Assistant Director for Communications and Design

HUMAN RESOURCES

JOB DESCRIPTION

Assistant Director for Communications and Design Rick and Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity (“the Hive”)

The Opportunity

Do you want to help shape the future of undergraduate education in America? The new Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity at the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California, is dedicated to re-imagining liberal arts education. We are building the creative capacity of students to address society's most ambiguous, complex challenges while teaching these students to embrace the mindsets of human centered design and design thinking.

The Sontag Center was established to promote collaboration and creativity across multiple disciplines and five undergraduate campuses (the 5Cs: Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Pitzer College). The Sontag Center (“the Hive”) will help build the ecosystem of initiatives around engaged and experiential learning, creativity and innovation, and hands-on collaboration at the 5Cs. The Hive will be a place that fosters connections and provides a place for students to experiment and play.

Position Overview The Sontag Center is hiring their first Assistant Director for Communications and Design. This role will report to the Director and work closely with the Senior Associate Director. The Assistant Director will have primary responsibility for enhancing awareness of the Sontag Center across the undergraduate colleges (5Cs) and will oversee branding and public relations. This role functions as part of a tight partnership and ensemble with the Hive leadership team (with the Director and Senior Associate Director) and will also contribute to course material design, space design, student engagement, and faculty engagement. While this staff position is an employee of Pomona College, the Assistant Director, like the Sontag Center, serves all five of the undergraduate colleges in Claremont (Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Pitzer College).

Key Responsibilities  Coordinate the strategy, content, and implementation of external communications to promote the mission of the Sontag Center and the Claremont Colleges.  Work with Center staff and colleges’ faculty to define and create course and workshop materials. Actively lead in curriculum design while also participating in teaching and workshop faciliation  Coordinate internal communications within the Claremont Colleges in order to create “buzz” and participation in the center, and increase collaboration and boundary-crossing within Claremont.  Create and produce Center materials, working with Center staff, students, and stakeholders to define and ensure graphic and design standards.  Oversee social media, web content and administration and video production as needed for the Center’s purposes or in connection with student or course projects.  Provide support for courses connected to the Sontag Center and workshops as needed in addition to teaching workshops and managing the prototyping center.

Pendleton Building | 150 E. Eighth Street, Claremont, CA 91711 909-621-8175 | www.pomona.edu Established 1887 | Founding Member of The Claremont Colleges Essential Qualifications  Candidates should have a minimum of 5+ years of communications and/or marketing experience.  Bachelors or equivalent degree is required in design, communications, prototyping, marketing, or related fields.  A passion for Design Thinking and a “Maker Mindset” with experience in the creation of physical environments and space.  Experience in creation of evocative visual communications, storytelling and video production.  Excellent judgment, strategic thinker, enthusiastic and entrepreneurial.  Exceptional interpersonal, communication (written and verbal), public speaking and presentation skills.  Ability to work well within a multi-disciplinary team environment with high standards, integrity and a sense of humor.

For Consideration: Please send your résumé and a cover letter that articulates your interest, qualifications and salary requirements for this position to:

Susannah Sallin, Search Consultant, [email protected] We will respond to all applicants. Thank you!