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Northwestern University

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Company overview

Northwestern is one of the nation’s premier research universities, combining innovative teaching and pioneering research in a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary, and diverse environment. Northwestern provides both students and faculty exceptional opportunities for intellectual, personal, and professional growth in beautiful settings, with two campuses located on Lake Michigan: a 240-acre campus in Evanston, minutes north of Chicago, and a 25-acre campus in downtown Chicago. A third campus in Doha, Qatar was founded in 2008. For more information visit http://www.northwestern.edu
Founded in 1908
Evanston, Illinois, USA
17K employees (763 in marketing)
northwestern.edu

Salaries

Typical salary range

$56,782 – $56,931

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People

Founders and leadership

Gabrielle Gutierrez
Gabrielle Gutierrez
Co-Founder of Northwestern University's Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Chapter
At the company for 2 years 5 months

Marketing leadership

Jon Yates
Jon Yates
Vice President for Global Marketing and Communications
At the company for 5 years 10 months
Grace Ghee
Grace Ghee
Assistant Director of Marketing - NU Athletics
At the company for 4 years 7 months
Isabella Lima
Isabella Lima
Event Planning Director | Cause Marketing Initiative Executive Board
At the company for 1 year 8 months
Cindy Z.
Cindy Z.
Project Management Director | Cause Marketing Initiative
At the company for 1 year 8 months

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

38 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount -0.9% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$98M

Last raise

Grant, 1 years ago

Funding history

Oct 2024

Grant Northwestern University

Oct 2024

Grant Northwestern University · $34M

Nov 2023

Grant Northwestern University · $20K

Jun 2023

Grant Northwestern University · $18M

Aug 2022

Grant Northwestern University · $5.5M

Apr 2021

Grant Northwestern University · $21.3M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
6.4M
Month over month-8.3%
Quarter over quarter+37.4%
Top sourceDirect (47.2%)
Ad budget per month$1.5M
Average search rank45.9
Traffic source mix
Direct
47.2%
Search
42.9%
Referral
8%
Paid referral
1%
Social
0.9%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

418.9K

12-mo growth

+9.1%

Monthly growth

+0.6%

News

Links

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