National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Marketing Manager

Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of marketing experience in a medium to large organization
  • Proven ability to develop and execute integrated marketing campaigns
  • Skilled in applying audience segmentation and analytics to enhance marketing efforts
  • Experience in product, event, or education marketing preferred
  • Background in trade association marketing preferred

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute marketing plans aligned with organizational goals
  • Support product marketing by defining value propositions and messaging
  • Create and manage integrated campaigns across various channels
  • Produce compelling content using AI tools for enhanced messaging
  • Assess stakeholder requests for strategic relevance and alignment
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure campaign effectiveness
  • Utilize audience segmentation strategies to maximize messaging impact
  • Analyze campaign metrics to optimize performance and inform improvements

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work schedule allowing up to 2 days of remote work per week
  • Commitment to a collaborative and inclusive workplace culture
  • Opportunity to work on initiatives that positively impact electric cooperatives
  • Access to a central hub of communications and marketing expertise within the organization
Full Job Description
Job Description
The Opportunity

NRECA's Marketing team is growing. We represent a portfolio of 100+ products, services, and programs for over 80,000 members nationwide. We are looking for strategic, data-driven, growth-oriented Product Marketers to join our high-performing team. This is a central, highly visible function that partners across the organization with senior leadership to shape the experience of electric cooperatives nationwide.

You will be a trusted strategic partner responsible for developing and leading integrated marketing plans and campaigns that drive product adoption, member engagement, and revenue growth across NRECA's suite of programs, services, and educational offerings.

You'll bring a modern marketer's mindset-combining audience insights, data analytics, value propositions, and emerging tools like AI-assisted content development-to design plans and campaigns that drive measurable results. Along the way, you'll help elevate how we go to market, telling compelling stories that demonstrate the value of NRECA membership and the impact of electric cooperatives.

What You'll Do
  • Lead Strategic Marketing Initiatives
    Develop and execute integrated marketing strategies that align to business goals and drive awareness, engagement, utilization and revenue growth across key products and programs.
  • Own Product and Value Storytelling
    Translate complex offerings into clear, compelling value propositions and messaging frameworks that resonate with diverse member audiences and differentiate in the marketplace.
  • Drive Multi-Channel Campaigns
    Concept and deliver end-to-end campaigns across digital, email, social, web and event channels-optimizing the right mix to reach and convert target audiences.
  • Leverage Data to Inform and Optimize
    Use audience segmentation, campaign performance metrics, and insights (engagement, conversion, behavior) to continuously refine strategies and improve results.
  • Bring a Modern Marketing Approach
    Utilize AI tools and marketing technologies to enhance content creation, streamline workflows, and increase campaign effectiveness.
  • Act as a Strategic Partner
    Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders and senior leaders to define goals, assess opportunities, prioritize initiatives and deliver marketing solutions that drive impact.
  • Champion Focus and Effectiveness
    Evaluate incoming requests through a strategic lens-ensuring alignment, guiding stakeholders to the most effective approach and protecting campaign integrity.
  • Collaborate Across Teams
    Partner with creative, communications, and marketing operations teams to ensure cohesive execution, strong brand alignment, and high-quality deliverables.


Qualifications
What You Bring
  • 5+ years of experience in marketing, ideally within a complex, matrixed organization.
  • Proven ability to develop and execute integrated, multichannel campaigns that drive measurable outcomes.
  • Strong experience using data, audience segmentation and analytics to inform strategy and optimize performance.
  • A strategic mindset with the ability to connect business goals to marketing efforts and ultimately business impact and growth.
  • Exceptional assertive communication skills with a talent for asking the right questions, and then translating ideas into compelling, actionable messaging.


Preferred:
  • Experience in product marketing, education, events or membership-driven organizations
  • Experience in a large trade association

Key Highlights of This Role
  • High visibility and influence -Work closely with senior leaders and shape how we bring products and programs to market
  • Strategic impact -Your work directly drives engagement, utilization, and revenue across the organization
  • Modern marketing environment -Leverage data, AI tools, and integrated campaigns to innovate and evolve our approach
  • Mission-driven work -Help tell the story of electric cooperatives and support communities across the country


This role follows a hybrid schedule, requiring in-office work three days per week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays).

Essential Physical Requirements
  • The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal and extensive reading.
  • Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.


Salary Range: $110,000-$124,000 annual salary

Final compensation determined by individual qualifications, experience, and internal equity.

Disclaimer Statement: The preceding job description has been written to reflect management's assignment of essential functions. It does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

About National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is a national service organization that represents the interests of more than 900 electric cooperatives and their 42 million members across the United States. The organization provides a range of services to its members, including advocacy, education, training, and technical assistance. NRECA also works to promote the development of rural communities and the economic growth of rural America. The organization was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
Learn more about National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Net Income
$10 million
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$1 billion
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