Marketing Coordinator - USSSA Space Coast Complex

Marketing Coordinator - USSSA Space Coast Complex | Job Posting

If you are seeking a full-time position and have a passion for creativity, content creation, social media, teamwork, sports, and storytelling, then we welcome you to apply for the Marketing Coordinator position at USSSA National Headquarters. We're seeking a person who thrives in a fast-paced, energetic, collaborative culture. This position will provide the ideation, development, and execution of social media and marketing campaigns that engage our existing community and new customers locally, regionally and nationally.

The Marketing Coordinator is responsible for supporting the efforts and overall initiatives of the marketing team specializing in USSSA Space Coast Complex to carry out marketing campaigns. Duties include but are not limited to, social media management, market and trend research, compiling reports about consumer needs and performance, building and executing marketing campaigns, and assisting in the execution of general marketing efforts of USSSA Space Coast Complex events and initiatives.

The United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA), headquartered in Brevard County, Florida is the world's largest multi-sport athletic organization. Our mission is to empower our team and its partners with an unsurpassed platform to create and support world-class athletic events and sports programming to enrich and educate the lives of participants at all levels. Founded in 1968, it has grown to over 4 million participants competing in many nationally sanctioned sports.

Benefits Include:
Pay: Full-time, salary
Schedule: *Nights, weekends and some holidays where required. Must be willing to work flexible hours that mirror event schedules.
Remote / On-site: On-site
Reports To: Director of Marketing

Responsibilities:

• Conducting research to analyze competitive landscape, market (social media) trends and customer behavior and collaborating with various departments to prepare summary reports for further analysis by the marketing team.
• Contributing innovative and creative ideas for digital and social content while communicating and executing USSSA marketing campaign deliverables, objectives and timelines to the marketing team and appropriate leadership.
• Routinely monitoring USSSA social channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok) communicating opportunities for engagement, coordination of contests/giveaways, and responding to messages promptly as needed.
• Assisting with execution of partnership deliverables as assigned
• Collaborating with the marketing team to develop growth strategies within community outreach and e-commerce opportunities across the organization and all social media platforms.
• Managing a social media calendar and digital presence where a daily minimum of posts is required.
• Providing on-site social media coverage and/or creating appropriate creative content surrounding events (National, local, and regionally across the country) as directed by the marketing initiatives.
• Manage creative budget and process of hiring (final approval required from management) and oversite of Freelancers including but not limited to Photography, third-party creative design, and Internship positions.
• Works with the marketing team to oversee websites and landing pages as well as email marketing campaigns.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• A degree in Marketing Communications, Journalism, Sports Marketing, Media Relations, or similar is recommended.
• Highly organized and detailed with self-accountability to work towards goals and deadlines.
• Ability to collaborate with and communicate effectively with and across the marketing team, sport leadership and other departments within USSSA.
• Experience in social media management across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok with a general knowledge of current social media trends
• Copywriting experience a plus.
• Creative minded
• Experience with social media scheduling platforms a plus
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop and Illustrator

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Job Questions:

1. Do you have a degree in Marketing, Digital Media, Communications, Media Relations or similar?
2. Do you have prior experience managing business/brand social media accounts?
3. Are you willing to stay up to date on the latest trends and algorithm updates across all social media platforms?
4. Our team functions within Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) and Canva regularly. Are you versed in these programs?