Marketing Manager

At Pivot, we look for talented and inspiring colleagues who believe in public education and the imperative to support schools to innovate and improve. We are currently seeking a Marketing Manager for our Marketing & Communications team. Candidates must be passionate about and committed to Pivot’s mission and vision. They should be adept at communicating with different audiences across multiple channels and have excellent workplace communication abilities (listening, speaking, and writing). Candidates should also have solid coordination and collaboration skills with the ability to build strong and positive relationships with teammates and external clients. 

This is a full-time, exempt position, reporting to the Marketing & Communications Director. Pivot is currently a virtual organization, with the majority of staff based in California. Candidates for this position can be based anywhere in the US, and this is a remote role based out of your home office. This position will require occasional travel to client sites across the country and periodic travel to Pivot internal meetings and events.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage social media for multiple brands, including paid social media
• Coordinate and help develop multi-channel marketing campaigns, including planning, messaging, audience segmentation and targeting, email and landing page copywriting and design, asset development, ads, testing, quality assurance, tracking, analytics, reporting, and data-driven continuous improvement
• Maintain multiple websites, including routine updates, content development, and coordinating with internal and external partners
• Coordinate and help develop communications and marketing deliverables, including collateral, blogs, reports, videos, ads, and other marketing assets
• Maintain and update contact databases and database integrations
• Conduct and synthesize research on audiences, target markets, keywords, metadata, influencers, competitors, partners, and vendors
• Support internal and external coordination and project management, including developing and tracking project plans, communicating with project partners, and managing internal processes and systems
• Support virtual and in-person meetings and events, including webinars
• Support budget tracking, file management, data analysis, and reporting
• Participate in internal committees and initiatives, as desired
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• A passion for Pivot’s vision, mission, and core values, a commitment to public education as a key lever for opportunity, and a desire to deepen the organization’s impact
• A deep understanding of institutional and structural racism and bias and how inequitable systems impact outcomes for students most underserved by our education system
• Proven social media and digital marketing experience and impact
• Proven communications writing and editing ability, including copywriting
• Solid project management skills, including the capacity to develop plans and manage resources and the ability to prioritize, organize, and handle multiple tasks with a high level of attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication ability
• A strong collaboration orientation with the capacity to cultivate and maintain professional, positive, and productive relationships with our internal teams and external partners
• Dependable, proactive, and highly efficient with assigned work
• Proficiency with Adobe InDesign and Illustrator, WordPress CMS (including a basic understanding of HTML and CSS), Google Analytics, email marketing, Microsoft Office, and Google Suite; Familiarity with Google Adwords and HubSpot a plus
• Bachelor’s degree required; 4+ years of relevant experience, ideally including experience in public education

Compensation and Benefits

Pivot Learning offers a competitive compensation package, including medical/dental/vision insurance, 403b contribution, vacation leave, sick leave, paid parental leave, 15 paid holidays, professional development funds, and paid time off for volunteering.

Application

If you would like to apply, please send your resume and a cover letter to resume@pivotlearning.org. Please indicate the position title in the email subject line. In your cover letter, please comment on how your skills and experience align with this position and how you heard about it.

Pivot Learning is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an equitable and inclusive workplace. We are committed to building a diverse team and candidates from underrepresented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. We welcome applications from persons of every race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, culture, ancestry, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, and for whom English is not their first language.

Writing Sample

Please provide two writing samples of between 250-1000 words each from any of the following categories:

• Blog post
• Press release
• Article, op-ed, or commentary
• Marketing campaign copy or collateral
• Other marketing/communications style writing deliverable
• Professional or school writing assignment (ideally persuasive or informative writing)