The Business Marketer serves as the strategic data and analytics lead for the College of Arts & Sciences (ArtSci) marketing and communications (marcom) team. Reporting directly to the Director of Marketing & Communication Strategy, this position is responsible for tracking and interpreting the performance of marcom initiatives, providing results-based insights, and helping guide resource allocation and project direction. The role also manages the intake and coordination of non-academic partner requests, ensuring they align with ArtSci’s priorities and marcom capacity.

The ideal candidate is a proactive, detail-oriented critical thinker who uses data, assessments, and reporting to strengthen marcom strategies, improve workflows, and support decision-making across the team. This role plays a key part in connecting strategic vision to measurable results.

40% Analytical Management & Assessment

• Oversee the collection, recording, and refinement of data, metrics, and performance analytics across all ArtSci marcom initiatives.
• Assess recorded analytics to generate reports and proposals that identify trends, key indicators, and actionable insights.
• Continuously expand and improve analytics processes to enhance team efficiency, campaign outcomes, and project impact.
• Create data-driven reports for ROI, financial performance, and partner investment, aligning efforts with measurable outcomes.
• Evaluate marcom productivity and capacity to recommend adjustments that increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Supervise statistical interns supporting analytics collection, reporting, and performance evaluation.

25% Project Coordination for Non-Academic Partners

• Manage project intake and execution for non-academic college or university partners, serving as their main point of contact.
• Coordinate with the marcom team to direct projects toward defined goals, impact metrics, and timely execution.
• Develop project strategies using analytics and stakeholder goals, building comprehensive plans within project tracking systems.
• Assign and monitor project tasks among designers, interns, and team members; provide status updates to partners throughout the process.

25% Marketing & Promotional Support

• Develop and coordinate promotional campaigns for events and initiatives, using analytics to guide decisions and identify goals.
• Collaborate with the Director of Marketing & Communication Strategy to align campaigns with overall college branding and messaging.
• Collect and analyze marketing data to improve future campaign performance and strategic direction.
• Prepare post-campaign assessments for organizers, including insights and data-driven recommendations.
• Manage promotional budgets, ad spend tracking, and financial documentation.
• Collaborate with the CCA Marketing Director to align shared promotions and enhance brand awareness.
• Assist in training marketing interns on promotional tools, workflows, and standards.

10% Strategic & Administrative Support

• Support advancement, awareness, and outreach campaigns through tasks such as vendor coordination, asset delivery, and on-site promotional setup.
• Contribute to strategic planning through data-informed ideation and collaboration with the Director of Marketing & Communication Strategy.
• Provide administrative support and assist with general marcom operations as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, statistics, data analytics, or a related field—or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience with data tracking, analysis, and reporting in a professional or academic setting.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights.
• Experience working with spreadsheets, dashboards, or data visualization tools (e.g., Excel, Google Sheets, Canva, or similar).
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in higher education, nonprofit, or mission-driven communications.
• Familiarity with marketing analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Meta Ads Manager, Salesforce Marketing Cloud).
• Experience with project management tools (e.g., Asana, Trello, Airtable) and CRM platforms.
• Background in strategic planning, budget management, or ROI reporting.
• Supervisory experience, particularly with student workers or interns.
• Understanding of promotional best practices across email, print, and digital platforms.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Calm and positive demeanor with the ability to conduct project execution in a professional manner.
• Strong ability to organize records, files, and task assignments with due dates.
• Ability to handle stressful situations and think clearly under pressure with a problem-solving mentality.
• Autonomous self-starter with the ability to work and complete tasks efficiently unsupervised.
• Ability to reach out proactively and follow up with contacts and team members on tasks, needed information, and progression of projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people from various backgrounds, cultures, and with different personalities.
• Collaborative personality to foster teamwork and an uplifting atmosphere.
• Ability to oversee multiple projects simultaneously.
• Efficient time management.
• Ability to brainstorm and collaborate effectively with colleagues.

Core Characteristics

• As representatives of Utah State University and primary contributors to its mission, all employees are expected to demonstrate the following characteristics:
• Take the initiative
• Maintain confidentiality
• Be accountable
• Behave ethically
• Be honest and trustworthy
• Demonstrate a strong work ethic
• Be inquisitive
• Be detail oriented
• Be self-motivated
• Efficiently manage multiple tasks
• Be a team player
• Be committed to improving USU

Along with the online application, please attach:

1. Resume/CV to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV".
2. Cover letter to be typed/pasted at the end of your application.

3. Marketing Portfolio (a link to a website or webpage will work)

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes.  The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions.

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