Marketing Specialist II, Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City, UT (On-site)

$57K/yr – $85K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the research-to-action loop for university programs and partnerships, turning studies into campaigns, dashboards, and measurable outcomes that move programs forward.

  • Research & Insights: Design, run, and track studies tied to university partnerships; translate findings into action items and integrated marketing plans.
  • Measurement & Reporting: Build dashboards in Excel and Adobe Analytics to show program KPIs and campaign impact for stakeholders.
  • Enablement & Delivery: Communicate results to audiences, implement follow-ups with project managers, and ensure quality and review processes are in place.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop, track and analyze research specific to university programs and partnerships.
  • Conduct market research, analyze, report findings and provide success metrics.
  • Develops surveys, focus groups etc. to test the effectiveness of campaigns and initiatives.
  • Communicates research findings to the appropriate audiences.
  • Plans and implements action items in response to research findings.
  • Tracks and reports results.
  • Develops and implements marketing plans in support of programs and partnerships
  • Ensures tactics are identified, appropriate, tracked, reviewed and assessed.
  • Ensures quality standards are met.
  • Builds and maintains dashboards and reports in Excel and Adobe Analytics to track campaign performance and program KPIs.
  • Develops and implements procedures/processes/checklists in support of programs, partnerships and research initiatives in collaboration with key university project managers
  • Creates plans, tracks results and measures progress.
  • Develops marketing strategies and integrated plans in support of program and partnership objectives.
  • Contributes to program and service messaging under guidance of marketing leadership.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of related experience, or an advanced degree without experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business or a related degree required.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office with strong skills in Excel, PowerPoint, internet research and statistical analysis. Advanced Excel skills required (formulas, pivot tables, data visualization); proficient in Microsoft Office, internet research and statistical analysis.
  • Strong, demonstrated project management orientation necessary.
  • Experience with Adobe Analytics or a comparable web analytics platform (e.g., Google Analytics) strongly preferred.

Preferred

  • Experience with Adobe Analytics.
  • Experience building reports or dashboards in Excel or a BI tool (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) is a plus.

Benefits

  • medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
  • health savings account and flexible spending account
  • basic and voluntary life insurance
  • disability coverage
  • accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
  • legal and identity theft coverage
  • retirement savings plan
  • wellbeing program
  • discounted WGU tuition
  • flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual
  • flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual
  • 11 paid holidays
  • and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave
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We work to create programs and courses that are rooted in a human-centered, systems-thinking approach.Our utmost priority is understanding and addressing the wants and needs of learners, while also keeping sight of the bigger picture. We strive to think ambitiously alongside our partners, fostering deep engagement to explore the realm of possibilities and envision exceptional learning experiences.

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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