Marketing and Development Coordinator

Syracuse, NY (Hybrid)

$22/hr – $28/hrEntry Level2+ years expPart time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Support a nonprofit author series with a broad set of communications tasks, owning content creation, site upkeep, donor outreach, and grant support to grow audience and engagement.

  • Campaign Support and Content: work across social, email, and print materials to drive attendance and subscriptions, under executive direction.
  • Website, Design, and Reporting: manage Wordpress updates, assist with UX/content for new sites, and compile engagement metrics for quarterly reports.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Campaign Support: Assist the Executive Director in implementing marketing and advertising for the Author Series, ensuring materials align with audience growth and engagement goals
  • Digital Content: Create and schedule social media content (i.e. Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn) and email marketing campaigns to drive event attendance and subscriptions
  • Website Coordination: Perform regular website updates (Wordpress) to ensure accuracy. Assist in the content strategy and user experience tasks for new website development projects
  • Creative Design: Help design print advertisements and digital graphics for various publications using the designs prepared by outside marketing firm
  • Reporting: Compile quarterly data reports for website traffic, social media engagement, and email performance
  • Grant Coordination: Conduct research to identify new funding opportunities and assist in writing and organizing materials for grant proposals; provide a second set of eyes and proofread
  • Donor Communications: Assist in drafting content for annual appeal campaigns and ongoing donor communications
  • Database Management: Maintain accurate records by entering checks and donor information into the Donor Perfect system
  • Sponsorship Outreach: Assist in creating materials and as directed, conduct initial and follow up outreach to potential sponsors and advertisers
  • Committee Participation: Serve as a member of the marketing committee, providing administrative support and contributing to messaging discussions
Friends of the Central Library logo

Friends of the Central Library

Friends of the Central Library raises funds to support the Central Library, the hub of the Onondaga County Public Library which includes branches and suburban libraries. Since 1997, FOCL has donated over $650,000 to support library programs by purchasing books and materials.FOCL produces and promotes the Friends of the Central Library Author Series, the largest library-related lecture series in the country. Friends of the Central Library has invited over 150 world-famous authors to Syracuse to entertain, inform and inspire our Central New York audience.Friends of the Central Library believes that libraries are critical to the vibrancy of a community. Libraries afford residents opportunities to job search, research historical and genealogy records, educate, and entertain. FOCL supports and funds literacy efforts and resources.

Founded in 1997
Syracuse, New York, USA
11 employees (3 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
17.2%
Direct
50.2%
Referral
4.8%
Social
26.5%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~11

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3 (27% of company)