Marketing and Events Coordinator - College of Law

UIOWA • Iowa City, IA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The University of Iowa College of Law is seeking a creative, detail oriented Marketing and Events Coordinator to help tell our story and strengthen connections with prospective students, alumni, and our internal community. This role is ideal for a marketer who enjoys blending strategy with execution —including developing engaging content, promoting and supporting alumni events, and ensuring excellent digital and in person experiences. If you’re excited to grow your skills in a team based environment where your work has visible impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience and one year of relevant experience.
• Evidence of strong organizational and prioritization skills, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to write, edit and proof content in accordance with established brand and style guidelines.
• Proficiency using a mass email tool or product.
• Ability to edit and publish content in a CMS.
• Able to create targeted communications for key audience segments and track results
• Highly organized and able to establish priorities and meet deadlines
• Experience working in a team-based environment.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Business, Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism, or Communications preferred.
• Knowledge of University of Iowa policies, procedures, and systems.
• Experience and evidence of project management skills.
• Ability to create, edit and organize content for web, social, and email.
• Experience in content planning and using a social media scheduling tool.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or other design tools.
• Understanding of digital marketing tactics, best practices, and metric gathering.

Responsibilities

• Collect and monitor data for alumni events, registrations, social posts, e-mail campaigns, and web content.
• Draft, edit, and schedule organic social media postings for Iowa Law channels.
• Work with student ambassadors on admissions related content and IG takeovers and reels.
• Write, edit, and publish article and event content on the internal and external websites.
• Draft, design, send, and evaluate internal and external e-newsletters.
• Support marketing plans for alumni events and signature collegiate event: Includes partnering with alumni relations director to execute marketing deliverables for alumni events including email invitations and print materials like handouts, signage, and name tags.
• Help manage the digital sign for events.
• Capture and post photos on social media as requested.
• Understand the principles of brand management and demonstrate brand consistency in all communications, event appearances, and properties (print, email, web, social).
• Help post and train alumni relations student employees on Alumni Note content.
• Organize and prioritize project work.
• Track progress and ensure timeliness of completion.
• May help supervise student employees, including providing direction, assignments, feedback, and coaching.

Benefits

• Regular salaried position.
• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees