Who You Are:
Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for transforming higher education? RW Jones is on the lookout for a visionary Vice President to join our leadership team and drive impactful change. In this role, you’ll guide senior leaders in higher education, providing both strategic direction and hands-on implementation to achieve outstanding results for our clients.
As you lead multiple client accounts, you’ll ensure exceptional service delivery while navigating complex challenges, including crisis management. This position offers the opportunity to oversee diverse teams and manage multiple reports, all while making a meaningful impact on the educational landscape. If you have a strategic mindset, thrive in innovative environments, and are committed to excellence in higher education, we invite you to apply and help shape the future with us.
Here are the abilities that we seek out:
- Client Leadership & Account Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for senior leaders in higher education institutions. Lead multiple accounts, ensuring that client needs are understood, developing and writing strategic plans, crafting client communications, and producing key deliverables timely and within scope.
- Strategic Counsel & Thought Leadership: Provide high-level counsel and guidance to clients on a variety of topics, including institutional positioning, leadership communications, and public relations strategies. Demonstrate thought leadership in the higher education space, helping clients navigate challenges and capitalize on opportunities.
- Crisis Management & Issue Response: Act as a trusted advisor to clients undergoing crises, providing clear and effective communications strategies. Guide clients through difficult situations, managing risk and reputation while ensuring effective communication with stakeholders.
- Team Leadership & Collaboration: Lead internal teams, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment that drives high performance. Mentor and develop staff, ensuring consistent delivery of quality services to clients.
- Strategic Planning & Implementation: Develop and execute strategic communication plans for clients, addressing both short-term objectives and long-term goals. Implement tactical plans that deliver measurable results aligned with client objectives.
- Business Development & Growth: Identify and pursue new business opportunities within the higher education sector. Build and maintain strong client relationships, contributing to the overall growth of RW Jones.
Who We Are:
EducationDynamics is a marketing and enrollment management company that is transforming the way students connect with the right school for them. Join our big-hearted team of higher education experts—we specialize in market research, advertising, multichannel marketing, lead generation and enrollment management for over 500 US colleges with a focus on adult online education.
EDDY is always looking for exceptionally savvy, driven individuals who are passionate about helping our partner institutions understand, engage, enroll, and retain students. Our collective passion and shared mission led to EDDY being recognized as a 2024 Great Place to Work®. Our headquarters are based in Lenexa, Kansas, but our team is expanding every day with over 280 members across the country.
What You Offer:
Qualifications
- Proven experience in leading client accounts, specifically within the higher education sector.
- Demonstrated ability to guide and advise senior leaders in higher education.
- Expertise in crisis management and providing counsel during high-stakes situations.
- Excellent leadership and team management skills.
- Ability to translate complex challenges into actionable communication strategies.
- Superior written and verbal communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree preferred.
Required Skills:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in higher education communications, public relations, or a related field.
- Previous experience working with or advising C-suite executives in the education sector.
- Experience leading teams and managing multiple client accounts simultaneously.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, client-driven environment.
What We Offer:
Our Core Values:
Working Together
We value the people we work with and genuinely enjoy the work we do together.
Working with Standards
We hold ourselves to high standards.
Driving Great Outcomes
We focus on achieving results and making a real impact.
Our Commitment to Advancement
At EDDY, we value learning and aim to provide a space for everyone to grow and share their knowledge by giving tuition reimbursements for expenses incurred through accepted universities. With this approach taken, we also recognize the hard work of our team members and promote them when these accomplishments present themselves.
Other advantages to working at EDDY include:
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- 401K Plan
- Remote work or flexible schedules
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Training and growth opportunities
Physical Factors
- Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
EducationDynamics, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against applicants based upon any protected status, including but not limited to race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, marital or domestic partner status, military or veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, gender identity or expression. EducationDynamics offers reasonable accommodations in the hiring and employment process for individuals with disabilities. If you need assistance in the application or hiring process to accommodate a disability, you may request an accommodation at any time.