Chief Strategic Communications & Marketing

Cape Cod Community College; Barnstable (MA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cape Cod Community College seeks a Director of Strategic Communications & Marketing to lead a high-performing team and shape the College's narrative for students, families, employers, and policymakers.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, exceptional writing, and an ability to align brand voice with enrollment goals while collaborating across academic affairs, student services, and development. This is a full-time, on-site position in Massachusetts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, journalism, English, or related field and 7+ years in strategic communications or public relations.
• At least 3 years of experience leading and developing a team.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills with leadership-level samples.
• Proven judgment and calm in urgent, sensitive, or high-visibility situations.
• Strong command of digital and social media strategy, web content management, and analytics.
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, and contracts.
• Unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.
• Commitment to community college mission and student success.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the Strategic Communications & Marketing team; set priorities and expectations.
• Serve on the President's Cabinet; advise on communications in institutional decisions.
• Build partnerships across college departments to coordinate communications plans.
• Strengthen internal communications to keep students, faculty, staff informed.
• Provide brand guidelines, templates, and tools for campus communications.
• Develop and maintain a network of power users to keep pages current.
• Manage department budget, vendor relationships, and contracts.

Skills

Leadership

Writing & editing

Strategic communications

Digital/social media

Web content management

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Budgets & contracts

Public representation

Education

Bachelor's degree in communications/marketing/journalism/English or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

CRM platforms

Marketing automation platforms

Job description

Cape Cod Community College seeks a Director of Strategic Communications & Marketing to lead a high-performing team and shape the College's narrative for students, families, employers, and policymakers.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, exceptional writing, and an ability to align brand voice with enrollment goals while collaborating across academic affairs, student services, and development. This is a full-time, on-site position in Massachusetts.