Nault Center for Entrepreneurship: Communications and Marketing Officer

The Muma College of Business leverages analytics and critical thinking to advance student success, produce scholarships with impact, and generate innovation in partnership with its stakeholders. It serves more than 8,700 students on USF’s Tampa and St. Petersburg campuses across seven schools. Its vision is to be a top business school recognized for the transformative solutions produced by its scholars and graduates who lead in business and society. The USF Nault Center for Entrepreneurship is a nationally ranked, multidisciplinary center within the college that serves the entire university and lead education and research to support aspiring and current entrepreneurs.
Special Requirements:
Works well in a fast-paced environment, often requires extended hours for evening events.

Responsibilities:

Develop and coordinate content for marketing materials that promote, publicize, and provide information about programs, events, services, etc., for the Center to audiences throughout the university, region and state. Develop and execute cross-media integrated marketing campaigns for educational programs, events, pitch competitions, advisory board meetings and other activities. Plan, create and evaluate innovative social media campaigns using organic and paid strategies to increase interest and engagement in USF entrepreneurship programs and expand USF’s reach nationally. Oversee production of materials and select vendors as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned within the scope of the position to support department mission and goals.
Minimum:
This position requires a bachelor’s degree in communication, marketing, public relations, digital media, or related field, with two years of experience in related positions; or a master’s degree in the fields listed above.
Preferred:
Experience working in higher education; effective and efficient communicator (written and verbal); proficient experience working with social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) as a marketing tool, Adobe Creative Cloud, project management, email marketing, internal communications, and photography and videography.
Degree Equivalency Clause: Four years of direct experience for a bachelor’s degree.

• Senate Bill 1310- The Florida Senate (https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1310) is conditional upon meeting all employment eligibility requirements in the U.S.
• SB 1310: Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements
• A public employer may include a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement only as an alternative to the number of years of direct experience required, not to exceed:
• (a) Two years of direct experience for an associate degree;
• (b) Four years of direct experience for a bachelor’s degree;
• (c) Six years of direct experience for a master’s degree;
• (d) Seven years of direct experience for a professional degree; or
• (e) Nine years of direct experience for a doctoral degree
• Related work experience may not substitute for any required licensure, certification, or registration required for the position of employment as established by the public employer and indicated in the advertised description of the position of employment.
• Minimum Qualifications that require a high school diploma are exempt from SB 1310.

The University of South Florida is a top-ranked research university serving approximately 50,000 students from across the globe at campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and USF Health. In 2025, U.S. News & World Report recognized USF with its highest overall ranking in university history, as a top 50 public university for the seventh consecutive year and as one of the top 15 best values among all public universities in the nation. U.S. News also ranks the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine in the highest tier, placing it as one of the top 16 medical schools in the nation and inside the top 10 among public universities. USF is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), a group that includes only the top 3% of universities in the U.S. With an all-time high of $750 million in research funding in 2025 and as a top 20 public university for producing U.S. patents, USF uses innovation to transform lives and shape a better future. The university generates an annual economic impact of nearly $10 billion for the state of Florida. USF’s Division I athletics teams compete in the American Conference. Learn more at www.usf.edu.