Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.

The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off.

Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

The Associate Director of Communications at the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business will serve in conjunction with the Senior Director of Marketing and Communication as the lead expert in developing the communications strategies and campaigns that will elevate the Gabelli School of Business brand, positioning it as a thought leader and innovator across multiple business-related sectors, with an emphasis on ESG (Environmental, Sustainability, and Governance), as well as the School's many areas of expertise. They will work to build critical relationships with faculty and administrator experts, pairing them with reporters covering related beats, and working to ensure that Gabelli gains a share of voice in a news cycle that affords the business school the opportunity to influence and own the space in key specialty areas.

This hands-on position will manage PR initiatives originating from within the department on a daily basis and will also oversee the relationship with the external agency, serving as the bridge between internal knowledge and external media exposure. In addition, the Associate Director will oversee a wide range of communications including the writing of press releases, newsletters, articles, summaries of research projects and white papers, student and faculty profiles.

Along with the senior director of marketing and communications and the assistant director of events and social media, the associate director will ensure successful organizing and implementation of events, harvest internal content and process it for consumption across multiple internal and external platforms—from web articles and blogs to owned and earned social media.