Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance on direct advertising and marketing with the goal of generating leads, reducing attrition, and increasing retention in the NYARNG.
• Translate the ideas of senior Army leadership into Return On Investment (ROI) driven integrated marketing campaigns.
• Develop an annual marketing plan that can be broken down into monthly marketing initiatives.
• Oversee development of cohesive marketing strategies for the NYARNG Recruiting and Retention Battalion (RRBN)
• Analyze market segments to determine the best placement for resources in order to achieve a strong return on investment.
• Analyze market potential for recruiting efforts; propose strategies to RRBN Commander to achieve the greatest number of leads/enlistments; oversee implementation of those strategies through market research, advertising, and promotion programs.
• Create, implement, and analyze digital advertisements and a Social Media Marketing Strategy with the directed efforts toward the achievement of command-directed and Social Media Marketing specific goals.
• Develop and update quarterly, formal written strategies that exploit current trends and insights from market research to most efficiently and effectively utilize NYARNG RRBN resources.
• Use social media analytics to track peak viewer times across multiple platforms to ensure the most effective content delivery. Include platform metrics: views, reach, impressions, followers, likes’, reactions, responses, and shares.
• Develop imagery and multimedia content that promotes upcoming, recent, and historical NYARNG events, Service Member highlights, and promotion of NYARNG units. All content must present a message that supports recruiting, such as member benefits, upcoming NYARNG events, and promotion of the NYARNG in general.

Requirements

• Authorization to work in the U.S. permanently without sponsorship.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in marketing, data analysis, or market research.
• Must possess a driver’s license for operating a motor vehicle in the state of New York.
• Expert-level proficiency in Photoshop.
• Expert-level experience in graphic design to develop and design market collateral, oversee photoshoots, and repurpose national-level assets to create billboards, flyers, banners, state and local brochures, posters, table-top displays, and audio and visual materials.
• Experience in Adobe Creative Suite, to design digital advertising that conforms to the requirements of digital advertising vendors, such as color profiles, size dimensions, file formats, and vector or raster graphics.
• Experience with Unbounce, Buffer, Mailchimp, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Zapier (experience with equivalent platforms also accepted).
• Understanding of marketing principles, including campaign management, audience segmentation, and digital marketing channels.
• Experience with analytics and data tools such as Excel, SQL, Google Analytics, Tableau, or Power BI.

Preferred

• Current or prior military service preferred but not required.

Benefits

• We offer outstanding benefits including health, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category.