DIRECTOR-COMMUNICATIONS

UAB group; Birmingham (AL); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

UAB invites applications for Director of Communications within the School of Medicine Dean's Office. This role provides strategic leadership for a broad communications portfolio across channels and audiences.

You will build and oversee multi-channel content, manage budgets, mentor staff, and advise senior leadership to advance institutional priorities while preserving brand integrity and measurable outcomes. Hybrid work arrangement with day shifts is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of related experience required; work experience may NOT substitute education.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production of high-quality, multi-channel content across web, email, social, video, newsletters and print.
• Define performance metrics and use data to evaluate effectiveness and inform strategy.
• Direct large-scale communication initiatives, allocate resources, and manage budgets and priorities.
• Advise senior leadership on opportunities and challenges; collaborate with institutional partners to align messaging.

Skills

Leadership

Content strategy

Multi-channel comms

Budget management

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications/English/Journalism/Marketing/PR

Job description

The Director of Communications provides strategic leadership for a school, college or VP office and serves on the institution s Strategic Communications Council. This role develops and oversees comprehensive communication plans, manages budgets and resources, and serves as a senior advisor to executive leadership. The Director ensures that communications advance both school/college/VP office and institutional priorities, maintain brand integrity, and achieve measurable outcomes across audiences and platforms.
To execute the communications shared services strategy for the Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM) and the Health Services Foundation (HSF). This includes organizational design of the team, communications strategy, career development, and retention strategies to strategically plan, implement, direct, and maintain the communications shared services function within the HSOM and the HSF. To lead a team of communications professionals for represented departments, centers and/or programs, and ensure communications needs are consistently administered, aligned with organizational goals and in compliance with professional communications standards and institutional requirements. To recruit, hire, and manage a team of highly capable communications professionals to provide communications services to a defined group of departments/programs in a manner that is highly collaborative with all stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the departments and UAB Medicine. To work with all clients while also leading a multi-disciplinary staff to execute communications.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Oversees the production of high-quality, multi-channel content, ensuring messaging is consistent, strategic, and accessible.
• Leads the content strategy and production of content for multiple channels that may include web, email, social media, video, newsletters, and print publications.
• Defines performance metrics and goals for communication initiatives, uses data to evaluate effectiveness and inform decision-making and strategy.
• Directs large-scale communication initiatives, allocates resources effectively, and manages complex budgets and priorities.
• Advises senior leadership on communication opportunities and challenges; collaborates with institutional partners to ensure alignment and amplification of messaging. Represents the school, college or VP office in institution-wide discussions and planning.
• Provides vision and direction for communications within the school, college or VP office, ensuring strategies support institutional goals, brand standards, and long-term reputation building. Manages staff or interns as necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Salary Range

: $94,375 - $153,355
Bachelor's degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations or a related field, and ten (10) years of related experience required. Advanced degree preferred. Work experience may NOT substitute for the education requirement.
UAB is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, age, disability, and veteran's status. As required by Title IX, UAB prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to UAB's Assistant Vice President and Senior Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located at uab.edu/titleix.

Primary Location

University

Job Category

Media and Communication

Organization

310000000 School of Medicine Dean's Office

Employee Status

Regular

Shift

Day/1st Shift

Work Arrangement (final schedule to be determined by the department/hiring manager)

Hybrid Eligible