Assistant Director of Industry Relations

Job description

As an assistant director of industry relations, you will develop, implement, and evaluate a strategy to increase on-ground company recruitment through individual visits and events, with continual improvement. Collaboration with the office for career and alumni success (CAS) and other internal departments is required to plan, host, and manage successful employer visits. You will serve as a SCAD ambassador, hosting tours for industry and alumni guests regularly to strengthen industry relationships and promote further engagement with SCAD. Among other duties, you will identify and generate internship and career opportunities with regional employers, build effective working relationships with all SCAD academic and administrative departments focused on external relations, and liaise with CAS departments at all SCAD locations to implement a consistent industry relations strategy. In this role, you will supervise the CAS industry relations team, consisting of both professional and student staff, which manages the online SCAD Job Portal and recruitment events. Responsibilities include the design and implementation of procedures for efficient scheduling and business operations and the manag...