Marketing Communications Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary: The Marketing and Events Coordinator is responsible for strengthening company's public presence through engaging social media, clear external communications, marketing campaigns, and well-executed events. This position combines creative storytelling, project coordination, and hands-on event support to promote the company's mission, programs, members, partners, sponsors, and community impact.   

Essential Functions: Develop, schedule, and publish content across social media channels, in coordination with marketing partners. Maintain consistent messaging, tone, and branding across all public-facing materials. Capture and curate photos, videos, testimonials, and event highlights for use across digital platforms. Support the ongoing role with the 419 Podcast on WGTE. Monitor social media engagement, respond or route inquiries as appropriate, and identify opportunities to grow audience reach. Track performance metrics and prepare periodic reports with recommendations for improvement. Develop and manage marketing and awareness campaigns that support membership growth, program promotion, and organizational visibility, including campaign goals, timelines, target audiences, creative direction, messaging, scheduling, and performance reporting. Draft, edit, and coordinate external communications, including newsletters, announcements, press releases, event promotions, website updates, and member or stakeholder communications. Coordinate with vendors, designers, photographers, media contacts, and community partners as needed. Maintain communications calendars and ensure timely delivery of campaigns and announcements. Serve as the primary point person for regular website updates, including current events, training course offerings, and service promotions. Update and maintain the member portal to keep training offerings, events, and related content current and accurate. Plan, coordinate, and support events, both internal and external, from concept through completion.  Performs other related duties as assigned. 

Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, public relations, event management, journalism, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience will be considered. Two or more years of experience in communications, social media, marketing, event coordination, public relations, or a related role preferred. Skills and Qualifications Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and verbal communication skills. Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and details. Strong working proficiency in design software such as Canva or Adobe Creative Suite is required, along with experience using social media platforms, email marketing tools, and website content systems. Technology skills should include comfort using Microsoft 365, a CRM or member database, event registration platforms, email marketing tools, website content systems, social media scheduling tools, and basic analytics or reporting dashboards. Ability to work occasional evenings or weekends for events, with advance notice. Must be highly self-motivated and comfortable working independently.   Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position is based in a standard detail-oriented work environment with use of typical office equipment, for example but not limited to desk or laptop computers, phone systems, diverse types of software packages and applications etc... The work is performed at a desk or table in a temperature-controlled environment. Physical demands are also consistent with a standard detail-oriented environment with extended periods of sitting or standing and limited light lifting of about 30 lbs.