Marketing Operations Manager — Higher Education

The University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 82,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid vacation and holidays

Tuition assistance

Transit access

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Marketing Operations Manager to lead project workflows, production timelines, and cross-functional coordination for the School of Civic Leadership. You will serve as the operating hub for the Marketing and Communications team, ensuring campaigns meet timelines, stay on brand, and align with strategic priorities.

Responsibilities include managing editorial calendars, social media publishing, campaign development across digital and print channels, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in marketing, communications, project management, or creative operations.
• Working knowledge of design software, web development, and content management systems.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and collaborating effectively with internal stakeholders, vendors, freelancers, and external partners.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to prioritize competing deadlines and manage complex workflows.
• Experience using project management, editorial calendar, and collaboration platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain brand standards and conduct quality assurance reviews across digital and print communications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and common marketing and communications software platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage marketing and communications projects from planning through execution, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and priorities remain aligned across stakeholders.
• Monitor project progress, proactively identify risks or bottlenecks, and recommend solutions to keep initiatives on track.
• Maintain project dashboards and regularly communicate project status, workload, and key milestones to leadership.
• Oversee the marketing and communication project timelines, workflows, and editorial calendars using project management platforms (e.g., Loop, Agorapulse).
• Coordinate cross-functional collaboration among communications staff, faculty, vendors, freelancers, and campus partners to ensure timely project completion.
• Manage the scheduling, publishing, and performance tracking of social media content.
• Develop and execute marketing campaigns across digital and print channels to support the School's strategic priorities.
• Provide graphic design support for digital and print communications as needed.
• Edit and review short- and long-form content to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to brand standards.
• Support video editing and multimedia production to enhance marketing and storytelling efforts.
• Maintain and organize digital asset libraries, brand resources, photography, video archives, and creative templates.
• Oversee the production of magazines, newsletters, websites, annual reports, and other marketing and communications materials.
• Analyze campaign performance and recommend opportunities to improve engagement and effectiveness.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews to ensure communications are accurate, on brand, accessible, and free of errors prior to publication.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Marketing operations

Editorial review

Social media management

Brand standards

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Business Administration, or a related field

Tools

Loop

Agorapulse

Job description

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Marketing Operations Manager to lead project workflows, production timelines, and cross-functional coordination for the School of Civic Leadership. You will serve as the operating hub for the Marketing and Communications team, ensuring campaigns meet timelines, stay on brand, and align with strategic priorities.

Responsibilities include managing editorial calendars, social media publishing, campaign development across digital and print channels, and