Marketing Communications Manager II

Wilmington, NC (Remote)

$100K/yr – $114K/yrMid Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead multi-project marketing for open source efforts and partner with project directors to drive content, events, and cross-functional initiatives.

  • Own data-driven content and integrated campaigns for 4–6 OSS projects.
  • Must-have: 6–7 years in technical or open source marketing/program management with HubSpot skills.
  • Standout: Mentors staff and leads global virtual team meetings with agile decision-making.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead data-driven content development and integrated marketing efforts for 4–6 open source projects, ensuring alignment with organizational and project-level goals.
  • Act as strategic partner to Project Directors, steering cross-functional initiatives and facilitating implementation of key marketing decisions.
  • Represent project and marketing strategy in stakeholder meetings, synthesizing insights and guiding action plans with clarity and confidence.
  • Manage content calendars mapped to campaign milestones and stakeholder engagement objectives.
  • Execute email marketing, digital advertising, and social media campaigns using HubSpot and other modern martech platforms.
  • Monitor and analyze performance across all marketing channels; optimize workflows and report content engagement insights.
  • Drive project presence at key events; make strategic recommendations for maximizing event ROI.
  • Align content promotion with event schedules, launches, and technical milestones to support growth, awareness, and engagement goals.
  • Mentor junior marketing staff and program coordinators, modeling self-management and organizational best practices.
  • Lead and facilitate meetings across virtual teams globally, encouraging agile decision-making and solution-oriented approaches.

Requirements

  • BS/BA degree required.
  • 6-7 years of progressive marketing or program management experience in a technical or open source environment.
  • HubSpot certification and demonstrated success in content marketing, social media, email, and digital advertising.
  • Strong knowledge of the open source ecosystem and how to effectively engage technical communities.
  • Exceptional communication, organization, and prioritization skills.
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally 1–4 times per year.
  • Composed, adaptable, and thrives under pressure with a flexible, collaborative mindset.
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The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world's top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.

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