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The vice president for marketing and communications is a strategic leadership role responsible for developing and executing comprehensive marketing and communication strategies to strengthen and enhance the university’s brand, drive growth and institutional visibility, and support the university’s top priorities as well as those of Advancement and other college and unit partners.
Reporting directly to the president of the university, with a dotted-line relationship to the senior vice president for advancement, the vice president is a member of the President’s leadership cabinet who collaborates closely with Advancement’s leadership team and provides front line support and contact for university and advancement leaders.
The vice president for marketing and communications serves as a strategic advisor to the president and university leadership, represent the university in public and in the media as university spokesperson, leads crisis communications planning and response, oversees institutional brand and reputation management, and is responsible for the development of comprehensive marketing and communications planning initiatives that leverage data-driven insights and innovative approaches to maximize institutional positioning, brand promotion, and the strategic elevation of the university’s reputation.
This position partners closely with the president, the senior vice president for advancement, and others to foster relationships and provide oversight for our work with the University’s Board of Visitors. As a senior leader on campus, the vice president is expected to be visible and involved in various campus events and activities, and advance a spirit of transparency and visibility internally and externally.
The vice president for marketing and communications directly oversees a central team of marketing, creative and communications professionals dedicated to supporting a number of university-level functions, including:
- Paid and owned platform direct marketing
- Earned media engagement and promotion
- Owned digital platforms for internal- and external-facing news and communications
- Direct email platforms targeting faculty and staff, students, and external subscriber audiences
- Primary and secondary university web platforms
- Social and other new media strategy and institutional channel oversight
- Design, visual, writing and web development creative teams
- Brand development, training and application
- Commercial and promotional licensing of branded merchandise
- Marketing automation tools and strategy
- Publication of the recently redesigned Virginia Tech Magazine along with the development of a new interactive digital magazine platform
- Internal communications coordination and support
- Crisis communications and strategic messaging
- Advancement communications, including those targeting major gift prospects, corporations, foundations, and principal gift prospects
- Oversight of NPR member public radio station WVTF and Radio IQ, with signals that cover all of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Through formal and informal partnerships, the vice president also provides overall direction and leadership to a broad team of marketing and communication professionals including college- and unit-based communications and marketing leaders.
Required Qualifications
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A master's degree in marketing, communications, journalism, business administration, higher education, public administration, or a related field; or a bachelor's degree combined with significant professional experience that equates to advanced education.
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Extensive and progressively responsible leadership experience in marketing, communications, public affairs, brand strategy, or related disciplines.
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Demonstrated success in developing and implementing integrated marketing and communications strategies that advance institutional priorities and measurable outcomes.
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Significant experience in brand development, audience engagement, reputation management, and strategic storytelling.
-
Expertise in digital communications strategy, social media, content strategy, artificial intelligence applications, and emerging marketing and communications technologies.
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Demonstrated understanding of global marketing and communications trends, issues, and strategies within complex organizations operating across diverse audiences and markets.
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Proven ability to utilize data, research, analytics, audience segmentation strategies, and marketing technologies to inform decision-making, personalize engagement, and evaluate effectiveness.
-
Demonstrated success leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
-
Experience advising senior executives, elevating leader visibility and thought leadership, and navigating complex, high-profile communications challenges.
-
Strong understanding of media relations, journalism standards, and the contemporary communications environment.
-
Experience advising leadership and managing communications in moments of crisis.
-
Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
-
Experience managing significant budgets, resources, and organizational priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
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Understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing major public research universities
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Experience supporting fundraising, advancement, alumni engagement, or constituent relations initiatives
-
Experience promoting and supporting research excellence
-
Understanding of government relations and the need to work with local, state and national officials and agencies
-
Experience within higher education or other complex mission-driven organizations
-
Experience overseeing or partnering with media organizations, public broadcasting, journalism, or related enterprises
-
Demonstrated success leading large-scale reputation, branding, or institutional visibility initiatives, ideally with a global reach
-
Experience leveraging marketing technologies, CRM platforms, and advanced analytics capabilities.
