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Get Access To All JobsThis position has been deemed critical by the School of Humanities and Sciences Dean’s Office and is exempt from the hiring freeze.
Work Arrangement: This is a hybrid position with 3-4 days per week onsite. May require working flexible hours, including occasional work on evenings and weekends.
Budgeted Salary: The budgeted salary range for this position is $251,322 – $276,576 per annum.
Department/Program Description:
The School of Humanities and Sciences is Stanford's largest school and home to the majority of Stanford undergraduates, to a significant number of graduate students, and to foundational research across the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. With 24 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs, H&S fuels world-class teaching, learning, and research on questions ranging from artificial intelligence and democracy to climate, public health, philosophy, and the arts. Led by Dean Debra Satz, the school is dedicated to ensuring that every Stanford student, regardless of major, engages meaningfully with the humanities, arts, and sciences, and that the school's research and ideas reach and inform audiences far beyond campus.
Brief Position Summary:
The School of Humanities and Sciences seeks an experienced, dynamic communicator, skilled manager, and team-builder to serve as our Chief Communications Officer. Reporting to the Associate Dean for External Relations, who also serves as Stanford’s Associate Vice President for Development in the Office of Development, with a dotted line to the Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, the person in this role will manage a nimble team of communications professionals and oversee all communications strategies and activities, including executive and internal communications; media relations and issues management; marketing communications; digital strategy and social media; news, storytelling, and content creation; and brand management.
In addition to working closely with the H&S Dean and the Associate Dean for External Relations, this position will collaborate with the school’s senior associate deans, department chairs, faculty, and staff, as well as colleagues from University Communications and other key partners across campus, to coordinate strategies and activities and to leverage resources to maximize communications impact for the school.
While the current team consists of two professional communicators, we anticipate making resources available to grow and build the team over time to carry out the communications activities of the school.
The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker and a talented writer and editor who will bring to the position a collaborative leadership style, a sophisticated understanding of communications and messaging across a wide range of disciplines and audiences, and demonstrated experience working within a large, complex organization.
In This Role You Will:
- Develop and implement a strategic communications plan that addresses all stakeholders and continues to build the school's reputation and visibility on a global level through messaging for multiple audiences, promotion of research activities via media outreach and external engagement, a best-in-class digital presence, a robust internal communications and employee engagement program, and oversight of the school brand.
- Provide strategic communications advice to school leadership, faculty, and staff, including working with the Dean to help create and disseminate executive communications, such as speeches, talking points, and messaging.
- Serve as the school's primary spokesperson and direct crisis communications for emergency matters and issues with reputational impact across the school's 24 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs.
- Devise and implement creative, compelling, and effective means of communicating the breadth and depth of faculty research, student opportunities, alumni impact, academic excellence, and the essential nature of the school and its many disciplines.
- Oversee key school messages and develop strategies for multiple audiences, channels, and constituencies, including faculty, students, alumni, university leadership, and the public.
- Manage the H&S brand to ensure consistency and accuracy in alignment with university brand and name-use guidelines.
- Direct the management and operations of public-facing communications programs, platforms, and channels—including media relations, the school website, social media, and email newsletters—to ensure strategic implementation, efficiency, and consistency with school branding and priorities.
- In collaboration with University Communications, define and execute a proactive media relations strategy that establishes the Dean, faculty leaders, and H&S as thought leaders across the humanities, arts, and sciences.
- Hire, manage, mentor, and retain a staff of professionals; engage outside contractors as needed; and manage the team's annual budget.
- Collaborate with University Communications and school leadership to align communication strategy and activities; support alignment within the school's departments, programs, and units; and establish communication and brand guidelines and best practices to help colleagues achieve goals.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
This is a 100% FTE, continuing, exempt position.
If you believe that this opportunity is a match for your knowledge, skills, and abilities, we encourage you to apply.
A resume and cover letter are required for consideration.
Thank you for considering employment opportunities with the School of Humanities and Sciences.
