Persistence Communications Manager

Scottsdale, AZ (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $86K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive student success communications by designing targeted, accessible campaigns that simplify complex processes, boost registration and persistence, and connect learners with career resources.

  • Must-have: Bachelor's degree and five years of relevant experience.
  • Standout: Experience with Marketing Cloud (Journey Builder) and 1:1/mass email campaigns in higher education.
  • Standout: Data-driven optimization of student communications with ROI insights.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Design & execute communication strategies to improve student understanding of complex processes (e.g., financial aid):
  • Develop and implement communication flows that simplify and demystify complex processes and lead to student/learner task completion.
  • Create personalized and segmented communication campaigns that proactively address common student questions and barriers, helping students navigate critical deadlines and requirements.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure messaging is clear, accessible, highly customized and tailored to specific student populations.
  • Use data-driven insights to identify pain points in student understanding and design campaigns that directly address these areas for improved comprehension and engagement.
  • In coordination with multiple stakeholders, manage communication flows related to graduation and other keystone moments of the student experience.
  • Design communication strategies to improve student outcomes:
  • Partner with career services and employer stakeholders to develop communications that connect students to career resources, skill development programs, and networking opportunities.
  • Focus efforts on delivering on the promise of hyper-personalization and mass 1:1 experiences, inclusive of communication efforts.
  • Highlight alumni success stories and pathways to employment in key industries to inspire, motivate and delight students.
  • Track and analyze engagement with ROI and career-focused communication to continually optimize messaging and delivery methods for maximum impact.
  • Design communication strategies to improve student registration and persistence toward graduation:
  • Design campaigns that encourage timely course registration and help students overcome obstacles that may delay their academic progress.
  • Incorporate college-specific resources, events, and academic opportunities into messaging to build a stronger connection between students and their academic home.
  • Implement targeted messaging strategies to re-engage students at risk of stopping out and guide them back toward academic momentum.
  • Conduct tests and analysis using new technologies, to determine what works and what doesn’t work in how we support student success.
  • Develop communication flows that celebrate positive student milestones to foster motivation and persistence.
  • Partner with Success Center and other units across the ASU Enterprise to promote proactive outreach campaigns tailored to specific student groups, such as those nearing degree completion, non-enrolled students, or those needing additional support.
  • Assume or coordinate other duties or projects as assigned or directed.
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EdPlus at Arizona State University

EdPlus is a focal point for blending technology with teaching and learning ecosystems, in order to achieve greater scale, more efficient delivery and better learning outcomes in traditional and nontraditional settings. This includes continuous advancement through entrepreneurial models and moving beyond the present university conception of online learning.

Founded in 2010
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
491 employees (97 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
12.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$6.8M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.3%
Direct
57.4%
Referral
6.9%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~491

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
77 (16% of company)