Communications & Marketing – Communications & Marketing Coordinator

Job Description

The Wistar Institute is a world leader in early-stage discovery science in the areas of cancer, immunology, and infectious disease. Wistar is committed to accelerating research advances from bench to bedside through brilliant science and distinctive approaches to collaboration among scientific investigators and academic and industry partners. Wistar’s dynamic environment supports the advancement of discoveries that will change the future of human health.
The Wistar Institute is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). All candidates must share our commitment to DEI. The Wistar Institute is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, mentoring, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of our academic/research community.
The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Communications & Marketing to support a busy, fast-paced communications and marketing team supporting Wistar’s global communications and marketing strategy, with an emphasis on web, social media, broadcast, and print.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Own and update editorial calendars for media and advertising Manage
• Posting all social media content on departments social media calendar platform
• Update Wistar web content through relevant content management system
• Support media outreach with media research and data entry
• Manage vendor payments.
• Provide administrative and project support for a variety of marketing initiatives.
• Support the marketing team with planning, implementing, and monitoring marketing campaigns.
• Manage Airtable to ensure it is updated and reflects all due dates
• Organize and maintain the department’s shared drive to ensure content and finalized projects are easily accessible.
• Maintain the department’s promotional item inventory
• Other duties as assigned.

Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with preference for a 4-year accredited college or university. High school degree required; preference for a 2-to-4-year degree from an accredited college or university.
Experience Preferred: A minimum of years 1-to-3 years’ experience in administration, communications, marketing; client relations management, service industry or customer relations.

Specific Knowledge, Skills, or other Qualifications:

• Proficient in social media tools and platforms
• Demonstrated ability to work in WordPress content management systems.
• Exceptional proofreading skills.
• Detail and deadline oriented.
• Ability to work independently and knows when to seek guidance and direction on next steps with a project
• Practices the core values of teamwork and collaboration while also being able to problem-solve independently.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, faculty, and vendors.
• Demonstrates strong organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and navigate a complex work environment.
• Outstanding client service skills.
• Demonstrated ability to prudently manage enterprise resources.
• Impeccable personal integrity, confidentiality, and discretion.

The Wistar Institute is located in the University City area of Philadelphia, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania Campus. Wistar provides resources to its faculty and staff that enable them to conduct cutting edge collaborative research and provides for outstanding intellectual environments and state-of-the-art facilities.
We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package.
For more information about The Wistar Institute visit our website at www.wistar.org.

• This position is eligible for a hybrid remote working arrangement as defined by Institute policy.

It is the policy of the Institute to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, citizenship, ethnicity, color, creed, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, veteran status, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), pregnancy, caregiver status, domestic or sexual violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or on the basis of genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, with respect to all terms and conditions of employment.Report job