Overview
Enrollment Project Manager Jobs in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA at The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia
The University of Virginia seeks acollaborative, creative, and detail-oriented professional to serve as a Project Manager for Enrollment’scommunicationteam and the work it does to support four constituent offices:
Student Financial Services, the Office of Undergraduate Admission, the Office of the University Registrar, and the Virginia College Advising Corps.
This position, reporting to the Director of Enrollment Communications, will work with communicators and colleagues to help support the implementation of a communications and marketing strategy that:
Strengthens the excellence,diversity, success, andsense of communityof the student body;
Increases the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented high-school students across Virginia who enter and complete highereducation; and
Advances the mission of the University.
This position will play an integral role in supporting and executing strategic communications campaigns that engage key audiences. It calls for a detail-oriented project manager who can help advance multi-channel marketing initiatives, balance short-term tasks with long-term strategies, and keep projects on track to achieve meaningful engagement and deliver on key metrics.
Core Responsibilities:
Working as a member of the University Enrollment team to generate compelling marketing and communications efforts, with key responsibility forproject management.
Collaborating with internal and external teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and with a high degree ofprofessionalism.
Collaborating withcross-functional teams(Admissions, Financial Aid, Registrar, etc.) to ensure alignment in messaging and consistency in communications.
Assisting in creating and monitoring communications project timelines.
Creating and coordinating standard reporting and analytics forcommunicationinitiatives to measure success.
Preparing materials, documents, and data related to various marketing efforts.
Participating in creative briefings, project meetings, design review, and content planning meetings.
Providing ad-hocproblem-solvingand support for day-to-day team needs.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Stronganalytical skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects with varying levels of complexity simultaneously, while maintainingattention to detail.
Proficiency inproject managementsoftware (e.g., Workfront, Asana) and an understanding ofproject managementmethodologies that will allow you to communicate project statuses and address any obstacles to project success.
Ability to recommend and assist with implementingproject managementsoftware that fits the needs of the communications team and team collaborators.
Proven success working effectively in afast-paced environmentwith all levels of management and across multiple offices, departments, or units.
Experience supporting the development of project scopes and budgets, including the creation of detailed project plans – with timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to anticipate challenges, problem-solve proactively, and manage multiple priorities.
Strong written and verbalcommunication skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and related products.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Project managementexperience within a creative marketing space or similarteam environment.
Experience…
Title: Enrollment Project Manager
Company: The Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Category: Management, Marketing / Advertising / PR
