Head of Career Services Division

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN, New Delhi

This role entails overseeing all facets of campus placements, cultivating strong industry partnerships, and ensuring that students and alumni have access to diverse and meaningful career opportunities with leading organizations.

The incumbent will play a strategic role in enhancing student employability and strengthening IIAD’s corporate engagement. Key responsibilities include expanding the recruiter network, collaborating with faculty and staff to identify new industry connections, maintaining strong relationships with existing recruiters, and designing outreach initiatives to drive participation in career planning events and activities.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Serve as the centralized college representative to the employment community

  - Conducts research to learn the skills, abilities, and credentials employers seek for graduates of the school’s departments. Use the institute’s degree plans and course descriptions, in addition to coordinating with professors and department heads, to find relevant job titles and industries for graduates.

• Employer Development

  – Network and expand the pool of corporate recruiters for campus placements to ensure maximum job opportunities for students and alumni. Development and maintenance of an effective employer relationship program; participate in the development efforts with regional and national companies through site visits (travel), mail campaigns, and marketing; update and revise recruiter-focused materials annually.

• Planning campus hiring events

  like job fairs to give students exposure to potential jobs and help companies find suitable candidates. Use their knowledge of job trends and employer network to bring a variety of employers to the school for a successful event.

• Career counseling

  - Provide students and alumni assistance in defining career options, developing employment skills, and job-search procedures.

• Employment Training Workshops

  - Develop, coordinate, and facilitate training and skill development workshops to include resume and portfolio preparation, job-search strategies, mock interviews and provide information about companies hiring in their discipline.

• Placement Data Collection/Dissemination -

  Provide statistical and qualitative reports internally within the department as well as preparing reports for employers, academic departments and other as necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 8-10 years of managerial experience in campus placement and student career counseling.
• Preference will be given to candidate who have a strong network of companies in the creative field; graphic/communication design, UX/UI design, advertisement and marketing agencies, fashion and lifestyle companies, interior and architectural firms.
• A Bachelors, preferably a Master’s degree in a relevant discipline.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated proficiency in written and oral communications.
• Administrative, leadership, supervisory and organizational skills with an ability to prioritize is required.
• Demonstrated ability to network, advocate and interface with recruiters as well as various institutional and departmental constituents.