Senior Marketing and Communications Manager

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$140K/yr – $150K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead the marketing function for Hiba Academy Bay Area, executing a full strategy and content plan to position it as a premier bilingual international school in the Bay Area.

  • Must-have: Proven education marketing leadership and budget management experience.
  • Standout: Strong cross-channel media, community partnerships, and events ownership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Head of School, Senior Leadership Team on the strategic development of the Marketing plan for Hiba Academy Bay Area.
  • Fully execute the approved communication and marketing strategy, keeping Director of Marketing & Enrollment Management and Head of School updated on progress, opportunities and areas of risk or challenge
  • Develop holistic annual content plan and marketing campaigns to position Hiba Academy Bay Area as the premier, elite bilingual international school in the Bay Area market and ensuring all content aligns fully to both school and WCEC Group brand guidelines. Work closely with Head of School and academic team to identify opportunities to highlight examples of Hiba’s outstanding education provision to promote via external Marketing channels
  • Establish productive and beneficial relationships with media (PR, advertising, printing, website portal, social media), negotiating preferential partnerships where possible
  • Build mutually beneficial relationships with community partners, identifying opportunities for collaboration, corporate partnerships, events, sponsorship and cross-publicity, working closely with enrolments team
  • Work closely with the school community including parents and founding families through regular communications, events and activities to encourage high engagement
  • Regularly update content on school website to reflect Hiba Academy’s USPs, educational provision and content of interest to prospective parent to enhance the school’s image, drive traffic and enquiries to achieve enrolment target.
  • Develop plan for and ensure regular storytelling through the school’s social media accounts (including Linked In, Instagram, Facebook and WeChat account) to increase brand awareness.
  • Coordinate and help organize events for marketing and admissions on and off campus, not limited to parent open houses (offline and online) educational exhibitions and partner events. Ensure broad promotion of these events to a wide audience via all appropriate channels
  • Create and develop high quality marketing and academic (handbook, curriculum guide, parent newsletters etc) collateral to support enrolment, new family induction and school operations, including producing copy and content which aligns with the school’s image and brand ‘voice’.
  • Responsible for Marketing data analytics, monitoring effectiveness of Marketing efforts and channels and collaborating with Director of Marketing & Enrolment Management to develop regular marketing reports for Head of School and Senior Leadership Team to inform Marketing strategy and budget allocation
  • Oversee relevant areas of the Marketing budget as delegated by the Director or Head of School, ensuring spend is within budget and monitoring ROI
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Hiba Academy Bay Area

We want to give your Early Years or Primary-aged child a truly transformative education experience. Our innovative English and Chinese bilingual curriculum has a proven track record of success spanning more than a decade in our global family of schools, and we are excited to be bringing it to the Bay Area. Our passionate and highly experienced international educators understand what your child needs to realize their potential. With our rigorous curriculum and holistic approach to learning, we will nurture both academic and personal growth to promote outstanding academic outcomes, cultivate strong values, and ensure wellbeing. With our holistic approach to education, academic performance is just the starting point. We aim to foster values, character, and wellbeing in our children too. Whether they are in the classroom or out serving the wider community, Hiba students will learn how to thrive in an ever-changing world. So, our mark of success is seeing your child go out into the world as a confident, self-sufficient, and resilient global citizen.As the newest member of Wellington College Education, we are part of a global network of schools united by a 160-year history of excellence with roots in the UK. Guided by a shared vision of pioneering education to serve and help shape a better world, the Wellington College family currently empowers more than 10,000 students across the UK, China, Thailand, India, and soon Indonesia.

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$14K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.2%
Direct
46.3%
Referral
5.9%
Social
16%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~12

Marketing Team

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