MARKETING COORDINATOR

Responsibilities

• Maintain integrated marketing, editorial and external communications calendars and coordinate deadlines, inputs, approvals and deliverables across projects.
• Support execution of integrated marketing and communications plans and campaigns across email, web, digital, print, advertising and other channels.
• Serve as a point of coordination for marketing and creative projects, tracking timelines, action items, approvals and deliverables and escalating risks or delays to the Director.
• Support meeting preparation, agendas, notes, action tracking and follow-up for marketing and communications initiatives.
• Provide writing and editorial support for marketing and communications materials, including drafting, proofreading, and editing content to ensure clarity, accuracy, consistency, and alignment with institutional brand standards.
• Build, schedule, test and deploy email marketing campaigns in accordance with approved strategy, content, brand standards and campaign plans.
• Manage day-to-day audience lists, segments, subscriptions, suppression practices and constituent data updates within marketing platforms.
• Support campaign tracking, links, tagging, testing and other digital execution needs across email, web and paid/owned channels.
• Maintain routine dashboards and analytics reports; compile performance data and identify notable trends for Director review.
• Support database quality, audience growth and engagement initiatives through accurate data management and recurring platform administration.

Requirements

• Minimum 1-2 years of relevant marketing, communications, project coordination or related experience.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and details simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated accuracy, dependability, sound judgment and collaboration.
• Only local candidates will be considered for this role.
• Cover letter required
• Provide on-site support for department and institutional events as needed, which may occasionally require work outside of standard business hours, including evenings and weekends.
• While subject to change based on business needs, this is an on-campus position requiring a minimum of 4 days per week working onsite from our La Jolla campus, with flexibility to work 1 day per week remotely from home.

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications or a related field preferred, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience with email marketing platforms such as Klaviyo, Mailchimp or similar and familiarity with audience lists, segmentation and subscriptions preferred.
• Proficiency in Canva or similar design tools and strong Microsoft 365 skills, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with analytics dashboards, campaign tracking, web content management or project management platforms preferred.
• Experience supporting marketing campaigns, events, philanthropy or work in a creative, fast-paced environment preferred.
• Experience in a creative, fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Employer Contributed Retirement Plan – Depending on eligibility, employees receive an employer contributed retirement plan (no employee contribution required) and the option to contribute to a 403(b) (which is similar to a 401(k) using your own pre or post-tax dollars)
• Full Suite of Health and Welfare plans including three medical plan options (including an HSA available option), dental, vision, life insurance, disability, EAP and more
• Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical/Dependent Care)
• Competitive vacation and sick leave policies
• Free, on-site parking