Marketing Specialist

Description

Title: Marketing Specialist

Department/Team: Planning & Development

Reports to: Marketing & Events Manager

IDEAL CANDIDATE

The Council on Recovery is seeking a Marketing Specialist to support the organization’s marketing, communications, public relations, and branding efforts, helping share our mission and engage the community across multiple platforms: The ideal candidate:

• •Strong writer and communicator with excellent attention to detail.
• •Creative with experience developing digital and print content.
• •Able to convey complex ideas in creative, easy-to-understand ways.
• •Experience with WordPress, Canva, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• •Organized self-starter who can manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• •Comfortable with social media, public relations, marketing, and event support.
• •Able to work both independently and collaboratively.
• •Professional, flexible, and comfortable representing the agency in the community.
• •Available for occasional early mornings, evenings, and weekends.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND COMPETENCY CRITERIA

• •Creates engaging content for the agency website, social media, newsletters, email campaigns, and other communication platforms.
• •Writes, edits, and coordinates marketing, communications, and public relations materials that are clear, accurate, and consistent with the agency’s voice and brand.
• •Supports the implementation of marketing and communications plans and campaigns across multiple channels.
• •Maintains and updates the agency website, including regular content updates through WordPress.
• •Manages day-to-day social media content, including planning, content creation, scheduling, posting, and monitoring engagement.
• •Supports public relations efforts by drafting press releases and coordinating media requests and interviews.
• •Coordinates marketing and communications for agency events, including promotional timelines, digital and print materials, website content, email communications, and social media.
• •Develops and maintains positive working relationships with staff, community partners, vendors, and other external contacts.
• •Tracks and reports communications and marketing data, including website traffic, email performance, social media engagement, campaign results, and other key metrics.
• •Supports consistent use of the agency’s brand standards across digital and printed materials and promotional collateral.
• •Designs and produces marketing materials using Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, and other communications tools.
• •Manages multiple projects and deadlines while responding to changing department and agency priorities.
• •Demonstrates strong organizational, writing, editing, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• •Supports event planning, logistics, management, and execution as needed
• •Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS

• •Bachelor’s Degree required
• •2-4 years' experience in marketing, communications, or public relations
• •Experience developing digital and print communications, including email marketing, social media, website content, flyers, and promotional items
• •Nonprofit experience preferred but not required

The statements in this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. They may be supplemented as necessary; these additions are not to be construed as exhaustive.