Communications Coordinator/Marketing

**Remote opportunity in the Portland area. Requires work in our Lake Oswego office once/month**

Colorado Special District Property and Liability Pool: Communications Coordinator

Job Summary

The Colorado Special Districts Property and Liability Pool (CSD Pool) Team is looking for a Communications Coordinator to create and deliver quality communications and marketing deliverables to our membership comprised of over 2,000 special districts in Colorado (fire departments, libraries, water and sanitation departments, hospitals, etc.). This position will be responsible for content creation and graphic design of blog posts, advertisements, email campaigns, social media channels, and internal communications and assets that unify our branding and messaging with a focus on safety and loss prevention.

Qualified candidates should have a strong grasp on graphic design practices, excellent writing and editing skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects at once with competing deadlines. In addition, the ideal candidate will have experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop), managing social media channels, and designing email campaigns. Additional understanding or experience developing and delivering on KPIs, executing marketing strategies, and optimizing websites for SEO a plus.

This position is a hybrid position with in-office days for printing, mailing, and meeting with the Team, as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Communications and Marketing (75%)

• Digital and Print Communications: Execute content strategies for websites, blog, email campaigns, print and digital marketing, and social media channels. Create and distribute outgoing communications and marketing deliverables and ensure quality control.
• Content Generation and Graphic Design: Develop and create content for websites, blogs, email campaigns, print and digital marketing, and social media channels. This includes the creation of infographics, videos, magazines, booklets, flyers, whitepapers, presentations, banners, and advertisements.
• Website and Blog Management: Manage client websites and blog, optimizing for SEO and reviewing content to ensure information is consistent and up-to-date. Write articles based on research of external and internal data, and conduct interviews of clients, experts, and members for marketing research and program development
• Social Media Management: Manage Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube channels, with a focus on increasing content offerings, engagement rates, and followers.
• Events Management: Coordinate event details, send marketing materials and swag, and support webinars and event registrants.
• Proofing and Editing: Ensure details, grammar, spelling, and accuracy of content including articles, reports, memos, emails, letters, whitepapers, presentations, and flyers. In addition, perform frequent audits of websites and internal resources to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Strategy Development: Develop utilization reports and other marketing and communications reports to demonstrate effectiveness of strategy.

Client Service and Team Support (25%)

• SaaS Support: Coordinate with third-party vendors as the main point of contact and assist with day-to-day requests and administration of sites-as-a-service programs.
• Client Engagement and Member Support: Monitor and address requests and notifications from membership and vendors and disseminate to team.
• Assist in developing and maintaining client database, mailing lists, and other information.
• Assist with printing, mailings, and other administrative tasks as needed.
• Organize, develop, and track written processes and procedures related to position.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Marketing, Graphic Design, English, or a related field
• Advanced graphic design, writing and editing abilities
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop)
• Experience managing various social media channels, with a focus on increasing usage
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher) and Adobe Acrobat
• An extremely strong attention to detail and a high level of organization
• The ability to maintain and enforce style and formatting guidelines throughout documents
• Experience with MailChimp, SurveyMonkey, Google Analytics, and Sprout Social (or related software) is a plus
• Fluency with Wordpress, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Premiere, and Adobe Audition is a plus
• Familiarity developing KPIs and executing marketing and communications strategies is a plus

About the Organization

The Colorado Special Districts Property and Liability Pool (CSD Pool), including a Workers’ Compensation program. While the CSD Pool has over 2,500 members and includes some 15,000 employees, only 400 members have more than five employees. Special districts represent what would make up a large municipality exposure of $900 million in operating expenses without the law enforcement exposure. Our members are mostly single service public entities that include sanitation, water, fire, park and recreation, library, hospital, soil and water conservation, and pest control districts.

This position will work in and report to the Lake Oswego, OR office, while interacting with our Colorado-based team. McGriff, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company, has a competitive benefits package, salary scale, and a performance-based bonus program. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, with HSA or FSA options; a 50% 401k match up to 4% after one year of employment; three weeks of paid vacation annually, in addition to 10 federal holidays, early office closures, and time off for volunteering. We are an equal opportunity employer.