Marketing Coordinator (Entry Level)

About EAB

At EAB, our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger. We work with more than 2,800 institutions to drive transformative change through data-driven insights and best-in-class capabilities. From kindergarten to college to career, EAB partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data analytics, and advancement.

We work with each partner differently, tailoring our portfolio of research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions to meet the unique needs of every leadership team, as well as the students and employees they serve.

At EAB, we serve not only our partner institutions but each other—that's why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their communities. See how we've been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards.

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The Role in Brief:

Marketing & Sales Coordinator

As the Marketing & Sales Coordinator, you work across many functions within the Commercial business division and as a key player in a variety of marketing functions, special projects, department operations, and admin responsibilities. You will spend ~30% of your time supporting two executives (our Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director of Partner Development/Sales) through calendar management and project support, ensuring things run smoothly and deadlines are met by being proactive and organized. The remaining ~70% of your time is spent owning or supporting marketing projects, ranging across our entire department.

The Marketing

Coordinator will gain immense exposure to the marketing and commercial organizations within EAB and be trained on several marketing skills critical for a long-term marketing or commercial career.

This hire may be based in Richmond, VA or Washington, D.C.

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintain two executives’ calendars and provide operational and project support (Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director of Partner Development)
• Own and/or support marketing projects with the following Marketing Teams

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• Strategic Initiatives: support one-off innovation projects and strategic workflows
• Digital Marketing (ex: website page builds, updates, and data analysis)
• Marketing Operations: (ex: CRM database accuracy, lead management)
• Department Operations (ex: administrative and project management duties supporting the department’s overall operations, including department in-days, department resources, and engagement initiatives)
• **Note – training will be provided for all assigned projects, as needed

Facilitate the onboarding experience for the Partner Development Representatives and separate onboarding for Marketing Department

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably with marketing major, minor, or internship experience
• Must possess at least two of the following:

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• Leadership experience
• Top-notch organization and process management skills
• Experience working in a team environment
• Experience in an office setting
• Marketing internship

Ideal Qualifications:

• Proactive and high attention to detail
• Quick learner that can apply newly trained skills to various projects and scenarios
• Experience managing multiple, competing priorities and projects
• Ability to work independently and autonomously
• Experience developing personal organization tactics to meet business goals
• Solution-focused problem solving
• Ability to manage and troubleshoot basic technology platforms
• Discretion with sensitive material and communications
• Experience with Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

If you’ve reached this section of the job description and are unsure of whether to apply, please do! At EAB, we welcome new perspectives and learn from each other’s unique experiences. We would encourage you to submit an application if this is a role you would be passionate about doing every day.

Compensation

The anticipated starting salary for this role is $40,000 per year.

Benefits

Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package. Our benefits currently include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; dependents and domestic partners eligible
• 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm and floating holidays
• Daytime leave policy for community service an