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The Academic Advising Project Manager supports the Academic Advising Department by managing projects, analyzing data, and streamlining processes to enhance student success and departmental efficiency. This role blends strategic planning, quality assurance, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure optimal workflow and service delivery. The Project Manager will serve as a liaison between advising teams, leadership, and technical departments to identify and implement creative solutions to operational challenges.This position is located on campus at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL and reports to the Director of Academic Training and Operations.
- Manage multiple projects effectively, ensuring timely completion and alignment with departmental goals.
- Generate, analyze, and disseminate reports (daily, weekly, monthly, and ad hoc) to support decision-making and performance tracking.
- Develop and maintain workflow reporting and pacing tools.
- Partner with IMT and advising leadership to identify operational needs and implement system improvements.
- Facilitate cross-departmental communication to support comprehensive advising services.
- Coordinate departmental quality assurance standards and processes.
- Conduct assessments and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Track performance measures to assess employee success and service quality.
- Assist in the development and implementation of assessment plans and learning outcomes.
- Provide coaching, evaluations, and performance feedback to increase team efficiency.
- Analyze student data to identify triggers for proactive outreach and support.
- Create and review report data to inform quality assurance and student service enhancements.
- Advocate for technology needs and system integration improvements.
- Collaborate with team leaders and training managers to identify training opportunities based on data insights.
- Participate in leadership and university-wide meetings, committees, and events.
- Provide coverage for other project management roles as needed (Junior PM, Senior PM, Operations Manager).
- Support coordination of advising-related events (e.g., academic success fairs, workshops, orientation).
- Maintain relationships with external departments to ensure cross-functional collaboration.
- Adhere to university policies and maintain confidentiality of personnel and student information.
- Assist with workflow management efforts to ensure departmental tasks are prioritized in accordance with leadership guidance.
- Audit advising team case queues to ensure accuracy and timeliness of team responses.
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to Full Sail University’s mission and values.
- Adhere to Full Sail University’s policies and procedures.
- Maintain strict confidentiality of students and institutional information.
- Comply with company attendance standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with professional and constructive engagement across all levels
- Exceptional written, verbal, and professional communication skills
- Detail-oriented with a commitment to quality and accuracy
- Strong multitasking and time management abilities
- Capable of working independently, efficiently, and collaboratively
- Strong listening and decision-making capabilities
- Proven experience in risk and change management
- Assertiveness, enthusiasm, and self-motivation
- Passion for encouraging learning and personal growth
- Demonstrated commitment to outstanding customer service
- Solution-oriented with a focus on meeting deadlines
- Prompt responsiveness to team and leadership requests
- Desire for continuous learning and development
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, immersive environments
- Crisis-handling and conflict resolution skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Business Administration, Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Communication, Leadership, or a related field.
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in project management, academic advising, or educational operations.
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Computer/Equipment Skills:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Experience with Salesforce, Campus Nexus, Tableau (preferred).
Work is performed in an office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have the ability to maintain active customer and employee communication; access, input and retrieve information from the computer system; enter alphanumeric data into a computerized system often while listening on the telephone. (May be subject to bending, reaching, kneeling, stooping and lifting up to thirty (30) pounds.)
Full Sail is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Education, Business Administration, Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Communication, Leadership, or related field
- Minimum of 2 years relevant experience in project management, academic advising, or educational operations
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Experience with Salesforce
- Experience with Campus Nexus
- Experience with Tableau
- Strong analytical, communication, multitasking, and quality assurance skills
What We Do
Full Sail University is an award-winning educational leader for those pursuing careers in entertainment, media, arts and technology. Founded in 1979, Full Sail has received accolades throughout its 40+ year history, including most recently: * One of the 2021 "Top Graduate & Undergraduate Schools to Study Game Design" by The Princeton Review * One of the 2021 "Top 50 Film Schools" by The Wrap Magazine * 2019 "School/College of the Year" by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges Full Sail is a graduate and undergraduate degree-granting institution offering on-campus and online degree programs in areas related to Art & Design, Business, Film & Television, Games, Media & Communications, Music & Recording, Sports, and Technology. Full Sail alumni have worked on countless award-winning projects with individual recognition including OSCAR®, Emmy®, GRAMMY®, ADDY®, MTV Video Music Award, and Video Game Award honors. What Makes Full Sail Different? Our 210+ acre campus is located in Winter Park, FL. From game studios, to venues, to boardrooms and film sets, our classrooms are designed to look and feel like industry production environments – because they are. Full Sail degrees are built around real-world experience – project-based work in professional environments and on professional software and hardware. Our education is offered at an accelerated pace, which allows students to graduate in about half the time of a traditional bachelor's program. This unique approach helps prepare our students for the entertainment media world they want to join after graduation. Full Sail’s community consists of 22,000+ students, 2,200+ full-time equivalent employees, 83,565+ graduates, and 600+ educators with academic and professional credentials. Our community is united by the desire to learn through creating. Connect with us: https://www.fullsail.edu/connect-with-us Full Sail is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges.







