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StepStone is seeking a highly motivated Junior Analyst to support the Marketing & Communications team in our La Jolla office. The role spans content, communications, and internal events. To excel in this role, the candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced team environment, support numerous concurrent projects, and be a visible and helpful presence in the office. This is a full-time, hourly position, in-office 4 days per week.
What you’ll do
- Assist with the creation, formatting, and branding review of marketing materials, help maintain the content library and SharePoint, run the content library help desk and train users
- Help draft communications campaigns, manage thought leadership trackers, help develop AI tools to improve operational bottlenecks, and own content upload processes.
- Serve as the on-site contact for local events, own the local swag inventory, and support internal event communications
Key Responsibilities
- Work with the branding/content team to create, format, and review marketing materials, ensuring they are consistent with brand guidelines
- Assist in maintaining and supporting marketing platforms (content library, SharePoint)
- Help run the content library helpdesk and monitoring inbox
- Train users on how to use content library
- Curate and organize the content library
- Maintain thought leadership calendar
- Draft communications campaigns for thought leadership
- Conduct competitive market research
- Help develop AI skills and tools to improve team efficiency
- Own La Jolla office swag inventory
- Design digital assets for ERGs and other community events
- Maintain event invite lists, RSVPs, and attendance records
- Photograph events for internal and external use
- Send follow up emails
What we’re looking for
- Prefer for candidate to be able to work in person in our La Jolla office through May 2027 with the option to extend through Dec 2027
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, graphic design, or a related field with a 3.5 minimum GPA preferred
- Ability to work on-site in our La Jolla office 4 days per week
- Interest in content development, event planning, marketing, communications
- Curios about using AI to improve how marketing work gets done
- Excellent communicator
- Self-starter with strong social skills, a collaborative approach, and a positive attitude
- Excellent knowledge of branding and graphic design with acute attention to fine details and visual consistency including font, colors, alignment, consistency, etc.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel essential; Teams a plus)
- Experience with design tools such as Canva and Adobe creative suite, and comfort taking quality photos
- Demonstrated initiative, with the ability to work independently and ask for help when needed
Salary: $30 per hour
The salary is an estimate of pay for this position. Actual pay may vary depending on job-related factors that can include location, education, skill, and experience. The salary does not include any benefits or other forms of possible compensation that may be available to employees.
At StepStone, we believe that our people are our most important asset and crucial to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an environment that empowers our employees and allows them to be heard, regardless of title or tenure. Our organizational community features multiple Employment Resource Groups as well as mentorship programs to enhance the employee experience for all.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, StepStone does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, graphic design, or a related field
- Minimum 3.5 GPA
- Ability to work onsite in the La Jolla office four days per week
- Interest in content development, event planning, marketing, and communications
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong social skills and a collaborative approach
- Positive attitude and self-starter mindset
- Knowledge of branding and graphic design, with strong attention to visual detail and consistency
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- Experience with Microsoft Teams
- Experience with Canva and Adobe Creative Suite
- Comfort taking quality photographs
- Ability to work independently and ask for help when needed
- Curiosity about using AI to improve marketing workflows
- Ability to work in person through May 2027, with an option to extend through December 2027
StepStone Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about StepStone Group and has not been reviewed or approved by StepStone Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as generous with multiple plan options, and in some cases employee‑only premiums are fully paid. Feedback suggests wellness resources and plan choice enhance the overall value of the package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) program that is viewed favorably. Feedback suggests long‑term incentive elements complement core retirement benefits.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental support includes leave coaching, paid parental leave, and resources for new parents alongside related travel and logistical supports. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful part of the benefits package.
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What We Do
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory and data services to our clients. StepStone’s clients include some of the world’s largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals.StepStone partners with its clients to develop and build private markets portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate asset classes.
