergraduate, transfer, international, and graduate recruitment with a data-driven, student-centric strategy. The AVP will collaborate with senior leadership, design multi-channel campaigns, manage a diverse team, and align financial aid with enrollment goals while expanding the college's international footprint.

This senior role requires a master's degree and 15+ years of leadership in admissions, with a track