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SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
The Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) seeks a Senior Director of Marketing and Communications to lead the vision and execution of our marketing, communications, and branding efforts. This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact by advancing enrollment, fundraising, and community engagement while sharing the transformative power of art and design education with the world.
 
As Senior Director, you’ll serve as a trusted advisor to the Vice President and senior leadership, guiding CIA’s brand strategy and ensuring our voice remains consistent, compelling, and authentic across all platforms. You will oversee a dynamic team responsible for storytelling, digital engagement, advertising, and communications, cultivating a collaborative and high-performing culture where creativity and strategy go hand-in-hand.
 
This role is both visionary and hands-on. You will design multi-year marketing initiatives, monitor trends in higher education and the arts, and use data-driven insights to refine campaigns that drive measurable results. You will also act as a key connector—partnering with faculty, staff, students, and community stakeholders to amplify CIA’s distinctive strengths and ensure our marketing directly supports institutional priorities.
 
Ideal candidates bring deep knowledge of branding, digital media, and communications strategy, along with proven leadership experience managing teams and multi-channel campaigns. If you are an innovative, analytical, and relationship-driven leader who thrives in a creative environment, we invite you to join us in advancing CIA’s mission and strengthening its role as a cultural anchor in Cleveland and beyond.
 
CIA is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply, even if they do not meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you are passionate about leveraging digital marketing to enhance engagement and connect with audiences in meaningful ways, we invite you to apply and be part of an institution that values creativity, innovation, and storytelling.
 
Compensation
This is a full-time, exempt position. Compensation is commensurate with experience and qualifications. CIA offers a benefit package including; paid time off accrual, 13 paid holidays, as well as additional time off while the college is closed during winter break. CIA offers health and dental insurance, life and disability insurance, 403B retirement contribution, tuition remission, free campus parking, and inter-museum council discounts.
 
Review of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled.
 
CIA is committed to increasing diversity in our community and actively recruits individuals from all backgrounds. Additionally, CIA complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws and provides equal opportunity in all educational programs and activities, admission of students and conditions of employment for all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, gender identity or national origin.
 
ABOUT CIA
 
CIA is also a great place to work, and manifesting a positive culture and sense of belonging is a big part of who we are. We work hard and are proud of our employees’ collective contribution to our mission -- but we also play hard and like to have fun. We challenge and support one another, integrate our institutional values in our work in a meaningful way, celebrate our successes, embrace learning and continuous improvement in all that we do, and are driven by our students’ success and the creative environment that inspires us every day.
CIA is one of the nation's leading accredited independent colleges of art and design. Since 1882, the college has been an educational and cultural cornerstone in Cleveland, Ohio, producing graduates competitive as studio artists, designers, photographers, contemporary craftspeople, and educators. With approximately 600 students, CIA offers a personal educational experience with the benefits of a larger institution. CIA students can choose from 13 majors in fine and applied art, each leading to a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Students live and work in Cleveland’s University Circle, one of the country’s most unique cultural centers – recently named by USA Today as one of the Top 10 Best Arts Districts in the country. 
 
The mission of CIA is to cultivate creative leaders who inspire people, strengthen communities, and contribute to a thriving and sustainable economy through an innovative education in art and design. For more information, visit www.cia.edu