Nazareth hires Justin Shaw as director of communications
Nazareth has named Justin Shaw as the new director of communications. In this role, Shaw serves as a leader on the marketing and communications team, developing and executing strategic integrated communications campaigns to further promote Nazareth’s brand to both internal and external audiences. He will coordinate closely with Nazareth’s integrated marketing and content teams – as well as Nazareth’s president’s office – to expand local, regional, and national awareness regarding Nazareth’s ongoing commitment to changemaker education and learning through first-hand impact experiences. He started his role in mid-December 2022.
Shaw brings more than 25 years of communications and marketing expertise to the role of director of communications at Nazareth College, including experience counseling clients in a wide range of business-to-business and consumer categories at leading marketing and public relations agencies in New York City and western New York. Most recently, he served as vice president of client relations at Rochester-based Dixon Schwabl + Company, where he worked for more than 11 years. Prior to that role, Shaw was senior vice president at Publicis Consultants | PR in Manhattan. His work has spanned many sectors including agribusiness, automotive, consumer goods, finance, food/beverage, healthcare, manufacturing, tech, telecom, tourism, and higher education, and his communications expertise ranges from internal communications to public relations, content development, social media, and digital marketing.
Shaw has served on the board of directors of United Way of Ontario County, and is a member of Leadership Buffalo's class of 2019. Shaw earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from SUNY Oswego, and his master’s degree in public relations from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
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Julie Long | Senior News & PR Officer | jlong2@naz.edu | (585) 389-2456 | (585) 781-8186 (cell)
Nazareth University is an inclusive community of inspired learners, educators, and changemakers who for nearly 100 years have been driven by a bold commitment to action, empathy, equity, and leading innovation for the common good. Impact experiences are at the heart of a Nazareth education, preparing each student to discover within themselves the potential to cultivate positive change in their life's work, in any career field, and in a world that is constantly evolving and infinitely interconnected.
Our broad academic offerings present a range of study options typical of larger universities, yet achieved in our supportive campus culture. Nearly 2,100 undergrad and 600 graduate students enroll in degree and certificate programs and engage in collaborative, transformative learning experiences, preparing for the professions and society of today and tomorrow. In a learning community that purposefully integrates liberal arts and professional programs, Nazareth University graduates are able to launch a lifetime of impactful leadership in communities and workplaces near and far.
