director communications coordinator Remote
College Board
Full Time
Remote
10.56 - 12.04 USD Today
Job description
Director, AP Communications
College Board - Communications and Marketing
NYO/Remote
About the Team
The Communications and Marketing (CM) team is responsible for overseeing the organization’s communications and marketing efforts to grow the organization’s three highest priority areas: AP, SAT Suite, and BigFuture. Communications is a close-knit, dedicated team of 25+ individuals with a successful track record of promoting the work of College Board to a wide range of audiences including students, parents, educators, policymakers, the media, member organizations and staff.
The Advanced Placement Program® (AP) enables willing and academically prepared students to pursue college-level studies while still in high school. The program consists of college-level courses developed by the AP Program that high schools can choose to offer, and corresponding exams that are administered once a year.
About the Opportunity
As the Director, AP Communications you will play a key role on the College Board Communications team, leading end-to-end communications strategy for the AP Program. In close collaboration with leaders in College Board’s Advanced Placement, Research, College and Career Access, and Global Policy and External Relations departments, you will provide strategic direction for how the College Board positions the AP program. You are responsible for upholding the College Board’s external reputation as a thought leader and innovator in education and will act as a lead consultant to internal stakeholders and subject matter experts on all external and public-facing engagements.
In this role, you will:
Lead strategic communications for the AP program (40%)
- Provide comprehensive strategic communications leadership, support, and guidance across the AP division
- Design and execute comprehensive end-to-end, multi-channel strategic communications plans for the Advanced Placement program
- Develop and manage the use of comprehensive communications collateral including talking points, FAQs, one-pagers, PowerPoint presentations, webinars, talking points for senior leaders, print and digital collateral, and white papers that distill complex information, research, and data into easily consumable messages for internal and external stakeholders
Serve as the Communications team’s primary point of contact and relationship owner for AP (30%)
- Serve as Communications lead and subject matter expert for all things AP, including cross-functional projects related to AP program announcements, course development, and policy changes
- Serve as liaison between the communications and the AP program, media relations and marketing teams, consulting on crisis mitigation issues, reputation management, and broad strategic engagement with students and educators
Leverage validator voices to tell a positive story about AP (30%)
- Identify, recruit, and build relationships with AP students, teachers, coordinators, and other stakeholders who have positive stories to tell about AP
- Work with Communications team members to identify opportunities to drive storytelling via multiple channels and highlight validating voices of support showing the College Board’s support for students on their path to college
About You
- You have 5+ years’ full-time experience in communications, marketing, project management, or related role
- Willingness and ability to travel at least 15%-30%
- You are skilled at building meaningful relationships with a variety of personalities and stakeholders
- You have impeccable writing skills and a passion for learning, understanding, and distilling and communicating complex information in ways that engage a wide variety of stakeholders
- You have demonstrated experience managing complex, high stakes projects on tight deadlines, working both independently and collaboratively
- You can leverage multiple channels to communicate clearly and compellingly and know how to target your presentation style, written or oral, to different audiences
- You are a self-starter that thrives in fast-paced environments managing challenging, complex tasks
About Our Benefits and Compensation
College Board offers a strong compensation and benefits package that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education.
- Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, tuition assistance, paid time off, paid parental leave, retirement benefits with a generous matching program, and more
- We reward performance through annual bonuses and provide opportunities for salary growth over time through base compensation increases, merit raises and promotions
- We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact. The salary range for a new employee in this position is $80,000 to $135,000. The salary offer of an individual candidate within this range is specific to their location and qualifications
- Each salary offer is determined carefully using internal and external benchmarking and adjusting for the candidate’s location. You will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after you begin the application process
As a self-sustaining non-profit organization with global impact, College Board offers a job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive!
About Our Culture
Our community matters, and we strive to practice and improve our culture daily. Here are some headlines:
- We prioritize building a diverse and inclusive team where every employee can thrive, and every voice is heard
- We value learning and growth; we offer formal and informal ways to lead through your superpowers, sharpen your strengths, and meet your development goals
- We know that our impact is strongest together. Our College Board Cares program offers all staff up to $1,000 annual match against partner non-profit organizations
- We offer a transparent approach to promotions and merit raises, annual performance-based bonuses, and how to grow your career here over time
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