DIGITAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN SPECIALIST, Development & Alumni Relations

Our Mission

We in Boston University Advancementharness the power of philanthropy to make an excellent education accessible and welcoming to all and to advance BUs global leadership in research scholarship artistic creation and professional practice. To support our work we have builtand are continuing to buildan outstanding team of dynamic mission-driven advancement professionals who constantly strive to create an environment where everyone belongs. Where its not just about a job but a career and a community.

Now our Alumni Engagement and Operations team is looking for a Digital Marketing Campaign Specialistwho will build and execute digital ad campaigns for Boston University Advancement using mobile social and web platforms.

Alumni Engagement at Boston University

The Alumni Engagement team is dedicated to understanding alumni strengthening pride and awareness and facilitating ways to grow and sustain the base of alumni engaging with and supporting Boston University. The team has oversight of alumni digital strategy alumni experience operations and measuring engagementthrough both attitudinal and behavioral dimensionsof more than 350000 alumni across the globe. This team works in close collaboration with colleagues in Advancement and across departments and schools at Boston University.

Alumni Digital Marketing Campaign Specialist

Reporting to the Director of Alumni Communications & Marketing this position is part of a high-performing and collaborative team that designs develops and maintains robust alumni and donor marketing campaigns. The successful candidate will be creative data-driven and detail-oriented responsible for the end-to-end execution of omni-channel marketing campaigns. This includes managing copy and creative assets monitoring and optimizing campaign performance and ensuring deliverability to successfully grow engagement and retention of Boston University alumni and friends.

Essential Functions:

Responsibilities:

• The Digital Marketing Campaign Specialist is primarily responsible for building managing monitoring and optimizing campaigns on mobile social and web channels to drive alumni engagement and donations for Boston University.
  • Take ownership of all campaign activations and ensure their successful execution.
  • Iterate on campaign design and copy to produce creative and engaging ad sets.

• Collaborate closely with colleagues and client-partners to understand campaign objectives and requirements and ensure messaging is consistent across channels.
  • Perform quality assurance testing before activating customer journeys.
  • Monitor campaigns to ensure deliverability and optimal performance.

• Create and deploy regular paid ads on Google Meta LinkedIn paid search and other channels as needed.
  • Create and deploy lead generation campaigns.
  • Track and report on campaign performance metrics using tools like Google Analytics HubSpot or similar.

• Approach projects and tasks with curiosity and an appreciation for working hard toward goals that matter. Serve all stakeholders with integrity and mutual respect while consistently modeling the importance of both task competency and relationships.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree preferred in marketing communications or equivalent combination of education certifications and experience. Marketing Cloud certifications strongly preferred.
• Minimum three years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of digital marketing trends; data driven; strong reporting skills.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration with the ability to initiate and complete multiple concurrent projects under deadlines.
• Creative and organized with strong commitment to quality and consistency.
• Technical knowledge of audience segmentation lead generation and data mining a plus.
• Overall marketing experience; a bonus if in an educational setting.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

But thats not all were looking for; we want someone who embodies our values:

• Teamwork transparency and mutual respect because we value every members contribution and know that leadership can come from anywhere.
• Diversity equity inclusion and a commitment to ensuring that each of us knows we belong here.
• Integrity in how we work and how we treat one another.
• Strategic thinking and curiosity in the relentless pursuit of fresh approaches and measurable results.
• Continuous growth and improvement both as individuals and as a team.
• Joy and shared appreciationfor working hard toward goals that matter.

If this resonates with you and you want to help us in our ambitious next campaignand maybe do some of your best work as an advancement professional we encourage you to apply.If you are hesitant to apply because you have not previously performed every responsibility listed in the description but you do possess transferable skills and the defined qualifications we still want to hear from you and welcome your application as well.

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