Project Manager

The Office of Strategic Communications bears primary responsibility for maintaining and safeguarding the university’s public image through strategic marketing practices, public relations, media relations, news services, publications, executive messaging and crisis/emergency communications. The staff establishes standards for articulating the University’s mission, vision, core values, strategic goals and visual identity, for promoting the University’s performances, events, philanthropic opportunities and the accomplishments of its students, alumni, and faculty and staff to external audiences that include potential students and parents, alumni, supporters, and the general public.

Additional departmental responsibilities include maintaining all the University’s external communications, including the website, social media, print publications, and fundraising materials and ensuring that all communications adhere to branding guidelines, standards of writing style, and institutional messaging. With a primary focus on external communications, the Office of Strategic Communications also offers expertise, insight and strategic planning to the Chancellor and other senior-level administrators on communications issues and events within the campus community.

The Office of Advancement directly supports UNCSA’s mission and strategic priorities by building meaningful relationships with a variety of constituents and developing opportunities at all levels of alumni, volunteer, and philanthropic engagement. The Office of Advancement works closely with campus leadership, the UNCSA Foundation, and Strategic Communications.

UNCSA Advancement is an exciting, fast-paced team made up of talented colleagues who are passionate about their work, strive for excellence and best practices in all areas of Advancement, care deeply about our alumni, donors, and volunteers, and support and care about each other. This office is committed to providing regular, meaningful, top-quality professional development, training and coaching opportunities for all members of the team. UNCSA’s next comprehensive campaign, tentatively planned for public launch in Fall 2027, will secure transformational resources for the campus, build UNCSA’s reputation, and enable the realization of campaign ideas and priorities. This exciting initiative will play a pivotal role in UNCSA’s future, and campaign development is a key focus for the Office of Advancement. With a best-in-class team in place and the development of a visionary campaign underway, there has never been a more exciting time to join the Advancement team at UNCSA.

The Project Manager works closely with the Strategic Communications Team in all marketing project requests, primarily from the Office of Advancement. This includes clarifying deliverables, anticipating needs, understanding timelines, organizing assets, and managing stakeholders, as well as client and internal communications. This position is responsible for managing projects with vendors and will also need to be comfortable driving day-to-day deliverables. The Project Manager is someone who takes initiative and enjoys organizing and supporting a team. The Project Manager is responsible for communication on multiple platforms providing strategic solutions to communications issues as well as managing the request intake and workflow of design requests, holding new project consults with clients and ensuring projects are delivered on time. This role will be responsible for drafting and executing communication plans, offering communications solutions, and providing backup support for the team as required. The Project Manager will help prioritize design projects, assess the appropriateness of incoming requests, and bring recommendations to the team. The Project Manager will define, update and implement processes, and work to safeguard productivity and efficiency throughout all projects.

Monday-Friday
8:00am-5:00pm

Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Projected start date of January 2026, contingent on the passing of the state budget.
This is an Exempt Professional Staff position. PLEASE NOTE: A criminal background check will be conducted on the candidate finalist prior to the offer of employment. Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completing an electronic application. The application must be completed in full detail (including work history) for your qualifications to be considered. Failure to complete the application process as required by state regulations WILL result in your application being rejected for the vacancy and you will not be considered for the position. Other materials may be requested at a later time. Applications will be treated confidentially until the final stages of the search process. Salary will be commensurate with experience.
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants are welcome to apply without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, National Guard, or veteran status.
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