Senior Manager, Marketing & Audience Development, IS-1101-13

District of Columbia, USA (On-site)

$122K/yr – $158K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end lead generation and marketing operations for a museum environment, balancing people leadership with data-driven audience expansion across owned and paid media, and reporting to inform strategy.

  • Growth and audience analytics: identify segments, test audiences, and feed planning.
  • Multi-channel lead gen: websites, email, social, search, and display with test-and-learn roadmap.
  • Campaign measurement and storytelling: define KPIs, dashboards, and monthly reporting to guide optimization.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Supervises staff including assigning duties, conducting performance plans and appraisals, and approving leave and time and attendance requests.
  • Coaches and develops staff; sets clear expectations and decision pathways; strengthens cross functional collaboration; and supports workforce planning, onboarding, and coverage to maintain continuity of department operations.
  • Spearheads lead generation development activities including websites, email, social, search, out of home and digital advertising, in collaboration with Marketing & Creative team staff.
  • Develops and implements a plan to expand lead generation and brand awareness through owned and paid media channels in conjunction with outside consultants.
  • Manages relationships with outside marketing, media and creative consultants.
  • Drives a test-and-learn roadmap across channels and uses performance insights to optimize mix, targeting, and spend to increase qualified leads and downstream conversion.
  • Identifies new audience segments through data analysis, data modeling and testing tools and incorporates findings in marketing planning and other lead generation efforts.
  • Develops new strategies and budgets to test new audience segments.
  • Ensures audience segmentation approaches, and planning practices are consistent, well documented, and scalable; and partners with stakeholders to align targeting decisions with broader engagement, and audience experience priorities.
  • Works with museum staff to develop marketing plans for museum and special exhibitions including recommends and manages approved marketing budgets for areas of responsibility, ensuring that assigned projects are managed on time and within designated budgets.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from an accredited four-year college or university and/or 6-10 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Knowledge of marketing, data management, and data analysis concepts and practices sufficient to support strategic planning, execution, and evaluation of marketing and audience development activities.
  • Knowledge of methods for analyzing and interpreting performance data to inform decision making, improve outreach effectiveness, and support organizational goals.
  • Knowledge of business and operational principles related to managing projects, resources, and processes within a professional marketing environment.
  • Knowledge of Salesforce CRM, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, data visualization tools (Tableau), and digital analytics tools (Google Analytics).
  • High-level proficiency with Excel, word processing, and presentation software (PowerPoint).
  • Knowledge of web content management (CMS).
  • Skill with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Skill with exceptionally strong analytical skills.
  • Skill with exceptional organization and project management skills, with ability to handle multiple priorities, manage budgets, and meet deadlines.

Benefits

  • Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Transit/Commuter Benefits
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
  • Annual and Sick Leave
  • Family Friendly Leave
  • 403b Retirement Plan
  • Discounts for Smithsonian Memberships, Museum Stores and Restaurants
  • Credit Union
  • Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center (Child Care)
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Enterprises (SE) was formed in 1999 by the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents to consolidate and bring professional management to the commercial activities of the Institution. SE partners with a variety of internal constituents including Museum Directors, the Secretary of the Smithsonian and other administrative functions (legal, tax, government relations, central planning finance functions, etc) to deliver profitable products and services that further the Smithsonian's mission. Smithsonian Enterprises operates Media and content businesses through a variety of distribution platforms including print & online magazine publications & books as well as the Smithsonian Channel, including cable television programming in high definition; Retail experiences including museum & airport stores, IMAX theaters, online and print catalog sales in addition to overseeing food & beverage and simulator concessionaires; educational adult and student travel experiences; and consumer product licensing

Founded in 1999
USA
311 employees (60 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$163.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
59.6%
Direct
30.7%
Referral
7.9%
Social
1.3%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~311

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
43 (14% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1