Vice President of Communications

Vice President of Communications

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Cold Spring Harbor, NY

www.cshl.edu

Founded in 1890, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has shaped
contemporary biomedical research and education with programs in
cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and quantitative biology. Home
to eight Nobel Prize winners, the private, not-for-profit
Laboratory employs 1,100 people including 600 scientists, students,
and technicians. The Meetings & Courses Program hosts more than
12,000 scientists from around the world each year on its campuses
in Long Island and in Suzhou, China. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
(CSHL)’s education arm also includes an academic publishing house,
a graduate school, and programs for middle, high school, and
undergraduate students and teachers.

CSHL seeks a dynamic, visionary, and strategic Vice President of
Communications (Vice President) to amplify and advance CSHL’s
outreach, institutional profile, and scientific and educational
impact. As the fulcrum of CSHL’s communications strategy, the Vice
President will play a pivotal role in increasing the organization’s
visibility, creating articulate and persuasive communications
materials through a philanthropic lens, representing the
organization as an active spokesperson, and reimagining the CSHL
brand.

The Vice President will bring an innovative and comprehensive
approach to branding and communications with the stature and
demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and alliances
with constituencies, both internally and externally. The successful
candidate will serve as a visible and active spokesperson to
external and internal audiences, including presentations about
CSHL’s scientific and educational programs. The Vice President will
revitalize CSHL’s institutional and program communication across
multiple digital and media platforms, ensuring a cohesive and
compelling narrative that resonates with the organization’s diverse
audiences. They will elevate the visibility of CSHL’s initiatives
at the local, national, and international levels by evolving the
organizational brand, developing multimedia content, producing
publications, and supporting Foundations for the Future,
CSHL’s $500 million capital and endowment fundraising campaign to
expand scientific and educational initiatives.

The Vice President will report to the Senior Vice President for
Advancement and Special Advisor to President. They will manage,
mentor, and develop a talented and diverse team of 12 staff
including specialists in science writing, graphic design, video
production, events, web development and social media.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory retained Freeman Philanthropic Services, LLC
to facilitate this executive recruitment. Please send confidential
inquiries and applications directly to Freeman Philanthropic
Services, LLC via e-mail at [email protected].