Vice President, Strategic Communications

Apply Description Job Title: Vice President, Strategic Communications Department: Reputation Services Location: Remote Reports to: Head of Strategic Communications Who You Are You are a senior communications strategist who has advised C-suite leaders through complexity: reputational crises, institutional pivots, enrollment emergencies, and market disruptions. You know how to walk into a room with a university president or provost and earn credibility in the first five minutes, because you have lived the work they are navigating. As Vice President, Strategic Communications, you will serve as a trusted advisor and consultant to higher education institutions seeking strategic counsel. Your deep fluency in crisis communications, executive messaging, institutional reputation management, and the growing role of AI in shaping how institutions are seen will be the differentiator that opens doors and earns lasting partnerships. You will be a part of a consultative practice built on expertise, relationships, and the ability to diagnose what an institution actually needs before they know how to ask for it. Here are the abilities that we seek out: Engage directly with presidents, provosts, CMOs, and enrollment leaders to identify strategic communications needs and position EducationDynamics as a mission-critical partner. Bring demonstrated crisis communications experience to client conversations, offering frameworks and perspective that reflect firsthand institutional knowledge. Understand how earned media and reputation work now shape AI visibility — how tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews describe an institution — and counsel clients on strengthening that presence. Leverage AI as a strategic tool in your own practice, using it to sharpen research, messaging, and the diagnosis of complex client challenges. Cultivate a portfolio of institutional partnerships with a solutions-oriented approach grounded in real communications practice. Translate complex client challenges, including reputational risk, enrollment decline, brand confusion, and leadership transitions, into actionable scopes of work. Collaborate with internal teams across marketing, enrollment management, research, and consulting to architect client solutions that are integrated and achievable. Represent EducationDynamics at conferences, executive roundtables, and in one-on-one advisory settings with senior institutional leadership. Maintain a visible, credible presence in the higher education communications market, with a professional profile that generates inbound interest and referrals. Who We Are EducationDynamics EducationDynamics is the transformative strategic partner that helps schools meet the challenges and opportunities of serving the Modern Learner. Our mission is to expand opportunity through education by helping colleges and universities understand, engage and serve all students. With services that include marketing, enrollment management, market research, inquiry generation, consulting and student retention, we have dedicated the last 35 years to helping schools prosper as the largest provider of unbundled enrollment growth services. Requirements What You Offer Experience 10 or more years of experience in higher education communications, with a track record that includes crisis communications, executive advisory work, or institutional reputation management. Demonstrated experience working at or alongside C-suite leaders in higher education, with the standing and fluency to operate at that level as a peer and advisor. Solid understanding of how enrollment marketing and student communications have evolved over the past decade, particularly in the career-focused sector. A professional reputation in the higher education market that gives you real access to institutional decision makers. Experience in consultative or solution-based selling, ideally of communications, marketing, or enrollment services. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present to individuals, executive teams, and conference audiences. Familiarity with Salesforce or a comparable CRM platform. Ability to work independently and manage a complex, relationship-driven book of business. What We Offer Our Core Values: Working Together We value the people we work with and genuinely enjoy the work we do together. Working with Standards We hold ourselves to high standards. Driving Great Outcomes We focus on achieving results and making a real impact. Our Commitment to Advancement At EDDY, we value learning and aim to provide a space for everyone to grow and share their knowledge by giving tuition reimbursements for expenses incurred through accepted universities. With this approach taken, we also recognize the hard work of our team members and promote them when these accomplishments present themselves. Other advantages to working at EDDY include: Medical, dental and vision coverage 401K Plan Remote work or flexible schedules Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) Training and growth opportunities Physical Factors The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical demands : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Work environment : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.