Senior Production And Marketing Associate

About the Role:

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University seeks a Senior Production and Marketing Associate to join our Production and Marketing Team. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to a highperforming team that drives the Mercatus mission by helping execute digital marketing projects maintain web content and produce multimedia assets.

The Senior Production and Marketing Associate will assist with daytoday website administration and support various webrelated projects on . While prior technical experience is beneficial we provide training on our specific platforms and tools for candidates with strong aptitude and willingness to learn.

In addition theSenior Production and Marketing Associate will support podcast production by editing audio and video creating promotional clips and tracking analytics. This role also includes collaborating with the social media lead to create engaging digital assets.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their career who is eager to gain handson experience in digital marketing production and content creation with clear paths for professional development and growth.

Responsibilities:

Website Administration

• Assist with routine updates to (e.g. posting content editing text updating images troubleshooting minor issues)
• Support webrelated projects and internal stakeholders with website needs
• Learn Drupal CMS platform for content management
• Create and embed basic data visualizations for web content using tools like Datawrapper

Podcast Production and Promotion

• Edit podcast audio and video using tools like Adobe Audition and Adobe Premiere
• Clip and format podcast episodes for use on social media
• Track and report on podcast performance across platforms (e.g. Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube)

Social Media and Design Support

• Collaborate with the social media lead to design digital assets (e.g. quote graphics carousels etc.) using Canva and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Ensure all assets follow Mercatus brand guidelines and design standards
• Contribute creative ideas for engaging content formats

Digital Marketing and Analytics

• Support management of Google Ads campaigns by updating ad copy and monitoring performance metrics
• Assist with marketing data collection tracking and reporting to help evaluate campaign success

• Up to 4 years of experience in marketing communications web admin or a related field
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities independently
• Excellent attention to detail and clear proactive communication skills (written and verbal)
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a teamoriented environment
• Enthusiasm for learning new tools and technologies
• Interest in digital marketing content creation and public policy

Preferred

• Experience with CMS platforms (e.g. Drupal or WordPress)
• Familiarity with graphic design tools such as Canva and/or Adobe Creative Suite
• Basic experience with video or audio editing software (e.g. Adobe Audition Adobe Premiere or similar)
• Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS
• Experience writing marketing copy

EEO Statement:We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Employee Benefits:Salary is competitive and will be commensurate with experience. In addition Mercatus provides excellent benefits to all individual employees including full health and dental coverage flexible spending accounts longterm disability and life insurance a 403(b) retirement savings program parking/travel benefits and twelve free credits per year at George Mason University.

About the Mercatus Center at George Mason University:For over 40 years the Mercatus Center at George Mason University has been the worlds premier university source for marketoriented ideasbridging the gap between academic ideas and realworld problems. A universitybased research center Mercatus works to advance knowledge about how markets work to improve our lives by training graduate students conducting research and applying sound economics to offer solutions to societys most pressing problems.