Marketing Manager

Saint Paul, MN (Hybrid)

$68K/yr – $78K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and drive VOBS\' marketing strategy and integrated campaigns across brand, social media, and asset management to support enrollment, fundraising, partnerships, and outreach.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Marketing Strategy & Campaign Leadership (30%)
  • - Collaborate with Director of Marketing and Development build and execute VOBS' annual marketing strategy to support brand, partnership, enrollment and fundraising.
  • - Manage contracts and projects with vendors including agency partnership in collaboration with DMD.
  • - Lead integrated marketing campaigns from concept through evaluation, using data and analytics to continuously improve results.
  • - Serve as steward of the VOBS brand, ensuring consistent messaging across all organizational communications.
  • - Leverage AI and emerging technologies to improve efficiency, content quality, and audience engagement.
  • - Interface with OBUSA to support brand agendas and alignment.
  • Social Media & Digital Engagement (40%)
  • - Manage and execute VOBS social media calendar in collaboration with DMD.
  • - Manage vendor projects such as video production and impact reports.

Requirements

  • Strategic Thinking – Innovate for success by identifying and developing solutions.
  • Proactivity – Recognize and act on opportunities to solve problems and achieve goals.
  • Entrepreneurial Spirit & Flexibility – Adapt to ambiguity, seek growth opportunities, and learn through action.
  • Business Acumen – Understand organizational priorities and align marketing investments to support enrollment, fundraising, partnerships, and long-term growth.
  • Resilience – Take calculated risks, learn from setbacks, and apply lessons to future solutions.
  • Collaboration & Teamwork – Support priorities, share feedback, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Listening & Storytelling – Extract and refine key value propositions to craft compelling content, presentations, and campaigns.
  • Marketing & Campaigning – Scope, execute, track, and evaluate marketing campaigns using current tools and techniques.
  • AI Familiarity & Responsible Use – Leverage AI for content enhancement and optimization while maintaining accuracy and brand integrity.
  • Content Creation & Copywriting – Create and edit engaging content that aligns with business objectives and target audiences.

Preferred

  • Digital design/art or creative background a plus

Benefits

  • VOBS offers a competitive benefits package, including employer sponsored health insurance, a dental and vision plan, STD, LTD and a 403(b) retirement plan with 2% match. Paid time off including, vacation, sick, holidays.
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Voyageur Outward Bound School

Perseverance. Resilience. Compassion. Character. Confidence. Problem Solving. Teamwork.The Voyageur Outward Bound School is the second Outward Bound school founded in the United States and serves students from all over the world.The Ely wilderness base is located on the edge of the renowned Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness which is a beautiful maze of pristine lakes and rivers that straddle the U.S.–Canadian border, west of Lake Superior.The Twin Cities Center located in St. Paul delivers innovative courses and programs for schools & nonprofits, colleges & universities, and corporate professionals.The Voyageur Outward Bound School doesn’t boast. They do. The first all-women’s Outward Bound course launched its canoes from Ely in 1965. The first urban programs were offered by Voyageur 28 years ago. Today, we meet students where they are, adapting, growing, learning and supporting individual and collective wellbeing.

Founded in 1964
St Paul, Minnesota, USA
71 employees

Salaries

Posted range

$68K/yr – $78K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($73K) is 17% 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 1,182 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
7.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
26.5%
Direct
48.9%
Referral
6.6%
Social
16.5%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~71
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Marketing Manager

Voyageur Outward Bound School · Saint Paul, MN · Hybrid