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional highly preferred qualifications for this position include:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience with Microsoft Office, Google Drive, Zoom, and standard office equipment.
- Previous experience managing events, from planning to execution, including management of post-event administrative and evaluative tasks.
- Experience maintaining websites, creating newsletters, and flyers.
- Experience with customer service.
- Is comfortable navigating ambiguity and managing changing priorities.
- A strong sense of proactiveness.
- Has a learner's mindset and thinks strategically and holistically about their work.
Core Duties:
- Responsible for overseeing strategic communication developing long-term initiatives to meet university/organizational objectives.
- Develop strategic direction and oversee implementation of long- and short-term communication plans with direct impact to the university.
- Devise and implement creative, compelling, and effective means of communicating the innovations, employee experience, academic excellence, and essential nature of the university and its components.
- Oversee school/unit/functional area and university key messages and develop strategies impacting multiple audiences, channels, and constituencies.
- Direct staff and provide leadership to achieve communication goals supporting the university’s mission and vision. Responsible for hiring and retaining staff, career coaching, personal development for direct reports and accountable for the performance of employees.
- Develop guidance on protocols and best practices for a communications functional area of responsibility.
- Collaborate with University Communications leadership and school/unit/functional areas to ensure strategic plans and activities are aligned with overall university outreach and communications.
- Direct crisis communication response including emergency matters as well as issues with reputational impact and training communication leads in the school/units in various situations.
Minimum Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree and ten years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Depth of experience, sound judgement, and confidence befitting a strategic leadership position.
- Advanced strategic and tactical thinking ability.
- Demonstrated ability to manage large and complex issues through diverse and competing interests.
- Advanced understanding of the communications role in institutions. Excellence in communicating at all levels and for all audiences.
- Excellent influencing, negotiating, and relationship management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to earn credibility and influence opinion leaders.
- Excels at managing, editing, writing, analyzing and synthesizing complex materials and with demonstrated ability to communicate highly technical or nuanced information in a manner easily understood under time constraints.
- Creative thinker with a desire and ability to seek and optimize opportunities.
- Proven management skills and the ability to build and sustain a best in class communications team.
- Demonstrated ability to lead communication efforts across functions and school/units towards a common goal.
- Demonstrated ability to discern a strategy to move forward and make or escalate decisions as appropriate.
This position has been deemed critical by the School of Humanities and Sciences Dean’s Office and is exempt from the hiring freeze.
Work Arrangement: This is a hybrid position with 3-4 days per week onsite. May require working flexible hours, including occasional work on evenings and weekends.
Budgeted Salary: The budgeted salary range for this position is $251,322 – $276,576 per annum.
Department/Program Description:
The School of Humanities and Sciences is Stanford's largest school and home to the majority of Stanford undergraduates, to a significant number of graduate students, and to foundational research across the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. With 24 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs, H&S fuels world-class teaching, learning, and research on questions ranging from artificial intelligence and democracy to climate, public health, philosophy, and the arts. Led by Dean Debra Satz, the school is dedicated to ensuring that every Stanford student, regardless of major, engages meaningfully with the humanities, arts, and sciences, and that the school's research and ideas reach and inform audiences far beyond campus.
Brief Position Summary:
The School of Humanities and Sciences seeks an experienced, dynamic communicator, skilled manager, and team-builder to serve as our Chief Communications Officer. Reporting to the Associate Dean for External Relations, who also serves as Stanford’s Associate Vice President for Development in the Office of Development, with a dotted line to the Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, the person in this role will manage a nimble team of communications professionals and oversee all communications strategies and activities, including executive and internal communications; media relations and issues management; marketing communications; digital strategy and social media; news, storytelling, and content creation; and brand management.
In addition to working closely with the H&S Dean and the Associate Dean for External Relations, this position will collaborate with the school’s senior associate deans, department chairs, faculty, and staff, as well as colleagues from University Communications and other key partners across campus, to coordinate strategies and activities and to leverage resources to maximize communications impact for the school.
