U.S. News

Director Marketing, Education

U.S. News$120K — $150K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in marketing roles, with 5+ years in leadership positions in B2B environments.
  • Strong relationships with university executives.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field essential.
  • Outstanding communication and presentation skills with stakeholders.
  • Results-driven and self-motivated with strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute high-impact marketing campaigns to drive demand generation.
  • Identify thought leadership opportunities through content and digital channels.
  • Manage the creation of display advertising and sponsorship strategies.
  • Oversee events and conferences in coordination with sales teams.
  • Establish lead routing and scoring frameworks to improve sales processes.
  • Create marketing documentation and train B2B sales team members.
  • Implement ROI frameworks to measure marketing impact across channels.

Benefits

  • Entrepreneurial, mission-driven culture emphasizing quality and integrity.
  • Commitment to personal and professional growth opportunities.
  • Comprehensive benefits including paid vacation, medical, tuition reimbursement, and training.
  • Collaborative work environment with diverse and ambitious colleagues.
Full Job Description
Description

Your role in helping us shape the future:

U.S. News empowers everyone to thrive. In this position you will have the opportunity to leverage your strengths and skills to excel at building a collaborative culture that fosters success and drives growth. You excel at both driving marketing strategy and executing at the tactical level. You will expect excellence and professionalism from your team in performance of their functions with the highest levels of integrity.

Are you up to the challenge?

Establish a marketing structure within U.S. News Education to lead demand generation. The marketing strategies would include:
  • Develop, execute, and measure the performance of best-in-class marketing campaigns including email nurture programs.
  • Identify opportunities for thought leadership through:

Newsletters

Webinars

Social media

Blogs
  • Develop display advertising for U.S. News education solutions.
  • Sponsorship opportunities for U.S. News education solutions.
  • Lead our events/conference strategy and work closely with sales teams to plan and execute on pre-conference and post-conference marketing.
  • Work closely with our PR, Social, and Product teams to maximize awareness of our marquee rankings launches.


Collaborate closely with Sales leadership to establish:
  • Lead routing framework that includes establishing the definition of a Marketing Qualified Lead (MQL).
  • Create a lead scoring matrix.
  • Automate the MQL alert and routing process in Zoho.
  • Create marketing documentation.
  • Train all members of the B2B Sales teams on processes.


Build an ROI framework for measuring impact of our marketing strategy:
  • Develop a marketing attribution model in Zoho to track Marketing's impact by channel on pipeline and closed won business.
  • Ensure Marketing provides ROI metrics on all campaigns and ties new business bookings back to marketing sourced opportunities.
  • Establish quarterly goals and KPIs to measure marketing performance throughout the funnel.
  • Report out on KPIs on a weekly basis to U.S. News education leadership to inform marketing resources.


Lead a cross-org marketing team and help establish best practices across U.S. News Education and subsidiaries/affiliates (CollegeAdvisor, TeenLife, etc.):
  • Manage a team of 3 full-time direct reports who are marketing managers/coordinators of different business units.
  • Help assign work and oversee a set of ~5 marketing independent contractors across social media, graphic design, and copy marketing.
  • Work closely with GM and VPs of Sales to identify and execute on collaborative marketing campaigns that strengthen business synergies between U.S. News Education and its subsidiaries.


Position Requirements

You should definitely have:
  • Minimum of ten years of similar or related experience in marketing roles inclusive of a minimum of five (5) years of progressive leadership roles in a B2B company.
  • Established relationships with key university executives.
  • Bachelor's degree required in a related field.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills and the ability to effectively convey ideas to stakeholders.
  • Results-oriented mindset with self-motivation.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills.


It would be nice if you had:
  • MBA degree
  • Experience working with Zoho

What it's like to work with us:

Talent is our best asset!

We invest in people with passion and potential who understand U.S. News' dedication to our consumers.

  • Entrepreneurial, mission-driven culture with core values of quality and integrity
  • Focus on fostering personal and professional growth
  • Competitive benefits including paid vacation time, medical, tuition reimbursement, and training
  • Collaborative Work Environment ~ Fun, diverse, inclusive and ambitious co-workers


Other Job Info:
  • These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job.
  • U.S. News & World Report strongly encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated (including boosters).
  • New York or Washington, DC based applicants to work a hybrid schedule in those office locations.
  • The anticipated base salary for this position is $120,000 to $150,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, interview performance, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.


Full-Time/Part-Time
Full-Time

Number of Openings
1

About the Organization
U.S. News & World Report is a publisher of news and information that empowers people to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives.

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About U.S. News

U.S. News & World Report is a digital news and information company that empowers people to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives. Focusing on Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars and Civic, USNews.com provides consumer advice, rankings and analysis to serve people making complex decisions throughout all stages of life. More than 40 million people visit USNews.com each month for research and guidance. Founded in 1933, U.S. News is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
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