Partner Marketing Manager

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own primary university partner relationships and drive cross-functional marketing initiatives from strategy to execution across paid, organic, and creative campaigns.

  • Manage client partnerships and deliverables
  • Lead planning, implementation, and optimization of multi-channel campaigns
  • Collaborate across Creative, Digital, SEO, and Analytics to ensure quality results

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Client Partnership & Account Support: Serve as the primary marketing contact for a limited portfolio of university partners, managing day-to-day communication and coordination.
  • Lead routine client meetings, including status updates and campaign reviews, with guidance from senior team members when needed.
  • Build strong working relationships with client stakeholders through responsiveness, follow-through, and thoughtful communication.
  • Escalate risks, challenges, or strategic questions appropriately and collaborate with senior leaders on resolution.
  • Marketing Strategy Execution: Execute established marketing strategies across channels including paid media, organic content, SEO, and creative campaigns.
  • Support annual and quarterly planning efforts by translating strategic direction into actionable plans and timelines.
  • Apply best practices in audience targeting, messaging, and channel selection based on guidance, data, and prior outcomes.
  • Contribute to campaign briefs, messaging inputs, and creative feedback in partnership with internal teams.
  • Campaign Management & Optimization: Manage assigned marketing initiatives from kickoff through launch, reporting, and optimization.
  • Coordinate closely with Creative, Digital, SEO, Enrollment, and Analytics teams to ensure timely and accurate execution.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, or related field required.
  • 4–6 years of marketing experience, ideally with exposure to client-facing or account-based work.
  • Experience supporting integrated marketing campaigns across digital and traditional channels.
  • Strong project management skills and attention to detail.
  • Clear, professional communicator with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Preferred

  • Experience in higher education, education services, or agency environments is a plus.

Benefits

  • hybrid work arrangement
  • paid parental leave
  • medical, dental and vision insurance
  • FSA
  • HSA
  • employer-paid short-term and optional long-term disability
  • 401k with an employer match vested immediately
  • a generous PTO plan that accrues with tenure
  • professional development
  • tuition reimbursement program

Salaries

Posted range

$70K/yr – $90K/yr

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