Recruitment Communications Coordinator - Office of Enrollment Management Communications - UTK

Knoxville, TN (Hybrid)

$54K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own the recruitment communications strategy, lead lead-generation and nurture programs for prospective students, and coordinate multi-channel campaigns across email, SMS, and digital ads.

  • Own content strategy and scheduling for recruitment communications.
  • Manage CRM data and reporting to support campaign health.
  • Collaborate with Marketing and stakeholders to optimize digital partnerships and outreach.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • This is an on-campus position with some hybrid/remote work schedule flexibility.
  • Enrollment Management Communications at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is looking to hire a full-time Recruitment Communications Coordinator to implement strategic recruitment tactics to create, nurture, and build relationships with prospective first-year, transfer, or international students and their families.
  • This position supports the student journey in the undergraduate admissions pipeline by maintaining multiple lead generation platforms, collaborating with the Office of Communication and Marketing on lead generation strategy & user journeys online, strategizes social media marketing and digital ad placements, manages lead data & reporting, and executes a robust communication strategy for students interested in attending UT.
  • Tasks Include
  • - Coordinating content development & strategy for mass email & SMS marketing.
  • - Monitoring the health and accuracy of data in Slate, our CRM system, and providing systematic updates as needed to ensure the campaign runs smoothly.
  • - Serving alongside the Office of Communication & Marketing to collaborate and identify opportunities for improvements to digital marketing partnerships and further streamline RFI lead generation and lead nurturing.
  • - Influencing & supporting the selection of names for the university to license and subsequent outreach strategies.
  • - Monitoring content lead generation platforms, such as Niche, SCOIR, College Board Connections, and others.
  • - Contributing to admissions recruitment tactics by developing content for prospective first-year, transfer, and international students and their families.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Minimum 2+ years of professional experience, including internship or practicum experience, related to duties and responsibilities:
  • Experience working under tight deadlines.
  • Experience with mass email & SMS distribution programs.
  • Experience with Mac operating systems and Microsoft Office.
  • Familiarity with databases and list management.
  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without need now or in the future for sponsorship for employment-based visa status.
  • Knowledge of digital marketing, HTML email, and SMS text marketing best practices.
  • Knowledge of CRM systems, account origin sources, and creating dynamic form content.
  • Data-driven, adaptable mindset that can make changes mid-campaign if needed.

Preferred

  • Slate, Salesforce, or other similar CRM systems
  • Asana or other similar project management system
  • Emma, MailChimp, Constant Contact or other similar email marketing platform
  • SCOIR, Intersect, College Greenlight, Campus Reel, or other college recruitment platforms
  • HTML editors and coding
  • Dynamic form content
  • Tableau dashboards & developing campaign reports
  • Knowledge of higher education workflow
  • Knowledge and understanding of one or more production disciplines: print, digital, and broadcast (multimedia)
  • Sound knowledge of Slate or similar CRM system and Asana or similar project management system

Benefits

  • Generous paid leave, accruing up to 24 days of vacation and 12 days of sick leave annually, plus 14 paid holidays and administrative closing days
  • Flexible work arrangements, offering a hybrid schedule to most team members
  • Education benefits for employees and their dependents at UT System campuses
  • Retirement and deferred compensation plans, including 401(k), 403(b), etc.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
  • Employee discounts to attractions, services, and goods
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University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville. Founded in 1794, it is the flagship institution of the statewide University of Tennessee system with nine undergraduate departments and eleven graduate departments and hosts more than 26,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. In its 2009 ranking of universities, U.S. News & World Report ranked UT 118th among national universities and 52nd among public institutions of higher learning. Its ties to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, established under UT President Andrew Holt and continued under the UT-Battelle partnership, have positioned the University as co-manager and allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students enjoyed by few other institutions of comparable standing.Also affiliated with the University are the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy, the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, and the University of Tennessee Arboretum, which occupies 250 acres of nearby Oak Ridge, Tennessee and features hundreds of species of plants indigenous to the region. The University is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, the only Level I trauma center in the East Tennessee region and a self-proclaimed 'teaching hospital' due to its aggressive medical research programs and position as the primary career destination for most medical school graduates of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis.

Founded in 1913
USA
6K employees (267 in marketing)

Salaries

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Funding

Total Funding
$19.3M
Last Raise
$523.8K
Grant, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2024
    Grant
  • Sep 2024
    Grant • $523.8K
  • Sep 2024
    Grant • $50K

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$310K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
55.2%
Direct
39.2%
Referral
4.6%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6K

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