Marketing Manager

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Are you interested in entrepreneurship and education, passionate about world travel and believe in the value of global experience? We are a mission-based social enterprise that is committed to teaching college students real skills that will give them a competitive edge in the global economy. To do so, we are changing the face of the study abroad industry by shifting its focus to experiential learning. We believe that today's students can do more than learn about Asia's political economy on a chalkboard. Why not learn, instead, how to build an Asian market entry strategy...and help a company execute it?

Sage Corps is always looking for talented, like-minded people to join its growing team! See below for our current openings, and otherwise feel free to drop us a line any time to express interest: [email protected]

Company Perks

  • Flexible but sometimes long hours. Because we love our work!

  • Potential international travel: Europe, South America, Asia, Australia, Africa

  • Membership at WeWork and 1871 - premier local and global startup communities

  • Access to Sage Corps community (Sage Network, global startups, accelerators/incubators, etc)

  • Health insurance

We are building a powerful community of top students, global startups, and young business leaders all over the world. With each cohort that spends time abroad building startups, and lands subsequent jobs with top consulting firms, tech companies, banks, startups, or even academic institutions, there are dozens of incredible stories for us to tell! We need a storyteller who can take develop and execute a growth-driven marketing plan that will take our company to new heights. 

Our Marketing Manager will:

  • Act as Sage Corps' chief storyteller, with a strong emphasis on data-driven & optimized content

  • Create and manage digital ad campaigns and do analytics reporting directly to our CEO

  • Develop campaigns and programming to build out our cohorts of top college students, alumni community, "Sages" (mentors), and global startup partners

  • Develop content for and manage our social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, Instagram, Snapchat); experience with optimization tools like AdEspreso preferred

  • Develop content for and manage our blog

  • Develop email marketing campaigns and an email newsletter (knowledge of SendGrid a huge plus!) based on data-driven customer segmentation and conversion optimization

  • Develop visual (video/photo) content and marketing collateral (ebrochures, pitch decks, etc)

  • Optimize/maintain our website and develop new content (SEO)

  • Scale and Automate the growth processes based on established KPIs and ROI

Ideal Candidate has:

  • genuine excitement after reading this job posting

  • grown a brand previously - ideally prior experience driving growth to scale a revenue-generating startup

  • 3+ years experience with digital/technical marketing - strong experience in the B2C space and targeting millennial/college students (and their parents) is ideal; experience marketing higher-priced services is also preferred

  • experience with social media management and optimization across channels for an organization and social media paid campaigns w/ analytics reporting

  • Experience with driving traffic to website and optimizing online lead/conversion funnels

  • Significant experience with google analytics

  • Top-notch writing and editing skills and past blogging experience - we want to maintain an active blog and monthly newsletter

  • passion for and experience with international travel is preferred (and awesome)!

  • experience in the university space and/or international education

  • strong presentation/public speaking skills

  • desire to work at a startup and help us scale an incredible mission

  • willingness to work late on occasion and wear multiple hats when necessary - a multi-tasker who is extremely organized, detail-oriented, tech-savvy and a hustler

  • design/basic web dev skills are helpful (Proficiency and solid experience with Adobe Creative Suite & Squarespace would be ideal!)

  • creativity and enthusiasm - it's contagious!

Compensation: approx $50,000 base plus negotiable incentives and equity available

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