Assistant Director, Online Marketing Strategy, OGPS

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

$88K/yr – $93K/yrManagerFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive online marketing leadership as Assistant Director, Online Programs Operations, aligning vendor partnerships, program migrations, and brand-compliant campaigns to enrollment goals.

  • Must-have: 5-8 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • Standout: Direct report management and governance of vendor-led creative, web, and brand work

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leads onboarding of programs into third-party vendor-managed partnerships and also leads online program migrations and transitions from online program management (OPM) vendors. Collaborate with program stakeholders to preserve integrity of academic programs in transition and the AU brand. Oversee brand compliant campaign delivery, champion AU values and priorities with vendor partners, drive accountability around timelines, risks management, timely communication and overall enrollment performance. Develop strong relationships with school and college marketing stakeholders as well as third-party affiliate partners and agency vendors. As a content publishing lead (CPL), establish governance and provide guidance to vendors and direct report staff and other stakeholders on adherence to strategy and brand alignment, while moving the work forward. Manage one direct report, Digital Marketing Specialist; providing leadership and coaching in the areas of visual design and web communications. The Assistant Director will review and quality control creative development materials to ensure that they are all strategic, production-ready, brand compliant and within standards and specifications of the intended output.
  • Collaborate with program stakeholders to preserve integrity of academic programs in transition and the AU brand.
  • Oversee brand compliant campaign delivery, champion AU values and priorities with vendor partners, drive accountability around timelines, risks management, timely communication and overall enrollment performance.
  • Develop strong relationships with school and college marketing stakeholders as well as third-party affiliate partners and agency vendors.
  • As a content publishing lead (CPL), establish governance and provide guidance to vendors and direct report staff and other stakeholders on adherence to strategy and brand alignment, while moving the work forward.
  • Manage one direct report, Digital Marketing Specialist; providing leadership and coaching in the areas of visual design and web communications.
  • The Assistant Director will review and quality control creative development materials to ensure that they are all strategic, production-ready, brand compliant and within standards and specifications of the intended output.
  • Supervises one full-time staff member - Digital Marketing Specialist.
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Founded in 1955
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
6.1K employees (369 in marketing)

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Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.4M
Traffic Source Mix
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Direct
42.2%
Referral
11.3%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
254 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
12.5 years
Median Tenure
6 years
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