Interim Marketing Manager_

Title: Temporary Communications ManagerDepartment: Marketing & CommunicationsReporting to: Director of Marketing & CommunicationsTerm: August 2024 – February 2025Compensation: $64,100 - $73,300Location: Hybrid – 2 days/week in office; some nights, weekends, and in-person event attendance required.All candidates must be within commutable distance of SEO’s offices at 55 Exchange Place, New York, NY 10005, upon hire.ABOUT SEOFor more than 60 years, SEO has created a more equitable society by closing the educational and career opportunity gap for ambitious Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native American young people. All are welcome to apply to our programs.POSITION OVERVIEWMarketing and Communication Manager helps to execute cohesive communications strategies to maximize engagement for SEO participants, funders, and alumni.Specifically, the manager will lead the marketing and communications work for a portfolio of programs, both internal and external, which includes:+ Cultivate relationships with program team members to understand their vision and goals to translate into communication plans that will impact results.+ Designs and executes marketing campaigns to meet program goals for recruitment, events, and partner activities.+ Deploy email campaigns using best practices to engage audiences, including design, decision funnels, workflows, and automations.+ Coordinate with social media manager for content creation to align messages across media.+ Set goals for KPI’s, report analytics, and revise strategy based on results.+ Coordinate and provide strategy for digital campaigns, video production, graphic design, photography, copywriting, and social media as requested.+ Manage the creation and design of collateral material to support all program needs.+ Support and staff events for students, participants, and partners including coordinating photography and videography.QUALIFICATIONS+ Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, or a related field.+ 3-5 years of experience in marketing and communications, preferably for a nonprofit organization, including working knowledge of email marketing, digital strategy, social media strategy, and basic public relations.+ Expertise in HubSpot, Microsoft Office, WordPress, Monday.com, and other standard workplace applications.+ Knowledge of design applications preferred: Adobe Creative Suite, Canva.+ Strong analytical skills and a focus on data. Advanced reporting and Excel skills a plus.+ Excellent project management, planning, prioritization, and organizational skills with the ability to execute projects through from conception to completion.+ Must have experience working in shared services or client-facing positions and effectively collaborating and leading working teams.+ Direct experience developing creative campaigns and project plans and leveraging project management tools (e.g., Monday.com, Asana, Basecamp) desired.+ Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills; must be comfortable speaking to and engaging with a wide range of communities and through different avenues, including in-person, email, messaging platforms, video chats/conferencing, and phone calls.COMPETENCIES & SKILLS+ Passion for SEO's mission:

A strong commitment to our mission to create a more equitable society by closing the academic and career opportunity gap for motivated young people from underserved and historically excluded communities.+ People Management: Skilled at leading teams to higher performance with a keen ability to lead across difference, apply consultative skills to determine professional development needs for experienced professionals, set strategic priorities, and manage empathetically.+ Creativity & Innovation:

An ability and openness to drawing inspiration from multiple sources (including arts, culture, data, and insights) and applying inventive thought processes to drive innovation, solve problems, and deliver results.+ Relationship Management:

Proven ability to center the client experience and deliver high-touch services as both a self-starter and a team player who builds people-first relationships and prioritizes the SEO mission every step of the way .+ Critical Thinking:

The capacity to anticipate needs, utilize best resources, and employ careful decision-making. Able to adjust to changes and work demands quickly while maintaining a strategic and tactical vision to complete work efficiently.+ Project Management:

An affinity for strategic planning with the ability to break down issues into component pieces, build project work plans, assume accountability for timelines, lead cross-functional working teams, evaluate data for continuous improvement, and navigate ambiguity along the way.+ Cultural Competency:

An ability to lead with multicultural intelligence and leverage learnings and insights to create culturally relevant, interesting, and engaging content that centers and celebrates historically excluded voices and views.COMPENSATION & BENEFITSSEO offers a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits plan including low-cost health, vision, and dental options, a generous holiday schedule and PTO policies, disability coverage, fully paid time off for new parents, and employer contributions to health reimbursement and retirement accounts. We are constantly working to improve our benefits each year based on the needs of our employees. We value wellness and strive to consistently use a DEIB lens to put people first and foremost.The compensation listed in this posting reflects what SEO believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and SEO reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.EEOC PolicyAt SEO we are committed to cultivating a team that embodies the backgrounds and experiences of the constituencies we serve and the communities we live in, and a workplace that reflects the impact we make in the world. Candidates from all communities – including people of color, women, members of the LGBTQIA+ Community, veterans, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.Equal Employment Opportunity is not just the law, it is our commitment.Sponsors for Educational Opportunity is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – M/F/D/V. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other legally protected status.If you need accommodation while applying for a role with SEO, due to a disability, please email SEO Talent (seotalent@seo-usa.org) .