We are growing our marketing team at Everspring! As the Senior Manager, Partner Marketing, you are the strategic marketing lead to our key partner accounts. You will be the voice, strategist, and executioner to bring our partners’ rich, exciting, and long-standing brands’ zeitgeist alive online. Distillation is one of your core competencies, as you will need to succinctly and effectively brief our internal agency. You are a team player with significant experience in managing through influence and collaborating with key stakeholders and creative partners. 

How that comes to life: 

• Effectively translating marketing strategies into specific programs and campaigns tied to business objectives while supporting the execution of account marketing plans 
• Leveraging target data and suite of reporting and analytics to develop target lists optimized against set of campaign criteria 
• Presenting plans and proposals to various internal and external stakeholders 
• Managing marketing projects to ensure on-time and on-budget deliver as well as superior outcomes 
• Designing and deploying measurement and tracking tools to enhance campaign effectiveness (ROI) and provide visibility to clients 
• Building productive working relationships with clients and internal stakeholders 
• Tactfully guiding clients in prioritizing programs and campaigns against resource constraints 

Responsibilities 

• Developing, planning, and executing new and creative end-to-end marketing strategies with focus on results that meet or exceed enrollment goals 
• Understanding target audience insights to drive messaging that highlights the unique value proposition and aligns with the University brand 
• Collaborating with the internal creative, email, and paid teams to successfully execute plans that are aligned with the marketing strategy 
• Interpreting and reporting on data behind the performance of marketing campaigns, and translating that data into actionable steps forward 

• Conducting regular industry and competitive research and analysis to develop recommendations that positively impact growth 
• Managing day-to-day marketing-related client interactions including: setting appropriate expectations for approval and deliverable timelines 
• Serving as the marketing representative internally during meetings, brainstorming, and planning sessions

Requirements 

• You’re a marketing leader with a keen ability to develop strategic plans, implement, execute programs, organize, and initiate.
• You’re a proven doer with track record of building, optimizing, and delivering multi-channel marketing programs that drive results. 
• You have strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines. 
• You have a high degree of initiative, resourcefulness, and creativity. 
• You’re an excellent communicator, both oral and written, and interpersonal skills. Strong editing and proofreading skills preferred. 
• You have experience in defining target customers and devising traditional and digital campaigns that engage, inform and motivate. 
• You have strong analytical skills and employ data-driven thinking. 
• You have a collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset that drives toward focused, cohesive campaigns. 
• You have experience with consumer lead generation and conversion activities. 
• You have an ability to create and deliver compelling presentations. 

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, advertising or a related field required 
• 5 to 7 years of marketing experience with at least 4 years of program management and/or marketing campaign experience 

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.) 

• Organization; analytical/big-picture thinking; curiosity; independent, creative, strategic, teamwork/collaboration 

About Everspring
Everspring is a leading provider of education technology and service solutions. Our advanced technology, proven marketing approach, research-based instructional design services, and robust faculty support deliver outstanding outcomes for our university partners, powering their success online. Everspring offers a range of full-service turnkey solutions, as well as standalone single service offerings, and innovative self-service products that enable universities to establish and maintain themselves as leaders in the digital delivery of education.
Based in Chicago, Everspring serves a growing number of colleges and universities. Built In Chicago has named us one of the "Best Places to Work" in 2021, 2022 and 2023. We were also certified as a Great Place To Work® in 2022 and 2023. We offer benefits that include hybrid work arrangement, parental leave, health insurance, FSA, HSA dental, short term and long term disability, 401k with an employer match vested immediately, a generous PTO plan that accrues with tenure, professional development, paid parental leave program, education stipend, pet insurance and more!
EEO Note:
Everspring is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Everspring makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.