Marketing Operations Associate

Costa Mesa, CA (Hybrid)

$86K/yr – $115K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive and own marketing budgeting and forecasting, coordinating with vendors and internal teams to manage a $1M+ budget.

  • Must-have: budget/finance administration experience and strong MS Office skills.
  • Standout: cross-functional coordination with internal partners, vendors, and procurement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Assist with the development and preparation of annual budgets, goals, and objectives. Provide monthly forecasting, effective budget updates and budget reconciliation. Prepare invoices for payment.
  • Constructs and manages marketing budgets and forecasts in excess of $1 million.
  • Develop and maintain budget tracking/reporting for various vendors and contract purchase agreements.
  • Participate in budget meetings and other meetings as required. May initiate and coordinate written and oral communication between internal partners and vendors.
  • Ensure planning team is aware of budget activities and potential impact to overall markets approved budgets.
  • Manage vendor, agencies, and internal partner relationships.
  • Identify and integrate continuous improvement components to increase efficiencies as needed.
  • Manage updates to Membership collateral by coordinating with internal stakeholders, securing all required departmental approvals and partnering with Procurement to finalize and produce materials for inventory.
  • Manage campaign codes, green box messaging, and URL/vanity URL setup for designated membership channels.
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or required.

Requirements

  • Professional verbal and written communication skills required.
  • Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office software products, including Outlook, Word and Excel required.
  • The candidate must be able to multi-task and prioritize projects effectively to meet key program deadlines on a consistent basis.

Preferred

  • 4-year College Degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, or related field preferred.
  • Budget/finance administration and project coordination experience preferred.
  • Prior experience working with Marketing budgets including media plans and print/collateral preferred.

Benefits

  • Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
  • 401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension
  • Tuition assistance
  • Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs
  • Paid parental leave
  • Wellness programs
  • Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!)
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AAA Auto Club Enterprises

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AAA is a federation of fully taxpaying, not-for-profit motor clubs in the U.S. with more than 62 million members that has been serving motorists for more than a century. Auto Club Enterprises is a group of AAA clubs serving more than 17 million members in 21 states, employing more than 14,000 people directly and working with thousands of independent businesses that provide benefits and service to our members. Our more than 300 branches receive 8 million visits annually, 23 call centers take more than 24 million calls per year and AAA.com and the AAA Mobile app are used more than 54 million times per year.Club Locations:AAA Alabama (Alabama)AAA Northern New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont)AAA East Central (Sections of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and New York)AAA Tidewater (Southeastern Virginia)AAA Missouri (Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and sections of Kansas, Illinois and Indiana)AAA Texas (Texas)AAA New Mexico (New Mexico)Automobile Club of Southern California (from Mono to San Diego Counties)AAA Hawaii Our Mission:Through dedicated employees we proudly deliver legendary service and beneficial products that provide members peace of mind and value.Our Values:RESPECT – Appreciate each other’s contributions.TEAMWORK – Excel through collaboration.RELEVANCE – Anticipate and adjust to evolving needs.CHARACTER – Do the right thing, honor our commitments.COMMITMENT – Relentlessly pursue excellence.We are committed to creating a workplace where all employees, regardless of background, or characteristics, are engaged, feel they belong and can grow and develop long careers with our organization. We are focusing on what we can do to help bring about meaningful change to advance diversity, inclusion and belonging in both our organization and our local communities

Founded in 1970
Costa Mesa, California, USA
6.7K employees (175 in marketing)
57% recommend to a friend
73% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
21M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.8M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
37.9%
Direct
53.8%
Referral
6.4%
Social
0.5%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
142 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3