Overtime Status
Exempt: Not eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
$350,000 - $375,000
Hours per week
40
Review Date
Open until filled
Additional Information
WittKieffer is assisting Virginia Tech in this search. All applications, nominations, and inquiries can be submitted through the WittKieffer Candidate Portal. Applicants should submit, as two separate documents, a CV or résumé and a letter of interest that addresses the themes outlined in the leadership profile.
Nominations and inquiries can also be directed to Suzanne Teer, Ashlee Musser, and Jenna Brumleve at VirginiaTechSAVP@wittkieffer.com.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective, along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.
Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Advancement Human Resources at advhr@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.
Job Description
The vice president for marketing and communications is a strategic leadership role responsible for developing and executing comprehensive marketing and communication strategies to strengthen and enhance the university’s brand, drive growth and institutional visibility, and support the university’s top priorities as well as those of Advancement and other college and unit partners.
Reporting directly to the president of the university, with a dotted-line relationship to the senior vice president for advancement, the vice president is a member of the President’s leadership cabinet who collaborates closely with Advancement’s leadership team and provides front line support and contact for university and advancement leaders.
The vice president for marketing and communications serves as a strategic advisor to the president and university leadership, represent the university in public and in the media as university spokesperson, leads crisis communications planning and response, oversees institutional brand and reputation management, and is responsible for the development of comprehensive marketing and communications planning initiatives that leverage data-driven insights and innovative approaches to maximize institutional positioning, brand promotion, and the strategic elevation of the university’s reputation.
This position partners closely with the president, the senior vice president for advancement, and others to foster relationships and provide oversight for our work with the University’s Board of Visitors. As a senior leader on campus, the vice president is expected to be visible and involved in various campus events and activities, and advance a spirit of transparency and visibility internally and externally.
The vice president for marketing and communications directly oversees a central team of marketing, creative and communications professionals dedicated to supporting a number of university-level functions, including:
- Paid and owned platform direct marketing
- Earned media engagement and promotion
- Owned digital platforms for internal- and external-facing news and communications
- Direct email platforms targeting faculty and staff, students, and external subscriber audiences
- Primary and secondary university web platforms
- Social and other new media strategy and institutional channel oversight
- Design, visual, writing and web development creative teams
- Brand development, training and application
- Commercial and promotional licensing of branded merchandise
- Marketing automation tools and strategy
- Publication of the recently redesigned Virginia Tech Magazine along with the development of a new interactive digital magazine platform
- Internal communications coordination and support
- Crisis communications and strategic messaging
- Advancement communications, including those targeting major gift prospects, corporations, foundations, and principal gift prospects
- Oversight of NPR member public radio station WVTF and Radio IQ, with signals that cover all of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Through formal and informal partnerships, the vice president also provides overall direction and leadership to a broad team of marketing and communication professionals including college- and unit-based communications and marketing leaders.
Required Qualifications
-
A master's degree in marketing, communications, journalism, business administration, higher education, public administration, or a related field; or a bachelor's degree combined with significant professional experience that equates to advanced education.
-
Extensive and progressively responsible leadership experience in marketing, communications, public affairs, brand strategy, or related disciplines.
-
Demonstrated success in developing and implementing integrated marketing and communications strategies that advance institutional priorities and measurable outcomes.
-
Significant experience in brand development, audience engagement, reputation management, and strategic storytelling.
-
Expertise in digital communications strategy, social media, content strategy, artificial intelligence applications, and emerging marketing and communications technologies.
-
Demonstrated understanding of global marketing and communications trends, issues, and strategies within complex organizations operating across diverse audiences and markets.
-
Proven ability to utilize data, research, analytics, audience segmentation strategies, and marketing technologies to inform decision-making, personalize engagement, and evaluate effectiveness.
-
Demonstrated success leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
-
Experience advising senior executives, elevating leader visibility and thought leadership, and navigating complex, high-profile communications challenges.
-
Strong understanding of media relations, journalism standards, and the contemporary communications environment.
-
Experience advising leadership and managing communications in moments of crisis.
