Marketing Writer-Coordinator

General Description:

The Marketing Coordinator is responsible for communicating the stories of the children we serve to partners, donors, volunteers, and the general public. Primary job duties include writing, editing, and posting marketing and communications materials: partner reports, blog stories, marketing emails, video scripts & descriptions, and website & social content.

Job Description Detail:

• Writing: Blogs, website content, project descriptions, scripts, marketing emails, reports, social media descriptions, meeting notes, press releases etc.
• Email Marketing: Mailchimp segmentation, email building (photos and text), email database maintenance and imports, automation setup, scheduling, etc.
• Administration: Order print materials, track orders and inventory, handle print files, ensure accuracy, arrange delivery dates, manager in-house mailings, respond to inquiries, make corrections in profile entries, work in a CRM, pull reports, etc.
• Update monthly statistics document with website and social statistics
• Social Media: Create regular posts each week and stay up to date on organization news, following strict content guidelines.
• Proofread and edit the work of other writers, offering suggestions for improvement.
• Manage your own projects and plan projects schedules for fundraising and events.
• Build PowerPoints for our in-person events and presentations.
• Create graphics for website, email, and social media use.

Necessary Qualifications:

Education/Experience:

• Associate’s degree, Bachelor’s degree, or certifications in Marketing, Business, Administration, English, or Communications. OR

• A candidate may have 1-2 years of relevant Marketing experience or a combination of applicable background and skills.
• Self-Starter: Must have “Google it” mentality, persistent and strong troubleshooting skills.
• Strong Communication: This is a role that requires you to stay connected with your team, your manager, and organization-wide news. You will have to send email reminders, conduct phone calls to acquire project details, setup your own meetings, etc.
• Multi-Talented: This is a role that wears a lot of hats. The Marketing Manager depends heavily on the individual in this role to help manage a heavy department workload and ambitious growth goals.
• Ability to Work from Home: This is primarily an in-office role but it is possible that it may also require you to work from home, so you will need to have consistent internet access and an environment to work in.
• In-office Presence: The maximum this position would allow a candidate to work from home would likely be three(3) out of five(5) days per week.
• Proximity and Transportation: You must have reliable transportation and live within a one(1) hour drive of our Silverdale campus.

Necessary Skills:

Required:

• Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint
• Copywriting: Blog articles, Marketing emails, social media posts, speechwriting, video scripting, SEO
• Administration: Inventory management, order status monitoring, processing requests, vendor relationship management, scheduling, office printing, mail merges, etc.

Preferred:

• Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube
• Mailchimp (or other Email Management Software)
• Email and List Building*: A/B Testing, Segmentation, Tagging, Automation

• This isn’t a required skill to begin with, but any successful candidate who is not yet familiar will have to learn segmentation.

• Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, InDesign
• ClickUp (or other Project Management Software)
• Experience with a CRM
• Data Cleaning (via Excel)

Additional Useful Skills:

• Google Analytics
• Website Design (CMS, HTML, CSS)
• Have understanding of SEO Principles
• Marketing SMS (text marketing)
• Video editing
• Advertising (Facebooks Ads, Google Adwords)
• Event planning
• Volunteer management
• Task management
• Online Fundraising

Personal/ Professional Growth

• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of COTN
• Faithfully upholds COTN’s ministry in prayer
• Advocates for our children, raising awareness of their needs and potential, and challenging and enabling those within one’s sphere of influence to greater involvement on behalf of children
• Fosters connectedness by participating in weekly prayer meetings, monthly All Staff meetings, and yearly Homecoming week
• Participates in annual goal setting and employee evaluations
• Develop and promote Personal Accountability/COTN Ambassadorship
• Raise awareness and financial support for COTN

Benefits: Paid sick leave and vacation (based of work hours)