**Job Description**

**ABOUT THIS ROLE**
Stanford University seeks a Senior Director, Media Relations and Public Affairs to join the Strategic Communications and Media Relations team within the central University Communications division. Reporting to the Assistant Vice President, Strategic Communications and Media Relations, this role requires a strategic communicator with sophisticated issues management instincts, a track record of building productive relationships with journalists, and the initiative and vision to build something new.

This position expands the team's capacity and capabilities across some of Stanford's most complex and consequential communications issues and media engagement, from background conversations to on-the-record spokesmanship. The Senior Director will also design and lead a new press engagement program, bringing journalists to campus for substantive, curated conversations with university leadership and faculty. This position will also dev...