Manager, Communications and Marketing

Department: Student Experience
This position is represented by the agreement between the Professional Staff Association and the University of Guelph

Temporary full-time from 12/15/2025 to 01/31/2027 
Temporary Absence of the Regular Incumbent

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General Purpose

The department of Student Experience is committed to supporting all students at the University of Guelph.  Student Experience houses many specialized supports for students identifying as First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Black, racialized, people of colour, and/or members of the LGBTQ2IA+ community, and members of cultural, international, religious, and spiritual communities.   We welcome applicants sharing through their application the ways in which they believe they can contribute to the diversity of thought, approach, and practice in supporting students within the department Student Experience.

In Student Experience we cultivate dynamic environments outside the classroom for all students in which they can learn, build community, develop a sense of belonging, explore lived experiences and intersecting identities, deepen their understanding of themselves and each other, and engage in meaningful dialogue.  These environments are created to support students as they work to achieve their goals while navigating experiences of change, transition, development, and learning from the time before they arrive on campus to the time they leave. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director, the Manager, Communications and Marketing, leads and oversees the strategic management of communications and marketing for the department of Student Experience.  This includes leading and overseeing the creation, management, and execution of the communications and marketing strategies that optimize awareness of programming and coordination of services for the 10 units across Student Experience (Centre for International Programs, Cultural Diversity, Global Pre-arrival Support, Indigenous Student Centre, International Student Experience, Sexual and Gender Diversity, Multi-Faith Programs, Off-Campus Living and Neighbourhood Relations, Student Engagement and Leadership, Office ).  

This Manager works with U of G’s communication team, departments across campus, and with the leadership team in Student Experience, to effectively strategize, coordinate, and deliver communications and marketing.   This includes the assessment, analysis, trend identification for all communications and marketing, as well as maintaining knowledge of current, relevant, and trending practices.

As a member of the Student Experience leadership team, the incumbent contributes to the strategic direction and day-to-day operations of the department, represents the department and/or Director on University and external committees, participates in the development and implementation of actions plans, annual budgeting, forecasting processes.

The Manager recruits, hires, trains, and supervises professional staff, cooperative education students, and part-time student staff. 

Requirements

To be successful in this role the incumbent is required to have:

• An Undergraduate Degree coupled with 5 years progressive experience in communications, marketing, and leadership roles  
• Proven experience with leading the development and implementation of effective communications and marketing strategies
• Experience with managing a professional team of full-time and part-time staff/students
• Proven leadership and administrative responsibility to direct teams, foster staff motivation, and manage employee performance to implement operational plans
• Proven ability to exercise a high level of judgment, diplomacy, and tact, and to respect and maintain confidentiality in sensitive and/or volatile situations
• Application of expertise in communications and marketing, including social media and digital experiences (virtual events, user journeys, conditional logic-based systems etc.), and events
• Knowledge of and experience working with diverse communities and within anti-oppressive frameworks
• Proven ability to exercise a high level of judgement, diplomacy, and tact 
• An ability to collaborate and lead amongst stakeholders and partners 
• Proven ability to employ strategic approaches to tracking and assessing communications and marketing activities
• Demonstration of excellent presenting and writing skills
• Financial management, including forecasting

Employee Type: Regular 
Position Number: 10918404 
Classification: P&M FT- Band 05    
Professional/Managerial Salary Bands 
The target hiring salary for this position is minimum and up to 96% of midpoint for the salary grade.

*Tentative evaluation; subject to committee review.

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution.

Posting Date:  11/17/2025  
Closing Date:  11/24/2025