From resourcing to budgets to emerging opportunities, planning and balancing all of the strategies, skills, and systems needed for a successful higher ed marketing operation is a constant challenge. What do you need? What do you have? And how do you factor in institutional demands with budget realities, student landscape factors, and new and emerging technologies? In this session, we’ll share a few different perspectives and stories from different types of campuses and settings that have proven successful.

 

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  • Kate Ledger Associate Vice President for Marketing and Outreach at ODU Global

    Kate Ledger is passionate about driving enrollment marketing, developing and promoting powerful brands, and building and leading strong teams. Currently serving as the Associate Vice President for Marketing and Outreach at ODUGlobal, Kate joined Old Dominion University in 2023 and is excited by the value placed on marketing at ODU. She spent most of her 20-year career at the University of Pittsburgh, progressively increasing the size and scope of her teams. Most recently she served as Acting Vice Chancellor for University Communications and Marketing and was named the 2022 Higher Education Marketer of the Year, an award sponsored by the American Marketing Association Foundation and Yes& Lipman Hearne. She launched the university’s first master brand in 2019 and the first university-wide brand campaign in 2022 as the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Marketing while at the same time leading COVID-19 communications for the university.

    Kate Ledger

    Kate Ledger is passionate about driving enrollment marketing, developing and promoting powerful brands, and building and leading strong teams. Currently serving as the Associate Vice President for Marketing and Outreach at ODUGlobal, Kate joined Old Dominion University in 2023 and is excited by the value placed on marketing at ODU. She spent most of her 20-year career at the University of Pittsburgh, progressively increasing the size and scope of her teams. Most recently she served as Acting Vice Chancellor for University Communications and Marketing and was named the 2022 Higher Education Marketer of the Year, an award sponsored by the American Marketing Association Foundation and Yes& Lipman Hearne. She launched the university’s first master brand in 2019 and the first university-wide brand campaign in 2022 as the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Marketing while at the same time leading COVID-19 communications for the university.

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