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Fairfax, VA

Part-Time / Hourly Wage

Opening on: Apr 4 2025
Department: UL
Classification: GMU Worker
Job Category: Part-Time / Hourly Wage
Job Type: Part-Time
Location: Fairfax, VA
Workplace Type: Hybrid Eligible
Salary: $26-$28/hour
Criminal Background Check: Yes

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT:

George Mason University’s Office of University Career Services is seeking a part-time (25 – 29 hours per week) Marketing Coordinator to organize, track and support its digital and print marketing efforts to promote career events, services and resources to current students and alumni. George Mason University currently has more than 40,000 students and over 150,000 alumni. University Career Services (UCS) serves all George Mason students, graduate and undergraduate, in 10 schools and colleges spread across three campuses in Northern Virginia.
Each year, University Career Services hosts 8-10 signature events, including multi-day career fairs and Career Weeks (5-6 events clustered in one week, focused on specific industries of interest), in addition to 4 thematic workshop series and other events that require marketing support.
George Mason has a strong institutional commitment to achieving excellence among its faculty and staff and encourages candidates to apply who will enrich George Mason’s community.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent, multi-step projects with multiple collaborators, while still delivering quality products on time;
• Demonstrated use of collaborative technology to manage multiple projects (e.g., MS Office 365 suite Outlook, Teams, Forms, Planner or similar);
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, particularly communications with an intent to inform, persuade or motivate the target audience (e.g., students, consumers, stakeholders, etc.);
• Successful experience collaborating with cross-functional or diverse teams on a long-term basis (i.e., several months);
• Demonstrated experience learning new technologies and/or platforms; and
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft applications: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience using a style guide or brand guidelines in content creation and editing;
• Marketing or communications experience in a university or other educational environment;
• Experience typically obtained in one (1) year managing an email, marketing, or deliverables calendar;
• Experience typically obtained in one (1) working with subject-matter experts to develop marketing/communications content;
• Experience leading peer team, with or without an official leadership role;
• Demonstrated experience performing basic web edits in Drupal or a similar CMS;
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Adobe Pro Publishing suite to create and edit documents and photos; and
• Experience with Wrike, Jira, TDS or similar ticketing/tracking application.

SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Staff large-scale office events (e.g., career fairs, orientation), both in person and virtually; and
• Participate in all-staff meetings, trainings and symposia for UCS and the University Life division.