Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Trine University - Fort Wayne; Angola (IN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

Paid vacation and sick time

Retirement contributions

Education benefits for family

Job summary

A higher education institution in Angola seeks a Marketing & Communications Coordinator to provide administrative support and manage marketing projects. The ideal candidate will have 1-2 years of relevant experience and skills in project management and marketing. Responsibilities include maintaining project systems, ordering supplies, and assisting with newsletters. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• One to two years of related experience/training.

Responsibilities

• Maintain project management systems to ensure that work is on track and deadlines are met.
• Order and manage department supplies, stationery and other materials.
• Assist with internal and external newsletter planning and development.
• Take meeting notes and assist in preparing presentations.
• Assist with internal and external newsletter planning and development.
• Liaise with IT to ensure critical systems are operational.
• Represent department on campus events and committees.
• Coordinate external advertising with direction from leadership.
• Help ensure materials and digital assets maintain university brand standards.
• Assist with promotional strategy for performing arts center.
• Coordinate production with outside agencies as needed.
• Manage department budgets and expenditures with VP.
• Research material pricing and vendor quotes for projects.
• Take meeting notes and assist in preparing presentations.

Job description

The Marketing & Communications Coordinator provides administrative and project managementsupport to the Vice President and members of the department in their internal andexternal marketing efforts, including the development and production of promotionalmarketing materials and all electronic communications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain project management systems to ensure that work is on track and deadlinesare met
• Order and manage department supplies, stationery and other materials
• Work with members of the Marketing team and other stakeholders to make updates toexisting Marketing materials and digital assets
• Field inbound requests and build them into project management system, follow up withclient regarding any missing content or images, and assign designers to each project
• Assist with internal and external newsletter planning and development
• Serve as liaison with Trine IT to ensure critical systems are operational
• Represent department, solely or with other members of the department, on various committeesand work teams that plan and execute important campus events and activities
• Coordinate placement of external advertising efforts with direction from the VicePresident and Director of Design
• Help ensure that new and existing materials and digital assets maintain Trine brandstandards
• Assist with Furth Center of Performing Arts promotional strategy
• Assist Marketing team members in coordinating production of materials with outsideagencies as needed
• Work with Vice President to manage and track department budgets and expenditures
• Develop familiarity with print vendors’ capabilities, overall pricing and timing todetermine which is best for various types of projects/applications
• Work closely with external vendors (printers and fabricators) on quotes, timelines,print production, fabrication and installation
• Conduct online research to identify and price materials for client projects
• Fulfill other duties as occasionally directed by the Vice President
• Take meeting notes and assist in preparing presentations
• Manage department archives of past materials and campaigns
• Oversee content for campus Thundercast screens
• Other duties as assigned by the Vice President for University Marketing and Communications

Education and/or Experience

• One to two years of related experience/training

Trine University offers a comprehensive benefit package designed to provide a varietyof choices to best fit your needs and the needs of your family. Some benefits offeredinclude:

• Life Insurance – a variety ofvoluntary life options are available along with an employerpaidemployee life policy valued at 1½ times annual salary
• Financial Insurance – employer paid Long Term Disability and voluntary Short-TermDisability, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness options are available
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Retirement – after one year offull-time service you are eligible for an employercontribution of 5% and upto an additional 5% employer match
• Education – after 6 months of full-time service, undergraduate education benefitsare available for employee, spouse, and dependent children

The salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Trine University is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered foremploymentwithoutregard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, genetic information,citizenship status, military status, or any other basis prohibited by law, unlesssuch basis constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification. Trine willcomply withits legal obligation to provide reasonable accommodations toqualified individualswith disabilities and for religious beliefs.