Marketing & Communications Coordinator - Higher Education

Drake; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waiver for Drake employees and

tuition exchange programs for dependen

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Drake University's Zimpleman College of Business seeks a Marketing and Communications Coordinator to develop and implement marketing and communication strategies across a variety of channels to support the Zimpleman College of Business. We are looking for someone with relevant experience and a creative and collaborative spirit.

This is a full-time, 12-month position requiring a Bachelor's degree in marketing or related field, strong writing, editing, proofreading, and the ability to manage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, PR, journalism, or related field plus 2 years of experience.
• Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills; ability to manage multiple projects.
• Excellent interpersonal and cross-stakeholder communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Write and publish articles for the website news section and repurpose content for other channels.
• Lead program-specific marketing and communications for Zimpleman and related schools.
• Project-manage marketing work with University Communications and Marketing.
• Coordinate updates to the Zimpleman pages on drake.edu with UCM support.
• Lead alumni newsletter and annual magazine production; create social media assets and reports.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Proofreading

Project management

Interpersonal comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, public relations, journalism, or related field

Tools

CMS

Email marketing platforms

Microsoft Office

Adobe Creative Cloud

Social media analytics

Job description

Drake University's Zimpleman College of Business seeks a Marketing and Communications Coordinator to develop and implement marketing and communication strategies across a variety of channels to support the Zimpleman College of Business. We are looking for someone with relevant experience and a creative and collaborative spirit.

This is a full-time, 12-month position requiring a Bachelor's degree in marketing or related field, strong writing, editing, proofreading, and the ability to manage