Marketing Associate

Your Opportunity

Scion is paving a path in student living, and we are seeking a talented Marketing Associate to join us in executing our vision. The Marketing Associate will play a key role in supporting the execution of marketing strategies, with a strong focus on organic social media, content creation, and administrative support for marketing campaigns. The Marketing Associate will report to the Marketing Manager. This role requires a blend of creativity, organization, and excellent communication skills to help bring Scion’s vision to life across digital platforms and marketing channels. For FLSA purposes, this position is exempt.

This position will be based full-time out of our corporate headquarters in Chicago, IL.

Your Responsibilities

• Social Media Management: Assist in managing and growing Scion’s organic social media presence by creating, scheduling, and posting engaging content across platforms.
• Content Creation: Help brainstorm, curate, and develop content for social media, and marketing campaigns to align with Scion’s voice and engage with target audiences.
• Campaign Support: Collaborate with the marketing team to support the planning and execution of marketing campaigns, ensuring meeting deadlines, and campaigns run smoothly.
• Marketing Administration: Provide administrative support, including coordinating marketing initiatives, maintaining databases, and assisting with project management to keep marketing efforts organized and on track.
• Performance Tracking: Assist in tracking key metrics for social media, email campaigns, and website traffic.
• Collaboration: Collaborate closely with internal teams to ensure all marketing initiatives are executed in a cohesive and timely manner.
• Industry Expertise: Stay up to date on social media trends and insights relevant to the target demographic. Continuously monitor and benchmark performance metrics, making strategic adjustments as trends and benchmarks evolve.
• SEO Content and Website Copy: Assist in creating and optimizing SEO-friendly content for Scion’s websites, ensuring copy is engaging, relevant, and aligned with best practices to improve search engine rankings and drive organic traffic.
• Marketing/Social Media Performance Reporting: Assist in generating and analyzing marketing and social media reports to track campaign performance and highlight key insights.

The responsibilities listed above may not be all inclusive.

What We Require

• College graduate preferred, with 1-2 years of marketing experience.
• Microsoft, Social Media Scheduling Platform (e.g., Hootsuite, SOCI, Sprout) and Adobe Lightroom experience.
• Proficiency in creating, scheduling, and managing content across major social media platforms (e.g., Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok) to drive engagement and growth.
• Familiarity with tracking and analyzing social media and marketing metrics, using data to assess performance and make recommendations for improvement.
• Ability to curate, and develop high-quality, on-brand content for various marketing channels, including social media and marketing initiatives.
• Ability to operate effectively in an office environment, with strong organizational skills and timely email response habits to support efficient day-to-day communication and collaboration.
• Strong organizational abilities, including experience with marketing project management, database maintenance, and administrative support for campaign initiatives.
• Willing and able to travel about 25%, paid by the company.

Operational Details

• Job location is based at Scion’s Chicago corporate headquarters.
• Working hours consist of standard daytime business hours.

Your Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus
• Paid Time Off + Floating Holidays
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401k Matching
• Paid Maternal Leave
• Parental Leave
• Learning reimbursement opportunities

The Scion Group LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, physical or mental disability (as long as the employee/applicant is otherwise qualified for the job with or without a reasonable accommodation), genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, marital status, uniformed service, veteran status, pregnancy or other legally protected status or category under federal or state law. The Scion Group LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in all locations in which the Company has properties. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation, training and other terms and conditions of employment. The Scion Group LLC is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunities.

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