Director of Marketing

Sterling, VA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Owns the marketing strategy and demand-gen execution for the enrollment funnel, aligning creative campaigns, budgets, data systems, and stakeholder collaboration to drive qualified leads and exceptional student experience.

  • Direct response and lead-generation campaigns with creative management and conversion optimization.
  • Budget forecasting and media-channel optimization to meet admissions goals while aligning with data roadmaps and system tooling.
  • Cross-functional partnership with Enrollment, Admissions Ops, and leadership to ensure compliant, service-oriented experiences and vendor management.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Supervise graphic design and social media staff.
  • Conduct or facilitate research and conduct applicable tests to collect information that supports decision-making.
  • Collaborate with the VP of Enrollment and Marketing in the development and maintenance of a strategic plan for the area, consistent with the Catholic identity and values of Divine Mercy University.
  • Provide leadership in direct response/lead generation marketing and conversion process through creative and campaign management.
  • Develop and manage the annual marketing budgets by constant evaluation of media channels to optimize performance; perform overall forecasting of advertising spending against lead goals that would support the admissions funnel.
  • Collaborate with the leadership team that manages student outreach, campus and admissions operations in implementing strategies for exceptional customer experience.
  • Observe and influence media buying in partnership with marketing channel leaders.
  • Maintain deep understanding of data road map and multiple systems used across the organization
  • Ensures that Marketing team’s responsibilities to meet the operational requirements of the Federal, State and Divine Mercy University’s governing bodies are met in timely manner.
  • Oversees other administrative processes to promote efficient and trouble-free function of the department.
  • Provide oversight and guidance of marketing and admissions CRM/SIS system in collaboration with the Director of Admissions.
  • Manage vendor relations relevant to the marketing effort.
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Divine Mercy University

Divine Mercy University (DMU) is a Catholic graduate school of psychology and counseling, founded in 1999 as the Institute for the Psychological Sciences. The University is dedicated to the scientific study of psychology with a Catholic understanding of the person, marriage and the family. The University offers Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctoral (Psy.D.) degrees in Clinical Psychology, a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Psychology and a Master of Science (M.S.) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.The Divine Mercy University is governed by its Board of Directors, which has complete and final governing authority over the University. The Board consists of the Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, seven lay Catholic leaders and three members of the Legion of Christ. The Legion sponsors the University by providing a President and a Chaplain and helping to maintain the Catholic identity of the institution.

Founded in 1999
Sterling, Virginia, USA
155 employees (14 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
13.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36%
Direct
48.6%
Referral
5.6%
Social
8.9%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~155

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8 (5% of company)