Associate Director of Marketing

Richmond, VA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelContract

Posted 5 days ago

Job Summary

Own and drive cross platform online program marketing strategy, leading multi channel campaigns and collaborating with academic partners to meet enrollment goals.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage cross-platform marketing strategy and campaigns across VCU’s portfolio of online programs, including marketing plans, channel mix, and investment across programmatic advertising, SEM/SEO, email automation, and landing pages.
  • Develop integrated campaign calendars and messaging strategies aligned with enrollment cycles, program launches, and recruitment priorities across the online portfolio.
  • Manage marketing materials, budgets, media buys, and vendor/agency relationships to maximize channel performance and cost-efficiency.
  • Partner with VCU Online leadership, faculty, academic colleges, and campus marketers to align program priorities, enrollment goals, and marketing strategies across the online portfolio.
  • Serve as a marketing consultant to academic program leaders, faculty, and staff translating enrollment goals and program differentiators into actionable marketing plans.
  • Collaborate with enrollment management, admissions, and student success teams to ensure marketing strategy supports the full prospective-student journey.
  • Monitor and evaluate campaign and program-level performance across channels, identify optimization opportunities, and adjust strategies to improve enrollment outcomes and return on marketing investment.
  • Utilize A/B testing, funnel analysis, and multi-touch attribution to refine channel mix, messaging, and budget allocation.
  • Translate performance data into clear, actionable recommendations and reporting for VCU Online and academic partners.
  • Partner with digital strategy and enrollment teams to ensure website and landing page UX supports prospective online student needs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Business, or related field.
  • Significant and progressive experience in marketing, media, or enterprise content leadership.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting enrollment marketing or lead-generation initiatives in higher education and online program environments.
  • Experience developing and executing multi-channel digital marketing campaigns, including paid media, SEM/SEO, programmatic advertising, email automation, and landing page optimization, across a large portfolio of programs, products, or services.
  • Strong collaboration experience with academic partners, enrollment, IT, web development, and leadership teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of respect, professionalism, and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from all backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU.

Preferred

  • Master’s degree in a related field.
  • Experience in higher education
  • Experience supporting online or adult learner recruitment strategies.
  • Experience with personalization strategies and marketing automation platforms.

Benefits

  • All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU’s robust benefits package that includes comprehensive health benefits, paid annual and holiday leave, generous tuition benefits, retirement planning and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more.
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Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Associate Director of Marketing

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