Marketing Coordinator - The Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease

Department: Neurology

Location: Texas Medical Center- Houston, TX

Position Type: Full Time/ Exempt 

 

Position Summary:

Responsible for coordination and project management of design, marketing, communications, and branding; and initiatives with various university departments and teams plus external vendors, constituents, and partners. This position will focus on social media, newsletters, department website, and creating/maintaining a communication plan with internal and external stakeholders with the intent to promote research or bring in more research to the Stroke team.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinates project workflow, timelines, and daily operation processes. Traffics and manages multiple creative, communications, and event projects. Responsible for developing and implementing project approval processes and tools.
• Develops, assists with, and updates branding, identity, marketing promotional tools/merchandise, the UTHealth licensing program, and communications for print and web.
• Facilitates design and communication project requests with internal clients.
• Assists with regulating university logo and identity usage and adherence to UTHealth brand standards.
• Works with vendors on printing, fabrication, and signage projects. Writes specifications and coordinates timelines for delivery of finished products. Requests, gathers, and reviews vendor estimates.
• Assists with design production, photo/image editing, and document layout/editing.
• Assists with in-house printing and production of small run jobs.
• Writes and/or edits and proofs copy for promotional, event, and collateral materials as needed.
• Supports, coordinates, and makes shared resources and platforms accessible; helps train other users in proficiency. 
• Coordinates community outreach activities and projects which could include: scheduling speakers for community events and/or community speaking engagements; supporting and coordinating universitywide community outreach programs and events.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Exceptional organizational and project management skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office required.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Macintosh OSX preferred.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, or other related occupational field.

Minimum Experience:

• Two (2) years of experience required in branding, marketing, writing, communication arts, and/or graphic design.
• Experience preferred in project trafficking or project management at an advertising agency, design firm, or related in-house department. 
• Experience preferred with implementing and/or promoting institutional or corporate brand standards and brand/identity systems management and engagement programs.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215