Director-Research Communication Services

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Leads research communications program managers in providing technical communications services to research units, ensuring that priorities and projects across units align with those at the institute level and are consistent with Georgia Institute of Technology's best practices and strategic priorities. Responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance and providing feedback, and making pay recommendations.This position will interact on a consistent basis with: directors, management, faculty, staff, and stakeholders. This position typically will advise and counsel: directors, management, faculty, staff, and stakeholders. This position will supervise: research communications program managers.

Job Duty 1 -
Lead and manage a team of research communications program managers and evaluate projects for strategic goals.

Job Duty 2 -
Provide backup and additional support for research communications efforts within units.

Job Duty 3 -
Manage and actively support special projects.

Job Duty 4 -
Organize and operate research communicators' network.

Job Duty 5 -
Ensure unit communications efforts are cohesive and consistent with Institute goals.

Job Duty 6 -
Perform other duties as assigned

Educational Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Communications or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Experience
Five to seven years of job related experience

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Significant experience in both communications project management and management of creative services staff in a distributed organization in which staff are housed with research units in non-contiguous locations across campus. Successful candidate will manage several staff members who are providing a similar set of services to one or more research units. These services may differ from unit to unit depending on unit communications plans and audiences served. Experience in team-building and developing collaborations with other campus units helpful.

- 10-12 years of professional experience
- 5-7 years experience managing team of creative services (designers,
photographers, videographers), and project management professionals
- Preferred Master's degree in communications, marketing, graphic design
- Marketing and advertising campaign planning and implementation
- Design experience and utilizing Adobe Creative Suite
- Experience leading special events, including planning and execution of
tradeshows
- Knowledge and experience with project management principles, systems
and software
- PMP certification preferred but not required

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

This is a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will not be required to drive.
This role is considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.

US Citizenship is required to access secure facilities

Grade A12

Anticipated annual salary $96,210.00 to $130,846.00 commensurate with qualifications

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening