[ecrea] The International Communication Association (ICA) is seeking a communication director

*COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR
*
The International Communication Association (ICA) is seeking a 
communication director who will enhance the organization, its 
membership, and the field of communication by achieving international 
public visibility. As a United Nations NGO and a 501 (c) 3 non-profit 
organization comprising 4500 scholars worldwide, the ICA seeks an 
individual to spearhead, coordinate and manage activities to promote the 
field of communication both internally and externally.  The director 
will foster and maintain relationships with international news media, 
editors, reporters, other communication directors, partner 
organizations, international institutions, and governmental officials 
and staff. Duties include but are not limited to planning, organizing 
and directing communications strategies and public information 
activities for the association; developing and maintaining networks of 
people and institutions to disseminate ICA-related news and information; 
developing and maintaining an proactive social media campaign for the 
association;  developing and maintaining updated information about 
member scholarship and expertise and promoting such information among 
members and interested external organizations; and representing the 
association in the media and other relevant platforms.

Candidate requirements include a graduate degree (Ph.D. preferred) in 
communication or a related field, excellent communication skills, 
wide-ranging multilingual skills, knowledge of the field of 
communication and its scholarship, familiarity with digital and social 
media including online communities, search engine optimization and other 
digital marketing tools, comprehensive knowledge of international media 
operations and public relations strategies, ability to handle multiple 
projects under time and resource pressure. The applicant must have a 
minimum of three years professional experience, preferably with 
nonprofit or academic organizations. ICA is located in Washington, DC, 
but the CD can be located anywhere with telecommuting.  Some travel 
required. Salary is commensurate with experience.

The International Communication Association aims to advance the 
scholarly study of human communication by encouraging and facilitating 
excellence in academic research worldwide. The purposes of the 
Association are to provide an international forum to enable the 
development, conduct, and critical evaluation of communication research; 
to sustain a program of high quality scholarly publication and knowledge 
exchange; to facilitate inclusiveness and debate among scholars from 
diverse national and cultural backgrounds and from multi-disciplinary 
perspectives on communication-related issues; and to promote a wider 
public interest in, and visibility of, the theories, methods, findings 
and applications generated by research in communication and allied 
fields.  ICA's activities fall into three main categories: holding a 
major annual conference, along with occasional regional conferences; 
publishing a series of high quality journals and related publications 
both broad-ranging and specialized; and supporting the research 
activities of its members by representing the field.

Applicants should send a detailed letter of application addressing the 
specific job description, a CV, a list of four references, and salary 
requirements to (mhaley /at/ icahdq.org) <mailto:(mhaley /at/ icahdq.org)> .  The 
detailed job description is available at 
http://www.icahdq.org/news/directorad.asp.  Applicants should submit all 
materials by 9 September, 2011 for full consideration.