Director, School of Communication and Media
Montclair State University seeks the inaugural Director of its new School of Communication and Media which will reside within the University’s highly regarded College of the Arts. The Director will oversee the fall 2012 launch and development of the new School, which will create an interdisciplinary, innovative, and creative environment for the University’s programs in communication, media, journalism, broadcasting, filmmaking and related emerging fields of study and professional practice. Initially, the School will offer B.A. degrees in Communication and Media Arts, Communication Studies, TV and Digital Media, a B.F.A. in Filmmaking and an M.A. in Public and Organizational Communication. These programs currently serve approximately 700 students and enrollments are anticipated to double over the next five years.
The University seeks a Director with the energy, vision, and experience to seize the opportunity of shaping a new and exciting School, including planning the growth of its faculty, realizing the expansion of its physical facilities, continuing the development of curricula that will provide a superb and future-oriented education for students, building substantial connections to the media and communication industry in the region and beyond, and establishing a robust network of external fundraising to support the realization of the School’s aspirations.
The Director will exercise intellectual and academic leadership within the School and will contribute to a strategic vision for its growth and development within the framework of the College’s and the University’s expanding mission and reputation. The Director will be responsible for building and maintaining a national and international identity for the School and for developing external partnerships capable of contributing to the excellence and the capacities of the new School, as well as its service to the community. The new School will have the benefit of developing the potential existing in an extensive new partnership with NJTV, the public television network in New Jersey, an affiliate of WNET, which uses the University’s state-of-the-art high definition DuMont Television Center as the broadcast home for the nightly news and which provides internships for students, and exciting program content opportunities. The Director will be an advocate and representative of the School to the campus, the alumni, the Advisory Board of the School, and the professional communication and media community in New Jersey and throughout the metropolitan region.
Requirements:
Candidates must possess a record of distinguished academic and/or professional achievement appropriate to the challenges inherent in the role of Director and appointment to the faculty in a discipline represented in the School. Candidates must also have demonstrated successful administrative and management experience, including a record of working within large and complex institutions. Skills in leading people, managing budgets, working across disciplines, assuring effective administrative operations, and communicating effectively with various publics are critical.
Applications and nominations are invited and the search will continue until a candidate has been selected.
Send letter of interest and resume, including V# to:
Montclair State University, Division of Human Resources, Box CO-316 V#661, Montclair, NJ 07043
Montclair State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution with a strong commitment to diversity
