Associate Director, Marketing & Communications

New York University • New York, NY

2d • $80,000 - $95,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Director, Marketing & Communications will be responsible for marketing and communications to prospective and admitted graduate students interested in NYU Wagner's degree, certificate, and non-degree programs. This individual will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to achieve graduate enrollment goals, in alignment with leadership's directives. They will also oversee the organization and coordination of activities with partner vendors who provide digital marketing, media, and research services to the office, as well as suggest new approaches for promoting NYU Wagner. Additionally they will partner with their supervisor to oversee the execution of marketing campaigns in an effective and well-coordinated multichannel approach; write, create, and publish marketing content across multiple digital platforms, including web, email, social media, and multimedia channels; and develop and maintain metrics to measure the success of marketing and recruitment efforts including UTM tracking and ROI analyses. They will also ensure adherence to the school's overall brand and marketing strategies, supervise marketing staff, student workers, manage external vendors and budgets, utilize CRM (Slate) and other tools (Google Analytics, on-platform analytics) to support all marketing initiatives,and provide robust reports and dashboards with summaries, analyses, and recommendations for leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of experience in public relations, marketing, communications, journalism, digital media, or equivalent combination.
• Experience in creating and managing content in digital space including website, blogs, social media, multimedia content, and other online platforms.
• Experience utilizing data to make decisions on marketing campaign placement, flighting, and optimization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, project planning, and editorial judgment.
• Ability to work collaboratively across organizational lines.
• Thorough knowledge of digital marketing and experience using multiple forms of new media and technologies.
• Knowledge of online marketing and recruitment process, including basic knowledge of HTML and web content management systems.
• Experience in measuring and monitoring digital marketing and how these analytics can be applied to marketing and recruitment strategies.
• Experience working with and managing external vendors as well as internal stakeholders.
• Familiarity with CRM systems to track marketing campaigns.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree
• Experience working at or managing advertising agency partners.
• Experience managing staff and a marketing budget.
• Proficiency in video, audio, digital photograph processes, and editing software.
• Familiarity with iMovie and/or Final Cut Pro.
• Proficiency in or familiarity with Google Analytics, AdWords, and Tag Manager.
• Proficiency in Slate.
• Graphic design skills a plus.
• Familiarity with digital accessibility standards.

Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing strategies to achieve graduate enrollment goals.
• Overseeing the organization and coordination of activities with partner vendors.
• Suggesting new approaches for promoting NYU Wagner.
• Overseeing the execution of marketing campaigns in an effective and well-coordinated multichannel approach.
• Writing, creating, and publishing marketing content across multiple digital platforms (web, email, social media, multimedia channels).
• Developing and maintaining metrics to measure the success of marketing and recruitment efforts (UTM tracking, ROI analyses).
• Ensuring adherence to the school's overall brand and marketing strategies.
• Supervising marketing staff and student workers.
• Managing external vendors and budgets.
• Utilizing CRM (Slate) and other tools (Google Analytics, on-platform analytics) to support marketing initiatives.
• Providing robust reports and dashboards with summaries, analyses, and recommendations for leadership.

Benefits

• New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level