Marketing Coordinator
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Job Description
Title: Marketing Coordinator
Location: 910 W Van Buren St. Chicago IL 60607
Reports To: Executive Director of Strategy
Salary: Starting Salary $60000 commensurate with experience
Employee Type: Regular Full Time
Start Date: November 2025
The mission of Distinctive Schools an educational practice leader committed to social justice and the elevation of access and achievement in historically marginalized communities is to support each child in becoming an engaged and curious learner a confident self-advocate and a creative problem-solver by setting high expectations and nurturing a positive culture that honors diversity collaboration and optimism.
Position Overview
As a part of the strategy team the Marketing Coordinator will produce high-quality creative original written
and visual content that engages internal team members and builds external brand recognition. The main duties of the role will include creating informative content producing and sharing engaging content for social media and seeking opportunities to share Distinctive Schools brand products services and story. This role will be responsible for generating content and community management for 20 social accounts including Instagram Facebook X and LinkedIn. Additionally this role is responsible for maintaining content across 11 websites. The ideal candidate is creative detail-oriented marketing professional who brings strong social media and content creation skills excellent communication and project management abilities and a passion for storytelling and student voice to drive engagement.
Responsibilities
Social Media:
Help to define and translate our voice in digital spaces; research and gather information for highlighting the Distinctive Schools story
Build social media presence monitor company brand develop strategies for building brand awareness on social media
Manage social media presence including day-to-day posts and messages across channels ( 9 instagram accounts 9 Facebook accounts 1 X account and 1 Linkedin Account)
Provide customer service by answering questions and concerns when necessary in a timely manner
Foster a sense of community by initiating conversations and encouraging user-generated content
Conduct and report analysis of site and social traffic
Monitor social media channels for brand mentions and industry trends
Co-create maintain and implement digital marketing and editorial calendar
Manage social media advocates at each campus by providing training sharing best practices and providing consultation to ensure monthly metrics are hit for social posts and community email sends
Support our school teams in sharing the Distinctive Schools story
Help develop and deploy Student and Talent recruitment campaigns throughout the
year
Campus and Network Website:
Responsible for all campus and network websites ensuring content is updated consistently; including events key documents and updating sources
Produce relevant valuable and engaging content for the company websites
Become familiar with keyword placement and SEO
Lead maintenance of REACH Grant Web Support by regularly uploading lesson plans to the REACH website with strong attention to detail
Ability to pull and share website metrics to support content reach and optimization
Requirements (minimum)
Education
- Bachelors Degree
Qualifications
1 to 2 years experience in creative of marketing field (writing marketing communications blogging journalism)
A can-do personality with a knack for thinking outside the box to solve problems
Strong work ethic interest in storytelling student voice
Must be able to multitask and work well under pressure
Experience with or passion for K-12 education community development kids
Experience or interest in photography & videography
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Prioritizes attention to detail
Content Creation skills graphic design editing management
Technology demands
- Web design and/or management. Including understanding of basic HTML and SEO experience
- Experience with CRM marketing software Constant Contact Mailchimp etc.
- Familiar with Marketing Analytics: Google Analytics NetInsight Omniture Webtrends
- Proficient in Adobe Suite (Photoshop InDesign) and Canva
- Proficient in social platforms including Meta X and LinkedIn
- Familiar or ability to learn Meltwater
- Familiar or ability to learn CMS
- Strong skill set in Canva
- Proficient in Adobe Suite (Photoshop InDesign)
Travel: to various campuses throughout the month
Benefits
- 25 Paid holidays & 10 days PTO annually (in addition to summer break for educators/campus positions)
- 12 weeks family paid leave
- Comprehensive Healthcare (Medical Dental Vision)
- 403b match
- Fully match up to 3%
- 50% match up to 5%
- Professional development including tuition reimbursement
- Gym and wellness discounts
- And more
Description Disclaimer: Since no job description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time in the performance of a job duties and responsibilities that may be inherent in a job reasonably required for its performance or required due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the jobholders responsibility.
EEO: Distinctive Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race color religion sex gender national origin age disability veteran status marital status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression or any other personal characteristic protected by applicable law.
Distinctive Schools is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified keeping with our commitment Distinctive Schools will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process to perform the essential functions of the position and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment please contact g or call 773.828.4191
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