While the current team consists of two professional communicators, we anticipate making resources available to grow and build the team over time to carry out the communications activities of the school.
The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker and a talented writer and editor who will bring to the position a collaborative leadership style, a sophisticated understanding of communications and messaging across a wide range of disciplines and audiences, and demonstrated experience working within a large, complex organization.
In This Role You Will:
- Develop and implement a strategic communications plan that addresses all stakeholders and continues to build the school's reputation and visibility on a global level through messaging for multiple audiences, promotion of research activities via media outreach and external engagement, a best-in-class digital presence, a robust internal communications and employee engagement program, and oversight of the school brand.
- Provide strategic communications advice to school leadership, faculty, and staff, including working with the Dean to help create and disseminate executive communications, such as speeches, talking points, and messaging.
- Serve as the school's primary spokesperson and direct crisis communications for emergency matters and issues with reputational impact across the school's 24 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs.
- Devise and implement creative, compelling, and effective means of communicating the breadth and depth of faculty research, student opportunities, alumni impact, academic excellence, and the essential nature of the school and its many disciplines.
- Oversee key school messages and develop strategies for multiple audiences, channels, and constituencies, including faculty, students, alumni, university leadership, and the public.
- Manage the H&S brand to ensure consistency and accuracy in alignment with university brand and name-use guidelines.
- Direct the management and operations of public-facing communications programs, platforms, and channels—including media relations, the school website, social media, and email newsletters—to ensure strategic implementation, efficiency, and consistency with school branding and priorities.
- In collaboration with University Communications, define and execute a proactive media relations strategy that establishes the Dean, faculty leaders, and H&S as thought leaders across the humanities, arts, and sciences.
- Hire, manage, mentor, and retain a staff of professionals; engage outside contractors as needed; and manage the team's annual budget.
- Collaborate with University Communications and school leadership to align communication strategy and activities; support alignment within the school's departments, programs, and units; and establish communication and brand guidelines and best practices to help colleagues achieve goals.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
This is a 100% FTE, continuing, exempt position.
If you believe that this opportunity is a match for your knowledge, skills, and abilities, we encourage you to apply.
A resume and cover letter are required for consideration.
Thank you for considering employment opportunities with the School of Humanities and Sciences.
Preferred Qualifications:
Additional highly preferred qualifications for this position include:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience with Microsoft Office, Google Drive, Zoom, and standard office equipment.
- Previous experience managing events, from planning to execution, including management of post-event administrative and evaluative tasks.
- Experience maintaining websites, creating newsletters, and flyers.
- Experience with customer service.
- Is comfortable navigating ambiguity and managing changing priorities.
- A strong sense of proactiveness.
- Has a learner's mindset and thinks strategically and holistically about their work.
Core Duties:
- Responsible for overseeing strategic communication developing long-term initiatives to meet university/organizational objectives.
- Develop strategic direction and oversee implementation of long- and short-term communication plans with direct impact to the university.
- Devise and implement creative, compelling, and effective means of communicating the innovations, employee experience, academic excellence, and essential nature of the university and its components.
- Oversee school/unit/functional area and university key messages and develop strategies impacting multiple audiences, channels, and constituencies.
- Direct staff and provide leadership to achieve communication goals supporting the university’s mission and vision. Responsible for hiring and retaining staff, career coaching, personal development for direct reports and accountable for the performance of employees.
- Develop guidance on protocols and best practices for a communications functional area of responsibility.
- Collaborate with University Communications leadership and school/unit/functional areas to ensure strategic plans and activities are aligned with overall university outreach and communications.
- Direct crisis communication response including emergency matters as well as issues with reputational impact and training communication leads in the school/units in various situations.
Minimum Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree and ten years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Depth of experience, sound judgement, and confidence befitting a strategic leadership position.
- Advanced strategic and tactical thinking ability.
- Demonstrated ability to manage large and complex issues through diverse and competing interests.
