Marketing Communications Specialist

Alexandria, VA (On-site)

$61K/yr – $65K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 13 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and execute internal and external communications across marketing, employee, and agent channels, coordinating content, calendars, and reviews.

  • Lead cross-department content creation, approval, and distribution across member, agent, and employee communications
  • Manage calendars, dashboards, and performance metrics for communications, websites, and social channels
  • Collaborate with Sales, IT, and design teams to deliver consistent messaging and polished collateral

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Marketing Material and Member / Customer communications
  • Assist in updating existing marketing material or drafting new copy for new collateral
  • Draft / edit / support other departments updating member / customer correspondence letters
  • Draft and send out member communications via email
  • Agent communications
  • Prepare and distribute agent emails - about 100 per year. Work with Sales team to draft appropriate message and route for review and approval
  • Maintain up to date agent email lists
  • Prepare quarterly sales newsletters
  • Employee communications
  • Coordinate drafting quarterly newsletter. Work with other departments to gather information, draft, and route for reviews and approval. Distribute.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing or related field
  • 3-5 years of experience in a fast-paced corporate environment
  • Experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud strongly preferred
  • Life insurance or financial services industry experience a plus
  • Experience with Adobe Creative Suite preferred

Preferred

  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud strongly preferred
  • Life insurance or financial services industry experience a plus
  • Experience with Adobe Creative Suite preferred

Benefits

  • health insurance (medical, dental, and vision)
  • flexible spending accounts (medical and dependent care)
  • 401k plan with generous employer match
  • paid time off
  • paid holidays (12)
  • life insurance
  • short- and long-term disability insurance
  • employee assistance program
  • professional development & tuition reimbursement
  • career growth opportunities
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Founded in 1947
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
152 employees (4 in marketing)
58% recommend to a friend
48% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
26.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.3%
Direct
47.6%
Referral
4.4%
Social
2.3%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~152

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (3% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1