Director/Marketing & External Affairs

Huntington, WV (Unknown)

$52K/yr – $68K/yrDirector/Executive3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

Job Summary

Shape and execute MAS’s external voice and growth engine, aligning marketing, PR, and sponsorship with audience needs and revenue goals while safeguarding brand and contract constraints.

  • Growth & Communications: Lead data‑driven marketing, media relations, and crisis readiness to maximize attendance, sponsorship value, and earned revenue.
  • Media & Messaging: Build media partnerships and act as spokesperson to shape public narrative and protect brand risk.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Direct and execute comprehensive marketing, PR, and communications strategies that support ticket sales, earned revenue, sponsorship visibility, and long‑term audience development.
  • Align MAS marketing strategy with Marshall University brand standards while preserving MAS’s distinct professional identity.
  • Serve as MAS’s primary public information officer and spokesperson.
  • Lead digital marketing campaigns, including social media, email marketing, paid advertising, and analytics‑driven optimization.
  • Write and distribute press releases, media advisories, and promotional content.
  • Build and maintain relationships with local, regional, and national media outlets.
  • Use data, market trends, and audience insights—collaborating with MAS Finance—to guide season planning, campaign timing, pricing communication, and promotional investments
  • Generate $25,000 annually in advertising sales.
  • Use Ticketmaster analytics to support pricing, timing, and revenue strategy.
  • Manage sponsor benefit fulfillment, recognition, and branding deliverables.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, graphic design, public relations, or related field.
  • Minimum of 3 to 5 years of professional experience in performing arts marketing, media relations, or entertainment promotion.

Preferred

  • Master’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
  • Experience with Ticketmaster/ticketing/CRM systems.
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Marshall University

At Marshall University, we change lives and inspire extraordinary futures. Our students attach high value to our small class sizes, having faculty members actively instructing in the classroom, the availability of intensive advising, exceptional student success resources, modern facilities, a growing global community and robust extracurricular programming. Our faculty members are leaders, mentors and cultivators of talent. They are making a real difference in the lives of our students, many of whom arrive here with enormous potential but lack a reliable roadmap for academic accomplishment. Our alumni are the heart and soul of the Marshall family. They have gone on to lead Fortune 500 companies, win Pulitzer Prizes and become captains of industry, science, education and the arts.

Huntington, West Virginia, USA
3.5K employees (102 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$52K/yr – $68K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
102 (3% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$29.8M
Last Raise
$499.9K
Grant, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2024
    Grant • $499.9K
  • Sep 2024
    Grant • $1M
  • Jul 2024
    Grant • $3.3M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
663.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$43.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
38.2%
Direct
52.7%
Referral
7.1%
Social
1.2%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.5K

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Director/Marketing & External Affairs

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