- Advanced understanding of the communications role in institutions. Excellence in communicating at all levels and for all audiences.
- Excellent influencing, negotiating, and relationship management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to earn credibility and influence opinion leaders.
- Excels at managing, editing, writing, analyzing and synthesizing complex materials and with demonstrated ability to communicate highly technical or nuanced information in a manner easily understood under time constraints.
- Creative thinker with a desire and ability to seek and optimize opportunities.
- Proven management skills and the ability to build and sustain a best in class communications team.
- Demonstrated ability to lead communication efforts across functions and school/units towards a common goal.
- Demonstrated ability to discern a strategy to move forward and make or escalate decisions as appropriate.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Chief Communications Officer
Frame your credentials around specialty occupation
CCO roles qualify as specialty occupations when the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in communications, public relations, journalism, or a directly related field. Document your degree discipline explicitly in your resume and cover materials to support the employer's I-129 petition narrative.
Verify prevailing wage tier before accepting offers
Run the SOC code for Chief Communications Officers through the OFLC Wage Search before entering salary negotiations. Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the prevailing wage for your specific worksite city, so knowing the floor protects you from offers that cannot be certified.
Target companies with LCA filing history in communications
Use Migrate Mate to identify employers with verified H-1B LCA filings for communications leadership roles. This filters out companies that express interest in sponsorship but have no documented track record of actually filing, saving you from lengthy processes that stall at the petition stage.
Confirm each worksite appears on the certified LCA
If your CCO role involves a hybrid or multi-office arrangement across different metro areas, each worksite location requires its own certified LCA before you begin working there. Raise this with your employer's immigration counsel during the offer stage, not after you've relocated.
Build an executive portfolio that answers USCIS specialty occupation questions
USCIS scrutinizes executive communications roles more closely than technical positions. Compile a portfolio showing degree-level analytical and strategic duties: policy communications, crisis frameworks, board-level messaging strategy. Avoid job descriptions that read like general management or media relations coordination.
Negotiate petition filing before your grace period expires
If you're transitioning from another employer or status, your new employer must file the H-1B petition while you still have valid work authorization. The 60-day grace period after employment ends does not authorize work, so align your start date and filing timeline explicitly in the offer letter.
H-1B Visa Chief Communications Officer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Chief Communications Officer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, when the position genuinely requires at least a bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, journalism, or a closely related field. The employer must demonstrate this degree requirement in the LCA and I-129 petition. Roles that accept any bachelor's degree regardless of field, or that focus primarily on media coordination rather than strategic communications leadership, face greater scrutiny from USCIS adjudicators.
What does the H-1B sponsorship process look like for a CCO hire?
The employer starts by obtaining a certified Labor Condition Application from DOL, which locks in the prevailing wage and worksite details. They then file an I-129 petition with USCIS. For new cap-subject hires, the selection rules have changed recently, so confirm the current process with your employer's immigration counsel. Once approved, H-1B status is granted for up to three years and can be extended to a six-year maximum.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor H-1B visas for communications leadership roles?
Browse Migrate Mate to search employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history specifically for communications and public relations executive roles. LCA disclosure data shows which companies have actually certified positions at the CCO or VP of Communications level, giving you a concrete list of organizations with a documented track record of H-1B sponsorship rather than self-reported interest.
Can my H-1B LCA cover multiple office locations if the CCO role is hybrid?
No. Each worksite where you perform work must be listed on a separate certified LCA. If your CCO role spans headquarters in one city and a regional office in another, the employer needs certified LCAs for both locations before you begin work at each site. Raise this detail during offer negotiations so your employer's counsel can structure the filings correctly from the start.
What happens to my H-1B status if I move from CCO to a different executive role at the same company?
A material change in job duties, title, or worksite requires the employer to file an amended I-129 petition with USCIS before or at the time of the change. Moving from CCO to a Chief Marketing Officer role, for example, is likely a material change. You can continue working during the amendment's pendency under H-1B portability rules, but the employer must file promptly to maintain compliance.