Brand & Marketing Projects Lead

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Urbana (IL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks a Civil Service Marketing Associate to manage Illinois Extension marketing and communications projects from intake to delivery. You will assign work, set priorities and deadlines, and ensure brand consistency across 102 counties, while supervising the Office Manager alongside leadership.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5 years of marketing/communications experience, with preference for higher education exposure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration, communications, public relations, or a closely related field.
• Five (5) years of professional work experience in marketing, public relations, communications, brand management, or a related professional area.
• Demonstrated project management experience in a multi-client, multi-project environment.
• Master’s degree in management, marketing, advertising, business administration, communications, public relations, web design, business analytics, or related field (preferred).
• Experience in working in a higher ed environment (preferred).
• Knowledge of the purpose and mission of the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and University of Illinois Extension (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Project Management: Manage new request processing and assignment of projects within the team project management system, ensuring deadlines are tracked and projects are delivered on time.
• Coordinate use of communications team staff time needed to support delivery of projects as outlined in project scope documentation.
• Develop and maintain project management system organization and update and customize project intake forms, task templates, and rules to optimize project workflow and team functionality.
• Identify the need for systems, provide research and recommendations, and execute system development.
• Provide client service and consistent communications to project requesters.
• Supervise and oversee development, updates, and dissemination of formalized MarCom processes such as proofing, team file storage, project workflow, and merchandise checkouts from MarCom inventory.
• Prepare, organize, and manage annual project schedules; determine deliverables and set deadlines; produce deliverables and coordinate with other staff or outside vendors to meet deadlines and deliver projects on time and on budget.
• Oversee Extension brand identity in relation to its use across all 27 Extension units, including monitoring adherence to brand guidelines.
• Collaborate with Extension communications staff to identify, design, and deliver professional development experiences for salaried and civil service staff located throughout the state.
• Manage and execute a limited portfolio of marketing projects.

Skills

Project management

Marketing

Communications

Brand management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing/related field

Master’s degree in management/marketing or related field

Job description

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks a Civil Service Marketing Associate to manage Illinois Extension marketing and communications projects from intake to delivery. You will assign work, set priorities and deadlines, and ensure brand consistency across 102 counties, while supervising the Office Manager alongside leadership.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5 years of marketing/communications experience, with preference for higher education exposure.