Marketing Assistant - Canada

Raleigh, NC (Remote)

$20/hr – $25/hrIntern/New Grad3+ years expContract

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive educator-focused marketing by coordinating social, community, and content initiatives to grow authentic engagement.

  • Experience: 3–5 years in marketing, preferably B2C/education, with proven social growth.
  • Must-have: Deep knowledge of the Canadian education market and educator priorities.
  • Standout: Strong ability to translate audience insights into actionable campaigns across channels.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Voice of the Customer: Continuously gather and share audience insights, from behaviours to direct feedback, to inform strategy, shape content, and ensure marketing aligns with real educator needs.
  • Monitor trends, competitors, and conversations across social listening and communities to identify opportunities and areas for improvement.
  • Translate audience and social insights into actionable plans that enhance impact, improve the educator experience, and guide marketing initiatives.
  • Social Media, Communities and Educator Engagement: Develop and execute social media tactics to build a strong online presence, foster engagement, and drive organic growth.
  • Engage educators across social channels, including Meta, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, (among others)…along with various community spaces, fostering conversation, advocacy, and meaningful brand connections.
  • Support and drive ambassador programs and community-led campaigns, driving awareness, consideration, and preference among educators.
  • Support campaign execution across social media and community channels.
  • Plan and deliver “surprise and delight” initiatives, including giveaways and engagement activities tailored to educator motivations.
  • Build authentic connections with educators and school leaders, staying active in threads, calls, or local meetups.
  • Help manage community programs such as mentorships and recognition campaigns.

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of marketing experience, preferably in B2C, education-focused environments.
  • Deep knowledge of the Canadian education market, including education policy, curriculum frameworks, and teacher priorities.
  • Proven experience managing social media platforms (e.g., Meta, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn) with a track record of growing reach, engagement, and audience.
  • Strong understanding of community engagement and relationship-building, particularly within educator or purpose-driven spaces.
  • Experience gathering and applying audience insights through social listening, analytics, and direct feedback.
  • Strong copywriting skills with the ability to adapt tone while maintaining brand voice and an educator-first approach.
  • Comfortable analyzing performance metrics and translating data into actionable improvements.
  • KPIs & Success Metrics - Social KPI for managed platforms; Reach, ER, Followers, Traffic targets; Blogs, Email, Reddit, Onsite page, Live sessions targets.

Preferred

  • Preference may be given to candidates who previously worked in an education setting (teachers, teaching assistants, etc)
  • Preference will be given to skilled content creators with experience producing blogs, email campaigns, webinars, video content, and user-generated content.
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Founded in 2010
Sheffield, England, GBR
1.4K employees (848 in marketing)
22% recommend to a friend
16% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.8%
Direct
28.1%
Referral
26.4%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
527 (37% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2023
    Private Equity

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