Student Worker - Marketing Project Assistant

About the position

As our GCU Ad Agency Marketing Project Assistant, you’ll be the “glue” that keeps our projects—and people—together. You’ll plan, organize, manage, and execute marketing and advertising projects from beginning to end, ensuring their successful and timely completion. Getting to know your clients’ brands and priorities, you’ll function as the voice of the client when working with internal teams to develop and execute campaigns. This includes ensuring that the efforts of various team members (market researchers, graphic designers, copywriters, digital specialists, etc.) and components (print, digital, broadcast, social, etc.) align with the client’s goals, under the direction and mentorship of full-time marketing professionals at GCE.

Responsibilities

• Help provide service to GCU Ad Agency clients.
• Manage marketing campaigns from formulation to execution for assigned clients.
• Meet with marketing full time employees to ascertain client’s specific needs and objectives and then formulate ideas with other internal marketing partners to create an effective marketing campaign.
• Participate in campaign strategy sessions alongside marketing management with assigned clients to ensure recommended marketing plans meet clients’ current and/or future needs.
• Coordinate deployment of marketing activities with all relevant stakeholders.
• Manage projects, follow and keep team members within process to ensure efficient and timely delivery.
• Coordinate with other affected departments ensuring availability of appropriate support.
• Recommend new approaches and ideas in brainstorming.
• Maintain a variety of marketing files including images, contact lists, media files, flyers, email templates, and other resources.
• Maintain resources and data using various platforms including Microsoft Office, internal project management system and company server.
• Special projects and support for GCU’s Non-Enrollment Marketing team as assigned.
• Proofreading and reviewing.

Requirements

• Must have excellent interpersonal, customer service and organizational skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint), ability to learn and utilize project management software.
• Organized and task-oriented with attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain relationships through effective interpersonal skills.
• A good command of the English language and ability to provide clear and succinct communication.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Broad-based knowledge of marketing principles and concepts.
• Willingness to work, learn and be flexible.

Nice-to-haves

• Previous experience in marketing campaigns (traditional and digital) is a plus.

Benefits

• Minimum Wage