Careers

Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Relationship Management – Manage relationships with national institutions
•    Sales – Negotiate contracts for semester partnerships and short term programs
•    Marketing Management – Provide marketing and sales vision and oversight to all marketing efforts; lead all communications; print and web efforts; and manage databases
•    Public Relations – Coordinate external communications. Oversee the crisis management plan, as well as public announcements to students, parents, and advisors
•    Program Development – Oversee, monitor and supervise the development of short term programs in conjunction with the Assistant Director of Institutional Relations
•    Admissions – Collaborate with the Director of Student Services on enquiry and student application processes
•    Human Resources – Provide team leadership as part of senior management; set policies and strategic planning; supervise small team of professional staff
•    Travel – Some international travel; travel nationally for 8-10 weeks each semester

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in marketing, public relations, international relations or related field
• Minimum of 6-8 years of professional experience in marketing, public relations, collegiate admissions, sales or other related field
• Experience in preparing and managing budgets
• Understanding of the field of international education and current trends in education abroad
• Knowledge of European and/or African culture and higher education systems preferred
• Higher/international education work experience preferred
• Experience in Macintosh environment preferred

The Successful Candidate will have these Qualities:

• Superior leadership skills
• Strong public presence and public-speaking skills
• Excellent writing and proofreading skills
• Gregarious
• Goal-oriented
• Team player
• Self-directed and ability to multitask

Application Instructions:

Application must consist of cover letter, résumé and the contact information for three professional references, all to be emailed to humanresources@interstudy.org. interstudy also invites examples of social media expertise as part of the application. No phone calls or postal applications. interstudy reserves the right not to make an appointment to the position as advertised.

Employer Profile and Contact Information:

interstudy is a private international education organization established in 1980. It offers North American undergraduate students short-term, semester and full-year education abroad programs in South Africa, Botswana, Britain and the Republic of Ireland.