Jim Frackleton joins St. John’s Prep as the new Assistant Head of School for Marketing and Communications

Development Guild DDI is pleased to announce Jim Frackleton will join St. John’s Prep as the new Assistant Head of School for Marketing and Communications. In this role, Jim will lead a team that positions St. John’s as an educational leader, a resource for the global alumni network, and a good neighbor in communities from Danvers and across the North Shore and Merrimack Valley to Boston. He will manage all internal and external communications, as well as marketing campaigns to support admission, institutional advancement, and auxiliary programs. Reporting to the Headmaster Edward P Hardiman Ph.D. and collaborating closely with the Assistant Head of School for Enrollment Management, Jim will oversee a vibrant, comprehensive, and effective marketing program for St. John’s Prep.

Jim comes to St. John’s Prep from Merrimack College, where he most recently held the position of Director of Digital Marketing. While there, he collaborated closely with the president and leadership cabinet to create, execute, and monitor digital strategy and campaigns to directly impact enrollment and brand. 

Jim brings 7 years of exceptional marketing and communications experience to St. John’s Prep, where he will be a key member of the Headmaster’s Leadership Team.

St. John’s Prep is an inclusive, Catholic, Xaverian Brothers Sponsored School for young men in grades 6 through 12. Founded in 1907 on the Xaverian values of compassion, humility, simplicity, trust, and zeal, the Prep educates students to be, do and stand for good in the world.

Today, 1,500 students from more than 60 communities thrive at the Prep as part of a culture that encourages students to “become their best selves, pursue excellence in all endeavors, and open hearts and minds to transformational encounters with diversity of people and experiences”