Senior Marketing and Communications Manager

Senior Marketing and Communications Manager

EF High School Exchange Year, a global leader in international education, is looking for an experienced and dynamic Senior Marketing and Communications Manager. In this role, you will oversee the marketing calendar, manage multiple projects, and ensure alignment with our strategic goals. Your expertise in content development, project management, and cross-functional coordination will drive our marketing efforts to new heights.

What you'll do:

Project Management:

• Oversee and manage the marketing calendar, aligning activities with strategic goals and deadlines.
• Efficiently manage multiple projects, ensuring timely and effective execution.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams, bridging the gap between creative, marketing, and management teams.
• Manage relationships with external vendors, focusing on print materials.
• Ensure quality, cost-effectiveness, and timely delivery of printed marketing materials.
  

Content Development:

• Ensure brand consistency across all marketing channels and materials.
• Produce engaging content for various channels, including websites, social media, and internal communications.
• Work closely with the creative team for content visualization and design.
• Align content with the brand voice and the target audience's needs.
• Coordinate with different departments for consistent and clear internal messaging.
• Stay updated with industry trends and competitor activities for strategic planning.
• Engage and grow the online community, manage social media presence, and community relations.
• Monitor and analyze digital marketing metrics to measure success and identify areas for improvement.

Event Support:

• Provide support to the events team to boost event visibility and participation.
• Collaborate on marketing initiatives that align with event objectives.

Team Management:

• Manage an associate marketer and potentially oversee 3rd party vendors in the US.
• Lead, mentor, and develop your team to achieve high performance and growth.

Travel:

• Be prepared to travel to the European HQ 3-4 times per year for coordination and strategic meetings.

Who you are:

• Proven experience in Marketing and Communications, preferably in an international setting.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Exceptional content creation and branding skills.
• Experience in digital Marketing and social media management.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and cultures.
• Ability to manage external vendor relationships effectively.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Why you’ll love working here:

Work in our North American headquarters where you’ll enjoy comprehensive professional development, frequent social programming and employee-run DEIB Resource Groups, and clubs. You can expect:

Paid international travel

Eligibility for our Workplace Flexibility Program: our pilot hybrid work model with up to two days of work-from-home flexibility work per week, after your initial onboarding

Robust professional growth opportunities including monthly trainings, workshops, and inspiring talks with global leaders and experts

Four weeks paid vacation your first year and ten paid holidays

25% company match on your 401(k)

Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with life and disability insurance

Wellness benefits and a yearly fitness reimbursement

EF program discounts including travel, language schools, childcare, and more

Dependent care, healthcare, and commuter flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Discounts at local venues and businesses

About EF High School Exchange Year:

EF High School Exchange Year is a non-profit high school foreign exchange program affiliated with EF Education First. We bring students from around the world to live with volunteer host families and enroll in local high schools for either one semester or a full academic year. Our mission is to promote international understanding and global awareness across the US. Together we share culture and languages, open communities to the wider world and create lifelong bonds that span the globe. For more information about our program, please visit

About EF Education First:

At EF we believe that the world is better when people try to understand one another. Since 1965, we have helped millions of people see new places, experience new cultures, and learn new things about the world and about themselves. Our culturally immersive education programs—focused on language, travel, cultural exchange, and academics—turn dreams into international opportunities.

When you join EF, you join a multicultural and diverse community working across more than 600 schools and offices in 50 countries, all with one shared mission of opening the world through education. Whoever you are, whatever you are passionate about—we welcome you and want you to bring that to work every day. EF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to inclusion and belonging across race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, identity, parental status, experience and everything else that makes you unique.

Founded in Sweden in 1965, EF has school and offices around the world, including hubs in Boston, London, Mexico City, São Paulo, Shanghai, Stockholm, Zürich, and more. Learn more at

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