Associate Dean for Communications
nvizuete@unc.edu
919.962.1165
Natalie Vizuete is the associate dean for communications in the College of Arts and Sciences. Vizuete directs the communications team and oversees strategic communications that support the mission of the College of Arts and Sciences and the vision of the Dean, including internal and external communications across print, digital and social media platforms. She has a key role in shaping the College’s case for private fundraising support. Vizuete also handles executive communications and works closely with other senior communications directors across UNC-Chapel Hill.
Vizuete came to the College from the Duke Clinical Research Institute where she served as a research communications and engagement project manager. There, she co-led strategic communications for HEAL Connections, an NIH-funded initiative to make research related to opioid use disorder and pain more accessible to the people who benefit from it the most. She also provided strategic communications support to the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative.
Before her work at Duke, Vizuete led communications and content strategy at UNC’s University Communications where she oversaw storytelling efforts and Carolina’s social media channels to showcase the breadth of UNC’s academic programs, research and public service initiatives.
From 2012 to 2023, she held various roles at UNC, including writer and editor for unc.edu, social media director and content development director. She launched Carolina’s social media office and grew Carolina’s social media presence to more than 948,000 followers.
Before joining Carolina, Vizuete held positions as an account executive at Bates & Mills Consulting and as a reporter with The Associated Press.
She received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Spanish from Eastern Illinois University and a graduate certificate in technology and communication from UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media.