Job Description:

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including communications, design, media, social media, web, annual giving, and alumni volunteer engagement, to develop and execute integrated marketing strategies that align with organizational goals and engage target audiences effectively.
• Leads the creation and execution of comprehensive marketing plans for various initiatives, ensuring strategies are aligned with desired outcomes and the target audienceâ™s preferences, while adapting to industry trends and best practices.
• Maintains a deep understanding of brand marketing, marketing channels, and audience behavior, continuously researching and applying the latest trends to improve campaigns and drive measurable results.
• Monitors the competitive landscape and industry developments to identify new opportunities, adjusting marketing strategies as needed to advance the University's objectives and enhance its competitive position.
• Partners with internal teams and external agencies to evaluate campaign performance, utilizing data and analytics to measure success, identify areas for improvement, and make recommendations for future marketing initiatives.
• Coordinates and aligns marketing strategies across multiple projects and teams, ensuring that goals, deadlines, and resources are effectively managed to maximize impact and meet organizational objectives.
• Oversees the development and execution of strategic marketing plans for specific departments or functional areas, including market research, data collection, target market definition, project timelines, and content creation.
• Manages relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including vendors and University leadership, providing expertise in curating marketing plans and ensuring their successful execution across various initiatives, events, and programs.
• Provides mentorship and guidance to junior marketing staff, fostering professional development and ensuring the team works efficiently to execute marketing strategies while also recommending process improvements to enhance operations.
• Leads ad-hoc projects from inception to completion, developing marketing recommendations, presenting findings to senior leadership, and ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals while responding to stakeholder requests and inquiries as needed.
• Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance job performance including attending webinars, seminars, building networks within the University and with colleagues at peer institutions.
• Develops one or more of the following marketing functions: marketing communications and advertising, web blogs or other digital marketing, and market research. Reviews and updates marketing infrastructure which may include one or more database systems, the intranet, and external websites.
• May participate in developing new products and services and determining new markets. Acts as a resource for and trains lower level marketing staff. May attend trade shows as needed.
• May assist managing relationships with external sales agencies.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelorâ™s or advanced degree.

Experience:

• Minimum five years of professional experience in nonprofit management, development, alumni relations, marketing, public relations, sales or similar professional work experience.
• Background with data analysis and communicating complex topics to non-technical people.
• Managing cross-team projects.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

• Demonstrated skill and knowledge of, or ability to learn quickly, the internal workings of the University as well as the technology tools available to the Office of Alumni Relations and Development, including Phoenix (the University's Donor Relationship Management System), Microsoft Windows computer environment, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access

Preferred Competencies

• Outstanding interpersonal and communications skills characterized by the ability to listen, speak, and write effectively. Explain complex ideas clearly and simply.
• Manage confidential information with discretion and tact.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Work collegially and collaboratively in a team setting.
• Self-motivated and take initiative.
• Prioritize multiple projects and independently follow through with detail.

Working Conditions

• This position has a hybrid work schedule which includes weekly in office presence.
• Standard office environment.
• Travel to campus and/or non-campus locations for University business.
• Work evenings and weekends as needed.
• This position is located in Hyde Park at 5235 South Harper Court.

Application Documents

• Resume/CV (required)
• Cover Letter, addressed to the Hiring Committee (preferred)

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