Director of Twilley Academy of Sales Leadership

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The College of Business ( COB) has been AACSB accredited for over 40 years. We offer BSBA, MBA, and MSA degrees and our School of Hospitality Management offers both a BS in Hospitality Management and an MS in Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality. Additionally, the Miller School of Entrepreneurship offers a BS in Entrepreneurship. We are one of the largest Colleges of Business in the state with approximately 4,200 undergraduate and 900 graduate students. To date, the COB has approximately 150 faculty members of the highest caliber, skilled in the scholarship of research, teaching, and application of knowledge. A strategic goal of the college is to create an environment where the faculty, staff, and students can thrive and be personally and professionally respected.

INTERNAL POSTING: Open only to applicants currently employed by East Carolina University.

The Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management within the College of Business has a full-time, Director position available beginning November 2025 and invites candidates to complete the online application. The Director will support the Twilley Academy of Sales Leadership by (1) developing and maintaining a set of revenue generating strategic corporate sponsorships for the Academy, (2) facilitating a variety of student experiential learning and engagement opportunities including the coordinating of interactions between students and corporate sponsors as well providing sales instruction both in and out of the classroom, and (3) managing the marketing and customer relationship management activities of the Academy. Additionally, the Director will be responsible for other duties related to the Academy and some travel may be required.

The Director will be responsible for:

Leadership/Management:

The Academy Director will be responsible for managing the Academy's brand and relationships with key internal and external stakeholders. As such, the Director will interact with other university sales centers, market the Academy to prospective students, donors, and sponsors, manage the Academy's curricular and co-curricular activities, and produce the Academy's annual report. Duties will also include the tracking and reporting of sponsor engagement as well as student development and success.

Student/Industry Engagement:
The Academy Director will be responsible for facilitating, supporting, promoting, and presenting at Academy related programs such as sales seminars, speaker engagements, sales club events, and executive education. Furthermore, the Director will lead coaching activities for students participating in national and regional sales competitions.

Fundraising/Corporate Sponsorship:
The Academy's Director will be responsible for prospecting, acquiring, managing, and developing relationships with key strategic corporate sponsors that provide industry engagement opportunities for students. As such, the Director will facilitate and coordinate student interactions with Academy sponsors. This includes but is not limited to sales role-play competitions, mentorship and internship opportunities, sales-focused job fairs, classroom visits by sponsors and student visits to sponsor facilities.

Contingent upon availability of funds.

The candidate must possess a graduate degree ( MBA, MA, MS, PhD, or EdD) in a closely related discipline (examples include, but are not limited to: business administration, entrepreneurship, accounting, finance, marketing, economics, or management) from an appropriately accredited institution.

Only current full-time faculty (excluding those whose primary responsibilities are in administration) in the College of Business are eligible for this position.

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East Carolina University requires applicants to submit a candidate profile online in order to be considered for the position. Candidates must also submit a cover letter, resume, and a list of three references, including contact information, online. Candidates may also submit a statement of vision for the director position and place under the optional Additional Document #1 in the Documents Needed to Apply section.

2-3 original letters of reference are required for employment. Please be aware that if selected as a candidate of choice, an automatic e-mail will be sent to the individuals entered by the applicant in the References section in the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system. Letters of reference submitted via the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system will be verified and considered towards meeting this requirement.

For letters of reference not submitted via the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system, please have the original signed letters mailed to Dr. James Zemanek, Search Committee Chair, College of Business, East Carolina University, Slay 136, Mail Stop 503, Greenville, NC 27858 (email: zemanekj@ecu.edu). An original transcript of highest earned degrees for selected candidate will be required prior to employment.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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