Associate Director, Digital Marketing, Office of Alumni Relations

Baltimore, MD (On-site)

$85K/yr – $95K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead the area\'s communications and marketing strategies, overseeing multi-channel campaigns, content creation, media relations, and team leadership while shaping strategic messaging.

  • Develop and implement creative communications plans
  • Oversee marketing strategy and integrated campaign planning
  • Lead communications outreach for events

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement creative, broad, tactical communication and/or marketing plans and approaches (e.g., online or print media, giveaways, radio/television) to increase visibility of the area’s programs and initiatives.
  • Participate in strategic planning and assist in defining and formulating key messages and identifying overall communication and marketing approaches.
  • Provide consultation and advice to program leadership on a variety of communications and marketing needs.
  • Write and edit communication and marketing materials, including speeches, presentations, news releases, etc. on behalf of area leadership.
  • May have media responsibility for media contact based on overall needs of the area and the internal resources available.
  • Manage the communications and marketing team within area of oversight, including supervision of non-exempt and/or exempt staff.
  • Provide vision, leadership and counsel for communications and marketing efforts, including overseeing an integrated communications plan.
  • Create original content such as web content and e-newsletters across a variety of platforms, based on the overall needs of the area and the internal resources available.
  • Formulate and manage a comprehensive media relations strategy and program at the local, state and national levels to garner coverage in print, television, radio, online and social media outlets, in collaboration with other internal resources.
  • Provide fiscal oversight of internal and external stakeholder communications, marketing, and media plans.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field.
  • Five years of related experience.
  • Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education permitted by the JHU equivalency formula beyond high school diploma/ graduation equivalent
  • Experience managing multi-channel communications campaigns and audience segmentation strategies; CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce); email marketing + marketing automation platforms (e.g. Salesforce Marketing Cloud, MailChimp, Acoustic); Analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, SproutSocial); Project management platforms (e.g. Slack, Asana, Teams); Paid social media advertising (e.g. Meta, LinkedIn)
  • Salesforce + Salesforce Marketing Cloud; Website development tools (e.g. Drupal, WordPress); Design tools (e.g. Canva, Adobe Suite); text-based marketing platforms (e.g. Scale to Win)
  • Attendance at Alumni Weekend (Spring) and Leadership Weekend (Fall) as well as occasional attendance at other signature events is required
  • Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency:
  • - Branding: Advanced
  • - Communications Planning: Advanced
  • - Content Management: Advanced

Preferred

  • Experience managing multi-channel communications campaigns and audience segmentation strategies; CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce); email marketing + marketing automation platforms (e.g. Salesforce Marketing Cloud, MailChimp, Acoustic); Analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, SproutSocial); Project management platforms (e.g. Slack, Asana, Teams); Paid social media advertising (e.g. Meta, LinkedIn)
  • Salesforce + Salesforce Marketing Cloud; Website development tools (e.g. Drupal, WordPress); Design tools (e.g. Canva, Adobe Suite); text-based marketing platforms (e.g. Scale to Win)
  • Attendance at Alumni Weekend (Spring) and Leadership Weekend (Fall) as well as occasional attendance at other signature events is required
  • Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency:
  • - Branding: Advanced
  • - Communications Planning: Advanced
  • - Content Management: Advanced
  • - Editing: Advanced
  • - Media Monitoring and Analysis: Advanced
  • - Media Relations: Advanced
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
18K employees (349 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.1%
Direct
40.2%
Referral
9%
Social
0.8%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~17.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
349 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
13.5 years
Median Tenure
3.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Last Raise
$563.6K
Grant, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • May 2025
    Grant
  • Mar 2025
    Grant • $563.6K
  • Aug 2024
    Grant • $20.9M

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