Marketing Communications Coordinator

San Diego, CA (Hybrid)

$64K/yr - $73K/yr (Est.)Mid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end Marketing Communications and Campaign Execution workflow, coordinating cross-functional efforts to drive student recruitment, engagement, and retention while collaborating with SDSU Strategic Communications and Global Campus partners.

  • Lead multi-channel campaign writing and adaptation for email, web, social, and print
  • Coordinate calendars, timelines, approvals, and stakeholder follow-up
  • Apply performance insights to optimize messaging and channel strategy

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Marketing Communications & Campaign Execution - 70%
  • - Support integrated campaigns that advance student recruitment, engagement, retention, and department goals.
  • - Write, edit, review, and adapt marketing communications across email, web, social media, SMS, video, print, and other campaign touchpoints.
  • - Adapt messaging, calls to action, and other content based on audience, channel, campaign, objective, and stage of student journey.
  • - Create basic email and newsletter graphics in the CRM and adapt existing visual assets for marketing communications.
  • - Support sensitive or urgent communications.
  • - Ensure communications meet SDSU brand, editorial, and accessibility standards.
  • - Support the update, organization, and maintenance of content on the Global Campus website(s).
  • Project Management & Collaboration - 25%
  • - Partner with marketing team members and other areas of Global Campus to support project objectives, audiences, deliverables, timelines, and communication needs.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications or related field.
  • At least two years of experience marketing communications, digital marketing, or a related field.

Preferred

  • Experience in lifecycle/enrollment marketing.
  • Experience supporting integrated mktng campaigns.
  • Experience using mktng analytics, A/B testing, data to improve communications.
  • Experience w/ digital accessibility standards.
  • Experience in higher ed or other complex organizations.
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SDSU Research Foundation (SDSURF) is a non-profit auxiliary organization chartered to further the educational, research, and community service objectives of San Diego State University (SDSU). SDSURF currently administers approximately 1,500 active grants and contracts and has annual revenues of $230 million. With 180 central support staff and over 2,000 grant and contract project employees, it is the largest auxiliary in California.Governed by a board of directors, SDSURF provides grant lifecycle services including proposal budgeting and submission, award administration, human resources, payroll and purchasing services, and providing facilities to house research projects. From account set-up and administration through close-out and final audit, our staff ensures compliance with federal, state, CSU, and SDSU regulations and that funds are spent appropriately to achieve sponsor objectives.SDSU is recognized as an R1 institution by the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education. R1 designation is granted only to doctoral degree-granting universities with “Very High Research Spending and Doctoral Production,” placing SDSU in the top 5% of research universities in the U.S.

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San Diego, California, USA
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Salaries

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$64K/yr – $73K/yr

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Paid
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