-
Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
-
Experience managing significant budgets, resources, and organizational priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
-
Understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing major public research universities
-
Experience supporting fundraising, advancement, alumni engagement, or constituent relations initiatives
-
Experience promoting and supporting research excellence
-
Understanding of government relations and the need to work with local, state and national officials and agencies
-
Experience within higher education or other complex mission-driven organizations
-
Experience overseeing or partnering with media organizations, public broadcasting, journalism, or related enterprises
-
Demonstrated success leading large-scale reputation, branding, or institutional visibility initiatives, ideally with a global reach
-
Experience leveraging marketing technologies, CRM platforms, and advanced analytics capabilities.
Overtime Status
Exempt: Not eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
$350,000 - $375,000
Hours per week
40
Review Date
Open until filled
Additional Information
WittKieffer is assisting Virginia Tech in this search. All applications, nominations, and inquiries can be submitted through the WittKieffer Candidate Portal. Applicants should submit, as two separate documents, a CV or résumé and a letter of interest that addresses the themes outlined in the leadership profile.
Nominations and inquiries can also be directed to Suzanne Teer, Ashlee Musser, and Jenna Brumleve at VirginiaTechSAVP@wittkieffer.com.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective, along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.
Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.
If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Advancement Human Resources at advhr@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Document your degree's direct field alignment
USCIS scrutinizes VP-level marketing roles when the degree field isn't clearly tied to the position. Pull your transcripts and map core coursework in marketing strategy, brand management, or communications directly to your day-to-day duties before the petition is filed.
Look up prevailing wages before negotiating offers
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing rate for your SOC code and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the Level III or IV wage for your metro area before you enter compensation discussions.
Find sponsors through Migrate Mate's verified employer database
Target companies with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history for senior marketing roles. Migrate Mate surfaces employers who have sponsored positions at this level, so you're not guessing which organizations are genuinely open to sponsorship.
Confirm each worksite appears on the certified LCA
If your VP role involves managing offices in multiple cities or working from a client site, each worksite location needs its own certified LCA. Flag multi-location responsibilities to your employer's immigration counsel before the I-129 is submitted to USCIS.
Build an H-1B-ready credentials portfolio early
Gather official transcripts, degree equivalency evaluations if your credential is from outside the U.S., and performance documentation showing strategic decision-making authority. VP petitions face closer scrutiny, and a complete evidence package reduces the risk of a Request for Evidence from USCIS.
Clarify cap-exempt status with your target employer
Universities, nonprofit research organizations, and certain government-affiliated employers are exempt from the annual H-1B cap and its recent selection rule changes. If you're open to those sectors, ask recruiting contacts directly whether the organization qualifies for cap-exempt status.
H-1B Visa Vice President of Marketing and Communications: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Vice President of Marketing and Communications role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, this role typically qualifies when the position genuinely requires a bachelor's degree or higher in marketing, communications, business administration, or a directly related field. USCIS evaluates the actual duties, not just the title. Employers strengthen the petition by documenting that the role demands specialized theoretical and practical knowledge, not just general management experience.
How do I find employers who sponsor H-1B visas for senior marketing roles?
Start with Migrate Mate, which lists employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history for marketing and communications positions. This filters out companies that have never filed for roles at this level, so your outreach focuses on organizations with a demonstrated track record of sponsoring senior marketing hires rather than those exploring it for the first time.
What happens to my H-1B status if I'm promoted to a different title or take on new responsibilities?
A material change in duties, title, or worksite can require an amended I-129 petition and a new certified LCA. If your compensation increases significantly or your reporting structure changes substantially, your employer should consult immigration counsel before the change takes effect. USCIS treats unamended material changes as a status violation, not a paperwork technicality.
Can my employer use a single LCA if I'll be working across multiple office locations?
No. Each worksite where you perform work needs its own certified LCA reflecting the prevailing wage for that specific location. VP roles often involve travel to regional offices or client sites, so it's critical to identify all worksites before the LCA is submitted to DOL. Short-term placements under 60 workdays may qualify for a short-term placement exception, but regular multi-site work does not.
How long does H-1B status last for a VP of Marketing and Communications role, and can it be extended?
H-1B status is initially granted for up to three years and can be extended to a six-year maximum. Extensions beyond six years are possible if your employer has an approved I-140 immigrant petition or a pending PERM labor certification that has been on file for at least 365 days. Planning for these milestones early is essential for long-term career continuity.