Marketing Specialist

Saint Paul, MN (Unknown)

$46K/yr – $56K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 21 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end integrated marketing campaigns and cross-functional messaging for recruitment, alumni engagement, and fundraising, while coordinating editorial content and campaign workflows with design and department partners.

  • Lead campaign planning and execution across digital and print media.
  • Develop messaging aligned with brand voice for student recruitment, alumni, donors, and institutional priorities.
  • Collaborate with designers, videographers, and departments to ensure timely delivery and performance tracking.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Assist the Senior Manager of Brand and Marketing with the development and execution of strategic, integrated marketing campaigns that support brand awareness, strategic priorities, and institutional advancement goals.
  • Research, execute, track results, and report on assigned marketing tactics and projects.
  • Work closely with the marketing and communications team to create compelling messaging for student recruitment, alumni and donor engagement, and institutional branding and strategic priorities initiatives.
  • Write and refine copy for digital and print advertisements, brochures, emails, events, signage, videos, and other formats as assigned.
  • Ensure content aligns with the university’s brand voice, messaging framework, and strategic priorities.
  • Collaborate with designers, videographers, and marketing colleagues to develop integrated digital campaigns.
  • Work with Senior Manager of Brand and Marketing to develop editorial or content tracking to ensure strategic alignment and timely delivery of brand, strategic priorities, and institutional advancement campaigns.
  • Work closely with admission, advancement, and academic departments to craft messaging that supports recruitment, retention, and fundraising efforts.
  • Contribute to institutional storytelling efforts by identifying and developing content that highlights the university’s mission, student success, faculty expertise, and alumni impact.
  • Stay informed about best practices in brand compliance, marketing, copywriting, and audience engagement, and recommend and implement innovative content strategies.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in communication, journalism, English, communications, marketing, or a related field OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of professional experience in brand or product marketing roles, preferably in higher education, nonprofit, or an agency setting.
  • Demonstrated copywriting and editing skills with the ability to adapt tone and style for different platforms and audiences.

Preferred

  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or similar design tools for content creation.
  • Proficiency using WorkZone or similar project management software.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity
  • 403(b)
  • 403(b) matching
  • Paid Time off, including vacation time, paid holidays and safe and sick leave time off
  • Employee assistance program
  • Flexible spending account (FSA)
  • Health savings account (HSA)
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Hamline University

As Minnesota’s first university since 1854, Hamline has a long history of cultivating extraordinary leaders. We offer a premier education deeply rooted in the liberal arts and Wesleyan values, with real-world learning experiences for real-world impact. Through collaborative research projects that open minds, study abroad adventures that open eyes, service-learning opportunities that open hearts, and internships that open doors, students are prepared to take the lead and make a difference in their community—and the world.

St Paul, Minnesota, USA
1.2K employees (84 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$46K/yr – $56K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
63 (5% of company)
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$1.4M
Last Raise
$1.4M
Grant, 9 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2017
    Grant • $1.4M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
108.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$25.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29.8%
Direct
24.3%
Referral
5.1%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.2K

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