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DeVry University · 7 hours ago

Vice President, Integrated Communications

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

DeVry University is committed to closing society’s opportunity gap and addressing emerging talent needs by preparing learners to thrive in careers shaped by continuous technological change. The Vice President of Integrated Communications provides strategic leadership for internal and external communications, ensuring clarity and impact across various stakeholders.

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Responsibilities

Develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy that elevates DeVry’s visibility, reputation, and impact – across our footprint

Develop and implement integrated communications plans for all the university's needs

Serve as a trusted advisor to the DeVry Executive Leadership on strategic communications, media relations, and crisis communication

Align all communications with DeVry’s mission, goals, and strategic pillars – ensuring message consistency across all channels

Oversee and guide the creation and execution of campaigns that promote institutional achievements, academic excellence, and community impact

This role sets the institution-wide communications strategy and narrative, while also stepping into selective high-stakes execution — including crisis messaging, executive visibility, and sensitive organizational communications — in support of DeVry’s lean, collaborative operating model

Leads the University-wide emergency crisis communications as DeVry's Public Information Officer (PIO) and guides response(s) as needed. This role is part of the core Emergency Response Team under the guidance of DeVry's National Incident Commander

Oversees crisis communications readiness, including scenario planning, message playbooks, and coordination with Legal, Security, Academics, and IT, serving as the Public Information Officer for institutional emergencies

This role leads the application process for external recognition and showcases the impact and value of DeVry University

Lead proactive and effective media relations efforts that focus on key products, reputation, and transformation efforts that align owned and earned communication channels around driving messaging into the market

Establish an integrated measurement dashboard, aligning discipline-specific metrics into a single view – that tells the story and impact

Lead and create a proactive media relations strategy to promote DeVry news, thought leadership, and achievements

Guide crisis communication strategies and develop preparedness protocols

Leads DeVry’s external reputation strategy, including proactive media relations, thought leadership development for senior leaders, and institutional storytelling that elevates visibility and impact across our strategic pillars

Leads institutional and executive thought leadership efforts that strengthen DeVry’s reputation and visibility

Lead internal communications strategy to strengthen our messaging, trust, and alignment across colleagues, faculty, and students

Partner with DeVry leadership to ensure clear, timely and transparent communication during institutional initiatives and change

Oversee all colleague communication channels, ensuring messaging reflects DeVry’s culture of CARE, collaboration, and accountability

Provides strategic direction and governance for internal communications, ensuring clarity, consistency, and alignment across colleague, faculty, and student audiences, while the team manages day-to-day channel execution

Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing communications team, fostering a culture of creativity, accountability and togetherness

Collaborate across departments, including marketing, alumni relations, student central, academics, government relations, etc, to ensure alignment and amplify impact

Manage budgets, resources and performance metrics across all communications functions

Thrives in a lean, matrixed environment by prioritizing effectively, delegating day-to-day execution to the team, and building scalable processes and systems that strengthen communications impact over time

Qualification

Strategic communication planningMedia relationsCrisis communicationsContent creationProject managementInterpersonal communicationVerbal communicationWritten communicationCollaboration

Required

10+ years of experience in communications, with at least 5+ years in a leadership role, ideally within higher education or mission-driven organizations

Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing, or related field required; a master's degree preferred

Proven success in strategic communication planning, media relations, and social marketing engagement

Demonstrated ability to manage sensitive issues, provide executive council and lead through complexity and change

Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

Strong project management skills

Experience in crisis communications, particularly in emergency management response

Experience with content creation and delivery

Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external key stakeholders across the organization, including senior leaders