Marketing Recruitment Strategist

East Peoria, IL (On-site)

$50K/yr – $57K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and manage end-to-end recruitment marketing campaigns, coordinating with Admissions and leadership to plan, execute, and optimize activity across channels.

  • Lead campaigns from strategy through reporting with strong audience targeting.
  • Ensure alignment with enrollment priorities and funnel timing.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute integrated recruitment marketing campaigns aligned with strategies defined by the Manager of Marketing and Content Strategy.
  • Deliver campaigns on time and accurately, timed to enrollment cycles.
  • Apply audience segmentation and personas to campaign planning and execution.
  • Translate messaging frameworks into clear, scannable audience-specific campaign writing and calls to action.
  • Maintain a consistent OneICC story that supports institutional priorities.
  • Work closely with Admissions to align campaign execution with recruitment priorities, funnel stages, and communication timing.
  • Coordinate Slate communications with Admissions across sequencing, messaging, and audience targeting.
  • Implement lead nurturing campaigns and communication flows.
  • Track campaign performance and engagement metrics across channels in dashboards shared with leadership.
  • Identify opportunities to improve campaign effectiveness based on data and feedback.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, or related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in marketing, campaign coordination, or enrollment marketing.
  • 3+ years of project management.
  • Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
  • Excellent written communication skills.

Preferred

  • Experience in higher education recruitment marketing.
  • Experience with CRM systems (e.g., Slate), Project Management Systems (Asana, Wrike, TDNext).
  • Experience with audience segmentation and user experience journey mapping.
  • Experience with digital marketing channels and analytics.

Benefits

  • paid time off;
  • 11 paid holidays; 2 floating holidays
  • medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance;
  • tuition waivers for employee, spouse and dependent children;
  • on-site childcare center;
  • 403(b) retirement plans; and
  • State University Retirement System pension plan.
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Illinois Central College

Illinois Central College (ICC) is a community college located in the greater Peoria area. The college opened its doors 1967 to more than 2,000 students. Today the college annually serves more than 13,000 students and offers more than 1,500 classes per semester. As an open access college, ICC welcomes any student who is willing to learn.ICC's mission is: Illinois Central College cultivates student learning and enriches the community by offering an exceptional educational experience rooted in accessibility, belonging,ICC offers 55 programs of study leading to an Associate in Arts or Science degree; 52 programs of study leading to an Associate Degree in Applied Science; and 61 programs leading to occupational certificates. ICC serves 10 central Illinois counties, with most students residing in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties. The community college district (514) covers 2,322 square miles.Illinois Central College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of College and Schools. It is the policy of this college that no person, on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran's status shall be discriminated against in employment, in educational programs and activities, or in admissions.For more information about ICC, contact info@icc.edu or call (309) 694-5-ICC.

Founded in 1967
East Peoria, Illinois, USA
1.1K employees (17 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
148.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$419
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.2%
Direct
53.7%
Referral
3.6%
Social
0.3%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$4.9M
Last Raise
$4.9M
Grant, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2025
    Grant • $4.9M

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