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About the Role

The Associate Director of Marketing and Communications advances the school’s mission, brand, and strategic priorities through integrated marketing, compelling storytelling, and effective communications. This position supports admissions, advancement, and community engagement by managing day-to-day marketing and communications initiatives and closely collaborating with the Director of Marketing and Communications and key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Create, write, and edit clear, compelling, mission-aligned content for all school audiences across print and digital platforms.
Develop and manage editorial and communications calendars.
Coordinate email marketing and communications.
Support integrated marketing and admissions initiatives.
Capture and edit high-quality photography and video content.
Highlight students, faculty, alumni, and school programs.
Collaborate with the Director of Marketing and Communications on recruitment campaigns, messaging, publications, events, and family communications.
Ensure consistent brand identity across all platforms and materials.
Manage the school's content management system (CMS), email platform, and constituent data.
Oversee and execute social media strategy.
Support media relations and external communications.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously with attention to detail, deadlines, and quality.
Coordinate vendors, freelancers, and photographers as needed.
Maintain organized workflows, files, and documentation.
Partner with the Director of Marketing and Communications to advance a comprehensive marketing and communications strategy.
Advise colleagues on messaging, communications best practices, and maintaining brand alignment.
Contribute to a positive, collaborative school culture and participate in school events, including occasional evenings and weekends.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
3-5 years of experience in marketing and communications.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong command of grammar, punctuation, and attention to detail.
Ability to tailor messaging for diverse audiences and platforms.
Experience managing websites, email communications, and social media platforms.
Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator).
Strong project management and organizational skills; highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to meet tight daily and weekly deadlines.
Ability to take clear direction, work independently, and drive execution of outcomes.
Collaborative, flexible, and solutions-oriented team player.
Strategic, mission-aligned thinker with strong editorial judgment and compelling storytelling abilities.
Commitment to equity, inclusion, and belonging in school communications and practices.
Experience in an independent school, educational institution, or nonprofit organization.
Familiarity with enrollment marketing, advancement communications, and brand management.
Experience with content management systems, CRM platforms, and analytics tools.
Experience supervising vendors and freelancers.

Skills

Marketing
Communications
Brand Management
Storytelling
Content Creation
Editorial Calendars
Email Marketing
Photography
Video Editing
Social Media Management
Media Relations
Project Management
Vendor Coordination
Content Management Systems (CMS)
Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
CRM Platforms
Analytics Tools

Location

San Francisco

Work Type

Full-time
Exempt

Experience Level

3-5 years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

$110,000 - $125,000

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits
Ongoing learning
Respect
Collegiality

About the Company

The International School of San Francisco is a PK-12 independent school in San Francisco.
Founded in 1962, the school is a multicultural, multilingual educational institution with over 1,100 students across an urban campus in the heart of the city.
Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, The International School of San Francisco offers programs of study in French and English to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to communicate across cultures is of paramount importance.
Our international community brings together people from many backgrounds.
Together, we strive to create a shared culture that develops compassionate, confident, and principled people who will make the world better.
We base our community on these values: Respect, Integrity, Inclusion, Collaboration, and Curiosity.
Working at The International School of San Francisco opens up a myriad of opportunities – both personal and professional.
Critical to our Strategic Plan in creating a proud, engaged community, we appreciate our faculty and staff by fostering a community of ongoing learning, respect, and collegiality, and by providing competitive compensation and benefits.
It is also of paramount importance to us that we continue to foster an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion as we build a school community of individuals who are an actual representation of the world we live in.

Equal Opportunity

Commitment to equity, inclusion, and belonging in school communications and practices.
Fostering an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion.