Marketing Manager

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 13 days ago

Job Summary

Owns end-to-end integrated marketing campaigns to recruit and engage learners across UCPro programs, collaborating with academic partners and analytics teams to optimize messaging, platforms, and performance.

  • Lead multi-channel campaigns and calendar management
  • Align messaging with brand and program goals
  • Track performance and optimize through testing and analytics

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Executes integrated campaigns across paid, owned, earned, email, digital, and partner channels to drive enrollment, engagement, and brand visibility across UCPro’s portfolio of professional and executive education programs.
  • Builds and maintains campaign calendars and timelines for program launches and ongoing recruitment efforts.
  • Supports audience segmentation and targeted outreach to prospective learners, alumni, executives, and employers.
  • Develops marketing content across email, web, digital ads, newsletters, blogs, video, webinars, and social media.
  • Collaborates with academic and program teams to translate complex ideas into compelling, audience-centered messaging.
  • Ensures messaging consistency and brand alignment across communications materials.
  • Supports digital marketing across email, CRM, paid media, web, and social platforms.
  • Helps build alumni engagement, learner referral, and lifelong-learning communications strategies.
  • Coordinates webinars and virtual events that keep learners engaged and coming back.
  • Creates or coordinates short-form video and multimedia storytelling to boost awareness.

Requirements

  • Education: Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
  • Work Experience: Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
  • Certifications: ---

Preferred

  • Master’s degree.
  • Background in higher education, executive education, lifelong learning, or mission-driven organizations.
  • Supporting integrated digital marketing campaigns and audience engagement strategies.
  • Familiarity with email marketing, CRM systems, marketing automation platforms, and analytics tools.
  • Creating digital content across formats, including email, video, web, and social media.
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled content tools and emerging marketing technologies.
  • Managing multiple priorities and cross-functional projects.
  • Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
  • Strong digital marketing and content development capabilities.
  • Manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

  • The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
18K employees (570 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$70K/yr – $90K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($80K) is 9% below the median base salary for Marketing Manager roles in the United States ($88K).

Marketing Manager median pay in the United States

$88K/yr

Most pay falls between $75K and $105K. Based on 1,168 salaries.

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Funding

Total Funding
$203.6M
Last Raise
$4M
Grant, 6 months ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2025
    Grant • $4M
  • Oct 2024
    Grant
  • Jun 2024
    Grant • $1.8M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
8.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$590.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
47.7%
Direct
41.5%
Referral
9.4%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~17.9K

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Marketing Manager

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