Marketing Associate (Private Label)

Elmwood Park, NJ (On-site)

$70K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 5 days ago

Job Summary

Own the digital performance strategy for a multifamily portfolio, shaping the mix of paid, organic, and listing-driven channels while overseeing website quality, SEO, and tenant-lead optimization; drive ROI through data-driven campaigns, ongoing optimization, and cross-functional collaboration across sales, marketing, and operations.

  • Own portfolio-level digital strategy and budget guidance
  • Manage website, SEO, ILS, and media coordination
  • Lead data-driven optimizations across communities

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Digital Strategy & Portfolio Optimization: Serve as the primary digital performance strategist for the assigned portfolio, ensuring campaigns, spend, and optimizations directly support leasing and occupancy goals.
  • Gather digital marketing recommendations, spend options, and digital channel proposals from Agency Fifty3, ILS partners, and additional marketing vendors.
  • Analyze community-specific data (historical leads, GA4 data, market velocity, current occupancy, seasonality) to determine the ideal digital marketing mix per property.
  • Present digital strategy recommendations, expected impact, and budget allocation guidance to Portfolio Sales & Marketing Managers and Portfolio Managers.
  • Continuously monitor monthly performance reports to identify trends, assess ROI, validate lead quality, and recommend optimizations.
  • Prioritize high-impact digital actions across the portfolio by understanding community goals, risk levels, and marketing constraints.
  • Website & Online Presence Management: Ensure the accuracy, functionality, and visual quality of all community websites, including WordPress updates, content refreshes, new photos, specials, floor plan updates, and troubleshooting issues.
  • Conduct monthly website audits to assess SEO health, user experience, compliance, page speed, broken links, content accuracy, and form functionality.
  • Manage and maintain all vanity numbers ensuring routing, tracking, and call attribution are functioning as intended.
  • Partner with marketing agency and internal stakeholders to ensure new websites or redesigns follow brand standards and operational needs.

Requirements

  • 4–6+ years of experience in digital marketing, ideally within multifamily, student housing, real estate, or high-volume B2C environments.
  • Intermediate to advanced working knowledge of AI tools including Gemini (or equivalents).
  • Demonstrated experience analyzing paid media, SEO, and ILS performance and providing data-driven optimization recommendations.
  • Proven hands-on experience managing and updating websites in WordPress and understanding of UX fundamentals.
  • Deep understanding of lead funnels, digital attribution, conversion paths, and performance metrics.
  • Proficiency with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) , Google Tag Manager (GTM) , and tracking ecosystem best practices is required.
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects across dozens of communities simultaneously.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical data into actionable business recommendations.
  • Familiarity with Fair Housing laws, digital accessibility considerations, and industry regulations.
  • Ability to embody and model the Cardinal Culture and Core Values daily.

Benefits

  • Pursuant to Colorado regulations, if this job is performed in Colorado, the salary range is $70,000 - $90,000 plus bonus potential. Eligible to participate in the company benefits plan. We offer health, vision, dental, and pet insurance. We offer a 401(k) retirement plan, student loan assistance, licensing and continuing education reimbursement, parental leave, and housing allowances or gifts.
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Cardinal Group Companies

The strength of Cardinal is rooted in our identity. We know who we are – we are a culture-based company that attracts top talent, strives for excellence through team performance, and allows the percolation of the best ideas throughout the organization as a means of constant improvement in and throughout our businesses. We launch new opportunistic ventures in synergistic and complementary sectors. Our culture and our commitment to excellence have built a strong-and-valuable reputation in the labor, client, and equity markets.

Founded in 2007
Denver, CO, US
1.3K employees (273 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$70K/yr – $90K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$5.3K
Last Raise
$5.3K
Grant, 12 months ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2025
    Grant • $5.3K

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
11.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.6%
Direct
47.2%
Referral
8%
Social
3.7%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.5K

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Marketing Associate (Private Label)

Cardinal Group Companies · Elmwood Park, NJ · On-site