University of Colorado Boulder | Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Marketing
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Description
The Leeds School of Business welcomes applications for a Marketing and Communications Coordinator. This position serves as a central contact point for project work that flows through the office of Marketing and Communications. The Marketing and Communications Coordinator will: receive requests/jobs from diverse stakeholders and groups within the school; ensure our team has all of the necessary information and assets for each project; utilize project management tools and skills to create timeliness, assign individuals to the work, monitor and adjust resource requirements, and to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of every project. In addition, the Coordinator will serve as "special ops" to execute marketing and communications projects across all channels – including analyzing research and data, updating the Leeds website, contributing to social media efforts, finding and working with a strong network of freelancers, mining public relations opportunities, contributing to annual planning across groups within the school, contributing to content needs, etc.
Who We Are:
Situated in the heart of America’s happiest (National Geographic) and healthiest (Gallup) city, CU Boulder’s Leeds School of Business consistently ranks among the top business schools in the country. Our ability to educate and inspire the next generation of leaders is founded on both our world-class, award-winning faculty and our close connection with Boulder, a nationally-recognized hub of innovation and entrepreneurship. As technology and the rapid pace of change demand new approaches to business, Leeds is at the forefront of reshaping business education.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be:
Project Management
• Find and implement a consistent and sophisticated project management software tool for use across all projects.
• As projects are requested, create schedules that will ensure that the work will be completed within the clients’ deadlines while allowing ample time to produce high-quality work.
• Review daily workloads and adjust assignments as needed assuring that the appropriate team is assigned to each project and workloads are evenly maintained.
• Ensure thorough and professional communication (in-person, phone, email) to all stakeholders across all projects.
• Meet with stakeholders to learn more about new project details and give progress updates on existing projects, communicating any issues.
Work with freelancers and contractors and ensure they have the resources needed for their jobs.
• Prepare production estimates.
• Manage kick-off meetings, updates and meeting recaps.
Other Marketing Support
• Serve as the intake person for needed website updates, and manage the successful implementation of each update (sometimes this might mean assigning it to a team member and assuring proper implementation; sometimes it might mean completing the update yourself).
• Analyze existing research and data, pulling out key themes and actionable insights for the marketing team and other groups within the school.
• Contribute to social media ideation, creation, execution, and analysis.
• Seek, prioritize, and collaborate with the campus team to promote stories for earned media.
• Contribute to annual planning efforts with groups across the school.
• Draft, edit and/or proofread content across channels.
What We Can Offer:
The anticipated salary range starts at $52,000, depending on experience.
Benefits:
The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.
What We Require:
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution.
• 2+ years of experience as a Marketing or Communications professional or Project Manager.
• Experience working with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience working within a workflow project management tool.
• Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) expertise.
What You Will Need:
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, organize and collaborate.
• Excellent communication skills.
What We Would Like You To Have:
• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Advertising or related field.
• Experience working in a university environment.
