Description
Has oversight for all aspects of both internal and external communications for the school/college, institute or business unit. Responsibilities include advertising/marketing, media relations, creative editorial and design services, and internal communications. May be responsible for strategic communications, special events, art programs, or archives. Counsels and communicates with top management on communication policy, media relations issues, and advertising programs. Typically requires a Master's degree and seven to ten years of experience in supervision and management, journalism, and public relations. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.