Marketing Coordinator

Indianapolis Business Journal; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision and ancillary"

401K plan

Job summary

IBJ Media is seeking a hands-on Marketing Coordinator to turn marketing strategy into high‑quality, measurable execution across its brands, including the Indianapolis Business Journal and Inside INdiana Business. You’ll coordinate campaigns from brief to execution, manage timelines, and support email, web, social and paid media while leveraging performance data for continuous improvement.

You will write persuasive copy, collaborate with Editorial, Sales, Events and Creative teams, and ensure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, journalism or related field preferred.
• 2+ years of hands-on marketing or campaign experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong marketing copywriting, editing and proofreading skills.
• Ability to execute integrated campaigns across multiple channels and translate objectives into audiences and messages.
• Knowledge of SEO, web analytics and digital marketing fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute integrated promotional campaigns across IBJ Media’s portfolio of brands and events.
• Coordinate campaign execution across departments with timelines, dependencies and approvals.
• Stay current on digital marketing trends and AI tools to improve productivity and results.
• Translate objectives into clear briefs with audience, message, offer and metrics.
• Manage campaign briefs, schedules, tasks and approvals in Asana.

Skills

Copywriting

Campaign coordination

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, journalism or related field

Tools

GA4

WordPress

Asana

Buffer

Canva

Adobe

HTML/CSS

Job description

The Marketing Coordinator is a hands‑on campaign and marketing operations role responsible for turning IBJ Media’s marketing strategy into high‑quality, measurable execution across its portfolio of brands and products, including the Indianapolis Business Journal, Inside INdiana Business, The Indiana Lawyer, the IBJ Media Podcast Network and 50+ events annually. This position coordinates campaigns from brief through execution, manages timelines and cross‑functional workflows, develops compelling marketing copy, supports email, web, social and paid media execution and uses performance data to continuously improve results.

Responsibilities

Campaign Development and Execution

• Develop and execute integrated promotional and marketing campaigns that drive growth across IBJ Media’s 50+ annual events, subscriptions, newsletters, podcasts, products and other strategic initiatives through email, web, social, paid media and other relevant channels.
• Coordinate campaign execution across departments, establishing timelines, managing dependencies and approvals, and ensuring campaigns launch accurately and on schedule.
• Stay current on digital marketing trends, platform updates and emerging AI tools, identifying opportunities to improve campaign execution, productivity, copywriting and audience engagement.
• Translate business and campaign objectives into clear marketing briefs that define the target audience, key message, value proposition, offer, call to action, channels, timeline and success metrics.
• Develop and manage campaign briefs, schedules, tasks, dependencies and approvals in Asana.

Copywriting and Creative Development

• Serve as the primary marketing copywriter for IBJ Media campaigns, developing persuasive copy for subscription advertising, event promotions, email, ads (print, digital and broadcast), websites, landing pages, social media, releases and other promotional channels.
• Identify opportunities to repurpose IBJ Media events, editorial coverage, podcasts, video and other content into engaging promotional assets across channels.
• Review and improve existing campaign creative and copy to strengthen clarity, relevance and improve results.
• Proofread marketing materials for accuracy, consistency and brand alignment.

Email and Website Marketing

• Support the development and implementation of audience segmentation, testing and optimization strategies to create targeted email and digital campaigns that drive audience and revenue growth.
• Make routine edits to promotional email and web copy, templates, images, links, buttons and formatting using basic HTML and CSS when needed.
• Apply basic SEO principles to marketing content, including headlines, metadata, keywords, links and on-page optimization.
• Publish and maintain marketing content across IBJ Media websites and landing pages, ensuring accuracy, usability, mobile responsiveness and conversion effectiveness.

Performance Analysis and Optimization

• Use email, website, social, paid media and other marketing analytics tools to track campaign performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop campaign tracking using UTM parameters and other measurement tools as appropriate.
• Prepare concise reports outlining results, insights and recommendations.

Paid Media, Social and Production Support

• Support execution and optimization of paid and organic social campaigns, including audience targeting, budgets, placements, copy and creative variations.
• Write and schedule social media content across multiple channels and brands.
• Coordinate with external vendors and partners as needed to support campaign production, media placement, printing, digital advertising and other marketing deliverables.

Measures of Success

• On-time, accurate and cross-functional execution across the annual marketing and event portfolio
• Subscription acquisition and conversion
• Event registrations, ticket sales and revenue growth
• Newsletter and podcast audience growth
• Email and landing-page conversion (nominations, purchases, etc.)
• Paid-media efficiency and return on advertising spend
• Campaign performance against established goals and KPIs
• Quality, effectiveness and consistency of marketing copy and campaign messaging

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, journalism or a related field preferred.
• 2+ years of hands-on marketing or campaign experience, preferably in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong marketing copywriting, editing and proofreading skills, with the ability to write persuasively across email, digital, web, print and social media.
• Demonstrated ability to execute integrated marketing campaigns across multiple channels and translate business objectives into clear audiences, messages, calls to action and campaign plans.
• Strong project-management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across departments and build strong working relationships with Editorial, Sales, Events, Creative, Podcast/Video and other internal partners.
• Understanding of audience engagement, segmentation, conversion principles and marketing performance measurement.
• Experience analyzing campaign performance and using insights to inform testing, optimization and future campaigns.
• Working knowledge of SEO, web analytics and digital marketing fundamentals.
• Curiosity and willingness to adopt emerging marketing technologies and AI tools to improve productivity, creativity and campaign effectiveness.
• Proven ability to anticipate challenges, solve problems and keep projects moving independently.

Education/Experience

Preferred Experience

• Experience with GA4, WordPress or other CMS platforms.
• Experience with paid social platforms, marketing automation or CRM systems.
• Experience with Asana, Buffer, Canva, Adobe or similar marketing and creative tools.
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS for minor email and website edits.
• Experience with email marketing platforms and digital marketing tools; Delivra or similar platforms.

Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO)
• Paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision and ancillary plans available
• 401K plan

About IBJ Media

IBJ Media has been providing thoughtful, in-depth business reporting in central Indiana since 1980 when Indianapolis Business Journal launched. Since then, the company has evolved and expanded to include several local and statewide news brands such as Indiana Lawyer and Inside INdiana Business. Under local ownership, IBJ Media has grown into the most important news source in Indiana with dozens of events, publications, email newsletters, podcasts, a TV show and radio broadcasts.

Website: https://www.ibjmedia.com

Contact Information

Contact: Laurinda Swank

Email: [e-mail]

Phone: [phone]

Address: 1 Monument Circle, Suite 300, Indianapolis, IN, 46204