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The Associate Director plans, manages and executes signature alumni, donor, and university-wide events and programs. The role combines event management with hands-on execution, serving as a key liaison between internal stakeholders and external partners to deliver high-quality experiences that advance the university's engagement and fundraising goals. This role manages relationships with external vendors and/or on-campus support services, including catering, physical plant, Learning Environments and Media Production to coordinate contracts, venue agreements, and secure technical/support services.

The Associate Director will support events and programs of varying purposes, scope, and complexity each year. Their portfolio includes, but is not limited to, affinity programs, donor cultivation and stewardship events, signature athletic events, and the triennial Coming Back Together Reunion. This role will also support additional team members within the UAE team by providing expertise and coordination for additional on-campus programs; Commencement, convocations, and Homecoming. The position requires work during non-business hours, which at times will include working nights, weekends, holidays and/or academic break periods.

The Division of Advancement & External Affairs expresses a shared mission that is collaborative, trusted, respectful, future-focused and is aligned with the overall University. All current and new employees embrace and demonstrate dedication to promoting shared values in an inclusive work culture to propel the future of advancement operations in their everyday work.