Assistant Director of Admissions Events and Programming

About the role

The Assistant Director of Admissions Events and Programming supports the strategy and leads the planning and execution of recruitment-focused events and engagement initiatives for the Gabelli School of Business graduate programs. The role designs high-impact recruitment and yield experiences that support prospect conversion, admitted student engagement, and enrollment outcomes across the graduate portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Sets up and manages the annual event calendar to ensure strategic timing and program alignment to meet enrollment goals.
• Manages large-scale recruitment programming, including Open Houses, Admit Preview Days, and On-the-Spot Admission Days, to deliver high-quality experiences that strengthen candidate engagement.
• Drives prospect engagement through digital and social media promotion within the Slate CRM, managing follow-up messaging to convert inquirers into active applicants.
• Optimizes recruitment outcomes by analyzing event metrics and KPIs, providing data-driven insights to inform future engagement strategies and maximize return on investment.
• Collaborates with faculty and internal stakeholders to integrate program-specific insights into recruitment events, serving as a liaison to ensure messaging aligns with academic standards.
• Oversees event logistics and external vendor relationships, including travel coordination and conference participation, to ensure seamless execution of outreach initiatives.
• Participates in the holistic candidate evaluation process by conducting admissions interviews and contributing to final committee decision-making across the graduate portfolio.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, competing priorities, and large-scale events in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written, oral, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders across academic and administrative units.
• Demonstrated ability to design and execute events or engagement initiatives that support recruitment, enrollment, or customer conversion goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related areas.
• Minimum of 2 years of professional or pre-professional experience in admissions, event management, recruitment, enrollment marketing, student engagement, or a related area.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, competing priorities, and large-scale events in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written, oral, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders across academic and administrative units.
• Demonstrated ability to design and execute events or engagement initiatives that support recruitment, enrollment, or customer conversion goals.

Benefits

The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off.