Marketing Communications Director

Salt Lake City, UT (Hybrid)

$42/hr – $60/hrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Own the cross-channel marketing operating model for the Northwest Quadrant, guiding brand, campaigns, and recruitment collateral while aligning with public-sector partners, stakeholders, and internal leaders to drive measurable engagement and site-creator outcomes.

  • Brand & Campaign Leadership: Oversee brand launch, messaging, and multi-channel campaigns across digital, print, social, and events.
  • Stakeholder & Recruitment Marketing: Develop site-selector and business recruitment materials, coordinate site tours and events, and ensure content resonates with partners.
  • Partnerships & Analytics: Manage agency relationships, track performance, and align cross-functional teams to refine strategy and reporting.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategy Execution: Support the development and execution of a comprehensive marketing and branding strategy for the Northwest Quadrant.
  • Leadership Alignment: Work closely with the Marketing Communications Director and the Associate Vice President over the Northwest Quadrant to align marketing efforts with project area goals, recruitment priorities, and stakeholder needs.
  • Agency & Vendor Management: Manage day-to-day coordination with the advertising/marketing agency, including creative development, timelines, deliverables, approvals, campaign tracking, and performance reporting.
  • Brand Launch Support: Help guide the Northwest Quadrant brand launch, including messaging, visual identity, website content, social media assets, advertising materials, presentations, and stakeholder-facing collateral.
  • Campaign Coordination: Coordinate marketing campaigns across digital, print, social media, website, email, trade publications, and other targeted channels.
  • Recruitment Collateral: Support the development of site selector- and business recruitment-focused materials, including one-sheets, maps, data summaries, pitch decks, web pages, advertisements, and event materials.
  • Database Management: Help build and maintain targeted contact lists for site selectors, brokers, business prospects, industry partners, community stakeholders, and media contacts.
  • Events & Promotions: Assist with trade shows, business recruitment events, site tours, stakeholder meetings, and other promotional opportunities tied to the Northwest Quadrant.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Coordinate with internal teams, public partners, private-sector stakeholders, and consultants to gather information, review content, and ensure marketing materials are accurate and aligned.
  • Metrics & Reporting: Track campaign performance, stakeholder engagement, website updates, social media activity, and other marketing metrics to support ongoing strategy refinement.

Requirements

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, public relations, business, economic development, or a related field. Equivalent professional experience may be considered in place of a formal degree.
  • Experience: 5 to 8 years of progressive experience in marketing, communications, branding, advertising, public relations, or business development support.
  • Preferred Experience: Prior experience managing vendor/agency relationships, coordinating multi-channel marketing campaigns, developing content, supporting events, and working directly within public-sector, economic development, commercial real estate, logistics, or infrastructure-related projects.
  • Core Competencies: Comprehensive knowledge of branding, advertising, marketing principles, and campaign execution.
  • Proficiency in digital marketing strategies, including content management, social media, email outreach, and paid media.
  • Capability to customize communications for diverse professional groups, including industry partners, public-sector stakeholders, and business executives.
  • Commitment to maintaining brand integrity across all visual and written platforms.
  • Familiarity with organizing and participating in business development events, trade shows, and conferences.
  • Software: Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Microsoft Office, and various CMS platforms.

Preferred

  • Preference for candidates familiar with real estate, logistics, infrastructure, or economic development marketing.
  • Prior experience managing vendor/agency relationships, coordinating multi-channel marketing campaigns, developing content, supporting events, and working directly within public-sector, economic development, commercial real estate, logistics, or infrastructure-related projects.

Benefits

  • Generational Impact: Work on high-stakes projects that will define Utah’s economic and environmental landscape for the next 50 years.
  • A Culture of Innovation: We operate with the agility of a startup and the stability of a state authority. Your ideas don’t just get heard; they get implemented.
  • Flexibility that Works: We value outcomes over hours. Our hybrid-eligible environment ensures you can balance professional excellence with your personal life.
  • Growth-Obsessed: We invest in our people through professional development and clear career pathing designed to keep you moving upward.
  • Total Rewards: The Best-in-Class Package
  • Benefits
Utah Inland Port Authority logo

Utah Inland Port Authority

We move Utah forward. We maximize long-term economic benefits in Utah by developing and optimizing economic project areas and logistics-based infrastructure.We aspire to transform Utah through multi-generational, logistics-based, economic solutions.

Founded in 2018
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
19 employees (2 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$16.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.7%
Direct
42.8%
Referral
7.5%
Social
2.9%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~20

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (11% of company)

Recent News