Director of Communications
Posting Number
2026-15827
Location : Location
US-NY-New York
Hybrid Remote Work Classification
Hybrid: 60% to 80% Onsite
Department
Office of the Dean
School/Division
Division of Libraries (LB1082)
Compensation Grade
Band 54
Union
N/A
FT/PT
Full-Time
Category
Marketing/Advertising/Public Relations/Media/Video/Audio
Position Summary
Lead and advance the communications strategy for the Division of Libraries (DoL). Manage internal and external communications and serve as the Division's subject-matter expert on communication strategy and best practices. Partner closely with the Dean and senior leadership to ensure the DoL's mission, vision, and strategic priorities are clearly articulated and translated into compelling messaging for the DoL community, the broader NYU community, the public, and the library profession. Develop innovative, forward-thinking communications that strengthen the Division's reputation as a leading research library and showcase its people, programs, partnerships, and impact. Collaborate with senior leadership to design and implement strategies that increase the public visibility of the DoL and its services, elevate faculty research, and support fundraising initiatives. Partner with faculty, administrators, and staff to identify, develop, and promote stories that highlight the Division's achievements and contributions.Use content analytics and audience insights to evaluate communication effectiveness and optimize messaging across diverse audiences. Direct the implementation of integrated communications strategies across digital and print channels, including the website, social media, video, and publications. Develop and deliver consistent internal communications from the Dean's Office to keep employees informed, engaged, and aligned with organizational priorities.Provide leadership and oversight for communications staff, consultants, and the communications budget. Oversee NYU TV operations, leveraging video production and storytelling to expand the Division's visibility and advance strategic communications objectives. Partner with the Chief of Staff and serve as the primary communications lead for strategic and crisis messaging to all Division constituencies. Ensure the Division's communications structure, strategy, policies, and practices align with University standards and priorities.
Qualifications
Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Administration, English, or Journalism
Required Experience:
7+ years of professional experience developing and implementing strategic communication and/or marketing plans and managing budgets, including leadership experience supervising professional staff, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Experience:
3+ years experience marketing in an academic institution
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Outstanding verbal, writing, and editing skills. Knowledge of communications principles and practices. Ability to manage several projects/initiatives simultaneously. Knowledge of best practices and procedures in digital communications, including social media, and designing marketing tools.Ability to balance strategic/creative thinking with operational activities-creating, writing, producing. Strong creative sensibility with demonstrated expertise in design, photography, and video production; Demonstrated capacity for independent exploration of appropriate technologies. Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills. Ability to work diplomatically through influence and persuasion. Ability to work successfully across organizational boundaries and collaboratively with diverse staff. Ability to manage cross-functional initiatives and effectively track and report outcomes. Knowledge of accessibility guidelines and best practices for print and digital communications. Experience developing accessible media, communications, and digital publications. Demonstrated success in managing competing priorities and deadlines, and ability to be flexible, adaptable, detail-oriented, and learn quickly. Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational excellence.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Expertise in areas of development of long-term communications plans, marketing campaigns, and/or fundraising campaigns.
Additional Information
In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $150,000.00 to USD $190,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.
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Director of Communications
New York University · New York, NY, USA · Remote ·
- Job type:
- Full Time
About New York University
From the time of its founding in 1831 until 1973, New York University housed its library collections in various campus locations. A major gift from Elmer Holmes Bobst and his wife, Mamdouha, enabled the University to bring its various collections together in a new library on Washington Square South in 1973.
The striking, 12-story Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, designed by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster, is the flagship of a 10-library system that provides students and faculty members with access to the world’s scholarship. The system holds 5.8 million volumes and more than 2 million e-books.
Located at the heart of NYU’s Washington Square campus, Bobst Library is central to its intellectual life. When school is in session, Bobst receives 10,000 visits per day and more than two million visits annually.
Bobst Library offers approximately 3,000 seats for student study. Its facilities include the Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media, one of the world’s largest academic media centers, with media-ready collaborative studies and carrels and the multi-channel Feldstein Immersion Room, which provides one of the most dramatic listening experiences in New York.
Also in Bobst Library, the Digital Studio offers a leading-edge resource for faculty and student projects and promotes access to digital resources for teaching, learning, research, and arts events. The Data Services Lab is equipped with high performance computers for qualitative, quantitative, and geographical research. The Studio and the Lab are staffed by expert consultants from the Libraries and NYU IT.
Bobst Library is home to the Libraries’ Special Collections Center, opened in September 2019 and designed for research into and exhibition of the Libraries’ extraordinarily rich special collections. The new Center co-locates the collections of three formerly separate repositories: Fales Library, Tamiment Library, and the University Archives. The renowned Tamiment Collections document the history of labor, socialism, anarchism, communism, and American radicalism. The Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives hold the Jewish Labor Committee Archives and the historical records of more than 130 New York City labor organizations. The Fales Collections include the Fales Collection of English and American Literature, one of the most comprehensive fiction collections in the country. The Fales Collections also focus on food studies, avant-garde New York music and art, and American history. For example, the unique Downtown Collection documents the Downtown New York literary and arts scene from the 1970s to the present, focusing on postmodern writing and dance, performance art, and the downtown music scene. Supporting NYU’s comprehensive programs in nutrition and food studies, the Marion Nestle Food Studies Collection documents American food history with a focus on New York City; the Dalia Carmel Collection includes regional and national cookbooks from all over the world. The Special Collections Center also houses the University Archives, which comprise the historical records of NYU.
NYU’s special collections are supported by the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department, whose staff conserves and preserves archival material in all media, including papyrus, paper, plastic, magnetic tape, film, and more. NYU Digital Library Technology Services (DLTS) processes, enables access to, and preserves digital materials from both the NYU community and collaborating partner organizations.
Since 2004, NYU has renovated seven of Bobst Library’s 12 library floors.