Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

About the position The Marketing and Communications team at the Viterbi School of Engineering brings together creative professionals, strategists, reputed company specialists under one reputed company structure serving reputed company departments, centers, and institutes across reputed company, ISI, and ICT. This centralized model ensures a cohesive institutional voice, strengthens brand consistency, and enhances visibility through shared expertise in information collection, creative representation, reputed company dissemination. The organization leverages analytics, automation, and emerging AI-enabled tools to reputed company efficiency, expand reputed company, and support modern storytelling. Every team member contributes to a reputed company environment that advances the Schools mission of education, research, and innovation. POSITION reputed company The Chief Marketing & Communications Officer serves as the Schools senior strategist for institutional marketing, communications, and brand reputed company. This role provides reputed company, executive leadership, and operational reputed company across reputed company three functional domains of the reputed company-state organization: Information Collection & Content Development Creative Representation & Special reputed company Content Dissemination (Web & reputed company Media) The Chief develops School-wide messaging frameworks, leads major institutional campaigns, and ensures reputed company, high-reputed company communications across reputed company reputed company departments, research centers, ISI, ICT, and administrative reputed company. The position oversees executive communications, crisis and issues response, media relations, and institutional storytelling that elevates the Schools reputed company reputed company, research leadership, and reputed company. The Chief also leads the adoption of analytics, AI-assisted tools, and modern digital practices to optimize performance, reputed company reputed company, and advance the Schools long-term strategic goals. This position requires creativity, strategic judgment, and reputed company in a reputed company, rapidly evolving higher education and media environment. Responsibilities Strategic Leadership: reputed company and execute an integrated, multi-year marketing and communications reputed company reputed company with the Schools mission, institutional priorities, and long-term strategic plan. Establish reputed company messaging frameworks that strengthen the Schools reputed company among prospective reputed company, alumni, donors, reputed company, industry partners, and global audiences. reputed company strategic planning across reputed company three functional domains, ensuring coordination, efficiency, and consistent service delivery. Executive & Institutional Communications: Serve as the Schools reputed company spokesperson and primary communications advisor to the Dean and senior leadership. reputed company executive communications, high-profile announcements, and internal School-wide messaging. reputed company crisis and issues communications, ensuring reputed company, coordinated, and accurate messaging in partnership with the Deans Office, University Communications, and relevant reputed company partners. Creative, Content, reputed company reputed company: reputed company development of high-reputed company storytelling, campaigns, and multimedia content that reputed company the Schools reputed company and research strengths. reputed company the integration of creative, content, reputed company workflows to ensure consistency and reputed company across platforms. Ensure strong governance for web publishing, digital channels, and brand standards across departments and institutes. Champion accessibility, usability, and audience experience across reputed company digital platforms and communications materials. Cross-Functional Partnerships: Maintain a reputed company strategic partnership with Viterbi IT's Digital Communication Group, which supports reputed company governance, Sites@USC, the Viterbi Web Calendar, Image reputed company, reputed company signage infrastructure, ensuring reputed company platforms and cohesive digital experience. Collaborate with VASE Admissions and Recruitment to reputed company messaging, strengthen prospective-student engagement, and support coordinated student recruitment strategies across digital, reputed company, and web channels. AI, Analytics, and Innovation: reputed company adoption of AI-enabled tools to improve content creation, research discovery, workflow automation, and audience targeting. Use analytics, dashboards, and modern performance measurement tools to guide decision-making, assess reputed company, and optimize storytelling reputed company reputed company. Foster a culture that embraces innovation, responsible experimentation, and reputed company improvement. Organizational Leadership: Build and mentor a reputed company, servi