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Director of Communications and Marketing

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Putney, VT, United States
Full-time

The Director of Communications and Marketing reports to the Head of School. S/he works closely with Admissions, Development and Summer Programs, and is responsible for articulating and communicating Putney’s unique identity and characteristics to all constituencies. S/he supervises one communications staff member, and works with students on a variety of projects.

Areas of Responsibility: 
  • Strategic thinking with the administrative team
  • Directing the creation and distribution of school publications, including the Putney Post (alumni magazine), admissions materials, annual report, and smaller projects throughout the year.
  • Directing the creation of digital communications—marketing eblasts, parent e-newsletters
  • Planning and implementing advertising plans
  • Managing the school’s website and social media platforms
  • External press relations, proactive and reactive
  • Assistance with crisis management if needed
Skills/Experience: 
  • Ethical, collaborative and flexible
  • An excellent writer
  • Experienced in design, either as a designer or as someone who has been involved in design projects
  • Able to understand the nuances of educational programs and approaches
  • A strong manager and effective project manager
  • Suited for working with teenagers, with a useful sense of humor
How to Apply: 

Interested candidates should send a letter of interest, a resumé, and a list of 3-5 references to Katy Wolfe, Assistant to Head of School, [email protected]

Organization Info

The Putney School

Overview
Headquarters: 
Putney, VT, United States
Size: 
51-200 employees
Founded: 
1935
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Mission: 

The Putney School stands for a way of life. Putney is committed to developing each student's full intellectual, artistic and physical potential. Putney students are encouraged to challenge themselves intellectually, to pursue rigorous learning for its own sake, to actively participate in and appreciate the arts, to contribute meaningfully to the work program that sustains the school community and the farm on which it is located, to engage in vigorous athletics, and to develop a social consciousness and world view that will provide the foundation for life-long moral and intellectual growth.

Programs: 

Putney is a progressive, coeducational, boarding school of 230 students located in Putney, Vermont. We are student driven. We invest students with great power to shape the school and great responsibility for its functioning. Students run the work crews, milk the cows, and sort the recycling. Students also sit on the Board of Trustees, the Admission Committee and Educational Programming Committee. They learn the relevance of physical work, the importance of perspective, and the power of collaboration.

The other aspect of our student focus, is our dedication to each individual. We are a small community with a 5:1 student-faculty ratio; there is no “back row” at Putney, and students have unrivaled access to the talented, diverse faculty. Twice a year, students engage in Project Weeks, periods in which students engage in independent, mentored processes of inquiry. By designing and executing these projects, students develop organizational skills, and learn to apply what they have learned.

Every student takes art at least twice a week in the Evening Arts program, which offers everything from Afro-Cuban Drumming to Metalworking to Digital Photography. They are also required to be physically active, by joining a team sport or activity like yoga, mountain biking or alpine skiing.

Why Work For Us?: 

The Putney School is committed to cultivating and sustaining a community that embraces difference, seeks inclusivity, and demands cultural awareness, and we hire accordingly.

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Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Jan 22 2018
Active Until: 
Feb 22 2018
Hiring Organization: 
The Putney School
industry: 
Nonprofit