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Sandler Search · 1 week ago

Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications - Hillel International

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$220K/yr - $250K/yr

15+ years exp

Hillel International is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, seeking a Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications to lead a high-impact portfolio. This role involves overseeing marketing, communications, and fundraising efforts while managing a large team and collaborating with senior leadership to enhance brand strategy and address crisis communications.

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Hiring Manager

Lisa K.

Responsibilities

Grow Hillel’s global marketing function, bringing strategic focus, creativity, and momentum to a high-growth area

Strengthen Hillel’s brand positioning across a competitive market landscape, encompassing campus, community, students, parents, and stakeholders

Increase student awareness, relevance, and engagement nationally, operating effectively within a modest budget

Infuse creativity, innovation, and strategic thinking into marketing efforts and brand building opportunities across channels and audiences

Serve as a senior organizational leader on communications strategy, including crisis response related to campus antisemitism, and other high-profile and sensitive topics

Provide sound judgment and strategic counsel on high-stakes, reputational matters

Anticipate how messaging will land with diverse audiences, including students, campus professionals, donors, boards, and university leaders

Collaborate closely with Legal, Campus Affairs, executive leadership, and external advisors to ensure coordinated, disciplined communications

Ensure strong leadership, culture, and accountability while empowering experienced leaders to manage day-to-day execution

Align fundraising communications with enterprise brand and messaging strategy

Support the continued success and growth of Hillel International’s grassroots movement-wide fundraising consulting services and partner with senior leadership to evaluate the future structure and evolution of the function

Lead and develop a distributed team of nearly 40 professionals across marketing, communications, and fundraising consulting

Oversee senior leaders who independently manage large, multi-layered teams

Serve as a key member of the senior leadership team, partnering closely with the CEO, CEAO, and other executives

Represent Hillel externally with credibility, nuance, and executive presence while thriving in a complex, high-accountability environment

Qualification

Senior LeadershipStrategic MarketingCrisis CommunicationsBrand PositioningJewish Communal KnowledgeExecutive PresenceEmotional Intelligence

Required

15+ years of progressive senior leadership experience across marketing and communications, with related experience in fundraising and a strong track record of leading and developing large, multi-layered teams in complex, distributed organizations

Demonstrated strategic marketing acumen, including brand positioning, deep channel and audience fluency and operating effectively within resource constraints, with experience providing brand stewardship across complex, distributed organizations

Significant experience navigating crisis communications, reputational risk, and high-stakes issues requiring sound judgment, speed, and discretion

Sophisticated understanding of the Jewish communal ecosystem and campus dynamics, including political nuance; candidates without direct Jewish professional experience will be considered only with significant, relevant lay leadership exposure

Comfort working closely with boards, senior lay leaders, and executive stakeholders, with the ability to influence, advise, and communicate credibly at the highest levels

High emotional intelligence, maturity, and self-awareness, paired with sound judgment, resilience, and a collaborative leadership approach

Bachelor's degree required

Willingness to travel domestically and internationally several times per year