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Savannah College of Art and Design is hiring an Enrollment Events Manager. The role plans and runs the admission team's events for prospective students and their families, including Accepted Student Celebrations, signature events, pre-college program events, and open houses. The manager works with the associate director of on-campus events and visitation and with the creative direction department, and also leads campus tours and pre-tour presentations for visitors.

Highlights

Plan and implement Accepted Student Celebrations, signature events, and pre-college program events and open houses, and coordinate and attend pre-college check-ins, activities, the closing exhibition, and checkouts.
Secure what each event needs, including spaces, security, AV and electrical, catering, transportation, supplies, and housekeeping, and negotiate contracts and agreements with vendors.
Produce event summaries, production timelines, and budgets, maintain guest and RSVP lists, and prepare reports and statistical summaries on events and related activities.
Serve as the primary communications liaison, keeping event information on the university website accurate and working with the creative direction department on print, web, photography, and video materials.
Propose event ideas, concepts, and decor models with the associate director of on-campus events and visitation, and develop new strategies for program and project development.
Lead pre-tour presentations and daily tours, meet visiting prospective students, and provide portfolio counseling.
Work with events and programs staff at all SCAD locations to support admission counseling, interviews, and recruitment travel, and support student leadership through the LEAD Conference and student leadership interviews.
Requires a bachelor's degree, with at least one year of event experience preferred, and a valid driver's license.
Calls for excellent communication, writing, and public speaking skills and outstanding phone, email, and social media customer service skills.
Involves 10 to 20 percent travel to SCAD locations and evening and weekend work as needed, with most offices open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Enrollment Events Manager Full Description

As an enrollment events manager based in Savannah, you will communicate with prospective students and parents about upcoming events, including but not limited to Accepted Student Celebrations, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, and more. Here, you’ll play an important role in creating a welcoming, exciting, and positive environment for prospective SCAD Bees!

As part of the admission team, focusing on enrollment, you’ll:

Regularly collaborate with the associate director of on-campus events and visitation to share updates on upcoming admission events; propose ideas, concepts, and décor models; and develop new strategies for program or project development
Coordinate and attend admission and event meetings, determine and secure event needs (e.g., spaces, physical resources, security, AV and electrical, catering, transportation, purchasing supplies, and housekeeping), and negotiate contracts and agreements with vendors
Serve as the primary communications liaison, ensure all event information on the university website is accurate, and collaborate with the creative direction department on event collateral and material requests (e.g., print, web, photography, and video)
Produce event summaries, production timelines, and budgets for events; create and maintain guest and RSVP lists for specific events to ensure they are distributed correctly; and prepare reports, analyses, and statistical summaries on events and related activities

As a manager, you’ll:

Evaluate new and revised operational goals and promptly disseminate information to SCAD staff about admission events, policies, procedures, and the overall mission
Serve as the primary communications liaison and ensure all event information on the university website is accurate
Collaborate with the creative direction department on event collateral and material requests (e.g., print, web, photography, and video)
Produce event summaries, production timelines, and budgets for events; create and maintain guest and RSVP lists for specific events to ensure they are distributed correctly; and prepare reports, analyses, and statistical summaries on events and related activities
Evaluate new and revised operational goals and promptly disseminate information to SCAD staff about admission events, policies, procedures, and the overall mission

Additionally, you’ll:

Plan and implement Accepted Student Celebrations, signature events, and pre-college program events and open houses
Interact with guests, hosts, and staff, serving as a quality representative of SCAD, and support student leadership by attending meetings, assisting with planning for the LEAD Conference, and assisting with student leadership interviews
Coordinate and attend all pre-college program check-ins, activities, open house, closing exhibition, and checkouts
Work closely with all SCAD location events and programs staff to ensure consistency and to assist with admission counseling, interviews, recruitment travel, LiveAgent, and more as needed
Lead pre-tour presentations and daily tours, meet prospective students visiting the university, and provide portfolio counseling

Candidates should ideally demonstrate:

Excellent communication, writing, and public speaking skills
Outstanding phone, email, and social media customer service skills
An ability to travel to all SCAD locations as needed

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree
Able to travel to all SCAD locations and work evenings and weekends as needed

Preferred qualifications:

At least one year of event experience

Certificates, licenses, and registrations:

Valid driver's license

Travel required:

10–20%

Work hours: The university work week is Sunday through Saturday. Most offices are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. To accommodate business needs, employees may be assigned to other workdays and/or hours, including weekends and evenings.

ADA tag: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and minimum qualifications listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and/or meet the minimum qualifications.

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