Marketing Coordinator

About the Role

Marathon Kids is seeking an organized, creative Marketing Coordinator to bring youth programming and fundraising communications to life. This role connects families, educators, supporters, and partners with opportunities to help kids build active, healthy lives. It involves turning campaign plans into engaging emails, social content, website updates, and marketing materials, and coordinating day-to-day execution under leadership direction. This is an early-career opportunity with hands-on responsibility and guidance from experienced colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Coordination: Maintain the marketing calendar for Marathon Kids programming, The Girls Movement, Team Marathon Kids, and fundraising campaigns. Coordinate deadlines, gather assets, manage reviews, and flag competing priorities.
• Email Production: Draft, build, test, and schedule campaign emails and recurring newsletters. Maintain audience lists using established Mailchimp and Salesforce processes, and check links, formatting, and approvals before sending.
• Content Creation & Publishing: Adapt approved messaging for social media, websites, and partner materials. Create graphics in Canva using existing templates, and gather program updates, impact stories, photos, and testimonials.
• Website Maintenance: Update WordPress pages with accurate program and fundraising information, working links, and clear calls to action.
• Performance Tracking: Summarize basic email, social, and website performance to help the team improve future communications.
• Organization: Maintain templates, files, and workflows, and follow consent and privacy practices when sharing children’s stories and images.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Skills:
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Organization, attention to detail, and reliable follow-through.
• Ability to manage several deadlines and ask questions when information is incomplete.
• Comfort with Canva or similar design tools.
• Collaborative approach and openness to feedback.
• Interest in youth physical activity and mission-driven work.

Experience creating digital content through employment, internships, volunteering, coursework, or personal projects is required.

An interest in learning email and website platforms is required.

Experience with Mailchimp, Salesforce, WordPress, or nonprofit communications is helpful, but not required.

Qualifications

• A specific degree is not required; relevant skills and work samples matter.

How We’ll Support You

• Campaign direction, messaging guidance, and regular feedback from leadership.
• One designated supervisor to help set priorities and manage workload.
• Collaboration with program and development colleagues to gather information.

Location and Compensation

• This is a full-time, hybrid position based in Austin, Texas, with regular in-person work.
• The annual salary range is $52,000–$60,000, based on relevant skills and experience.

How to Apply

• Apply with your résumé, one existing writing or digital content sample, and answers to a few short questions.
• Work samples from employment, school, volunteering, or personal projects are welcome.
• No cover letter or new creative assignment is required.