Marketing And Social Innovation

Description:

The Department of Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Social Innovation invites applications for the position of department chair, with tenure at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The appointment commences on July 1, 2023 for a five-year term.

This position is open to existing employees of Mount Royal University.

The department, which includes 13 full-time faculty, 20 contract faculty, and an administrative assistant, is committed to maintaining integrity, diversity, and equality in order to foster an inclusive, safe, and respectful environment. The Department of Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Social Innovation houses the Bissett School of Business’ marketing major and the entrepreneurship and social innovation concentrations. These three separate departments meld to provide innovative programming for students eager to change the world — pursuing their dream jobs or launching their own unique ventures.

As well as the Bachelor of Business Administration – Marketing degree, the department offers both a minor and a certificate in marketing. The degree program develops marketing professionals who can effectively blend insight, strategy, and creativity to bring extraordinarMarketing and Social Innovationy products, services, and campaigns to the marketplace. While considering the theoretical and functional strategy-focused curriculum common in most undergraduate marketing degrees, the “ideal marketer” was reimagined with the support of industry partners. The resulting updated curriculum is designed to support organizations that require future leaders with a foundation in creative and strategic knowledge, skills, and abilities. Students are exposed to marketing in multiple experiential learning settings and work with real-life clients including non-profit organizations, marketing agencies, start-ups and large corporations, and in-house marketing teams across a variety of industries.