Assistant Director (Marketing Generalist), Donor and Alumni Communications

Bloomington, IN (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive integrated CRM/Marketing Cloud communications to engage alumni and support advancement goals, with hands-on content creation and data-driven optimization.

  • Must-have: 2 years in marketing/communications with Salesforce CRM/Marketing Cloud experience.
  • Standout: End-to-end email design, landing pages, and reporting for multi-channel campaigns.
  • Higher education experience is a plus.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Maximizes the capabilities of the Salesforce Client Relationship Management (CRM) and Marketing Cloud platform infrastructure to help achieve the College's overall advancement goals through creation and distribution of digital mailers.
  • Creates innovative and effective marketing and communication strategies that drive traffic to the Office of Advancement's events, programs, and online publications.
  • Inspires alumni engagement and shares the impact of philanthropy through robust, personalized communication.
  • Works as a member of the College's communications and marketing team and in partnership with the College's Advancement Office to create and deliver strategic content for digital communications.
  • Performs communications campaign-related tasks on deadline and with attention to detail.
  • Writes content and create visuals for digital campaigns.
  • Designs and tests emails.
  • Circulates emails for stakeholder review and approval.
  • Requests, imports, and manages data responsibly.
  • Creates landing pages and forms in support of digital campaigns.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, English, public relations, or related field.
  • 2 years in relevant field.
  • Proficient communication skills.
  • Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
  • Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
  • Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
  • Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
  • Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
  • Highly thorough and dependable.
  • Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.

Preferred

  • Experience in digital marketing and communications, utilizing Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
  • Familiarity with constituent relationship management (CRM) systems.
  • Experience in higher education communications or marketing.
  • Web content management system skills with an understanding of best practices related to user experience.
  • E-mail marketing and data segmentation skills and experience with Salesforce (or similar systems).
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Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University Bloomington is the flagship residential, research-intensive campus of Indiana University. Its academic excellence is grounded in the humanities, arts and sciences, and a range of highly ranked professional programs. Founded in 1820, the campus serves more than 42,000 undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in more than 300 disciplines. Widely recognized for its global and international programs, outstanding technology and historic limestone campus, IU Bloomington serves as a global gateway for students and faculty members pursuing issues of worldwide significance.IU Bloomington facts: • Indiana University's flagship campus • Enrolls approx. 42,000 students • More than 350,000 alumni around the world • Nationally ranked and recognized schools for graduate and undergraduate studies, including the Kelley School of Business, Maurer School of Law, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Jacobs School of Music • Member of the Big Ten Conference • Nationally ranked NCAA sports teams with 24 national championships • More than 650 student organizations • Comprehensive perspective to education with more than 180 majors • Located in one of America’s greatest college towns

Bloomington, Indiana, USA
30K employees (684 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.2M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.4M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.4%
Direct
55.8%
Referral
6.6%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~30.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
684 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
8 years
Median Tenure
5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$100.9M
Last Raise
$592.3K
Grant, 12 months ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2025
    Grant • $592.3K
  • Nov 2024
    Grant • $70K
  • Sep 2024
    Grant • $515K

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