Community & Marketing Manager - Chicago
Location: US, IL, Chicago
Employment type: Full-time
Function: Marketing
Company profile: Startup Institute is the #1 career accelerator, offering transformative educational experiences for career changers and recent grads that combine hard skills with cultural acumen to drastically increase the velocity and impact of startup employees THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER. We cultivate the human capital high-growth companies need to succeed.
Description: MARKETING & COMMUNITY MANAGERThrough relevant content, engaging experiences, and full-on community immersion, you will lead the charge for student acquisition and community building. We are looking for heaping amounts of curiosity, perseverance, and emotional intelligence, as well as a healthy dose of analytic and tech savvy.As Marketing & Community Manager you will be engaging extensively with the local community to generate a backlog of student demand. You’ll introduce students to the idea of Startup Institute and support them through the application process.There are many channels to generate interest, both online and offline. Online, you will work collaboratively across the company to coordinate effective campaigns. Offline, you will be über visible in the community, flying our flag high. Our ability to connect with others is invaluable, and we hold this balance in the utmost regard.This opportunity might be for you if you are:Networker -- you’re a natural relationship builder, both a hub/spoke as a connector; you seek to understand others in order to know where connections can and should be madeEnergetic -- you move quickly and run quickly with assignments or objectives; you set and are driven by deadlines; you can motivate others towards those deadlines; while things get done you worry about what might go wrongGrowth-minded -- you search for bigger goals and devise ways to drive toward success; you’re prone finding opportunities or creating your ownProblem-solver -- you have an analytical bent; you have a fundamental understanding how to test solutions, measure effectiveness, and use data to make decisionsProject manager -- you have a strong project management discipline and a proven ability to summarize and present information, develop project plans, track actions and issuesHappy -- The glass is filling; you blend humor with work; you’re deeply passionate about the cause; you’re everything but pretentiousPeople-reader -- you listen for emotion and the needs of others in order to direct his/her actions; you can detect what people want out of a situation; you’re people-centeredExternally focused -- you prefer to interact with people versus solo task completion; you’re friendly, outgoing, interactive and give everyone you meet the warm embraceHow to ApplyIf you want to join our team, please send an email to #EMAIL_2241c210ca60e57ab248c2d29e5d58778c7032d38f01c3e0254dd48bfa50941c# with the following:* Subject Line: I’m your next Community Manager in [city]* Your LinkedIn profile* Brief statement on what gets you most excited about joining our team* How you heard about us
Requirements: As Marketing & Community Manager, your primary responsibilities include:Develop, implement and optimize events strategy to drive student applications and demandActively attend, host, and present at events relevant to Startup InstituteBuild relationships with key community partners and obtain sponsorship opportunitiesManage customer experience channels, measure key channel metrics, and convert inbounds into interestDevelop and lead alumni community and engagement programsBe a familiar face for students with questions during the programAdditional responsibilities include:Coordinate community engagement strategy and lead implementation within your marketCollaborate with other Marketing and Community Managers across cities to ensure brand disseminationDevelop local content plan and drive consistent social media messagingObserve and document lessons learned for effective use of marketing budget
Benefits: - a fun, supportive team that spends more time laughing than doing anything else- a group passionate about improving people’s lives through knowledge and network really driven by our mission to help people align their passion with profession- a company that helps growth-minded talent meet high-growth tech companies
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