Marketing Manager at Yale University in New Haven, CT

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Overview
Marketing Manager reports to David Geffen School of Drama at Yale/Yale Repertory Theatre (DGSD/YRT) Director of Marketing & Communications, including day-to-day direction from the Senior Associate Director of Marketing & Communications. Develops strategies and plans for: integrated social media and electronic marketing campaigns for DGSD/YRT, YRT audience development, and single ticket campaigns for DGSD.

Essential Duties:

1. Develops and implements overarching social media plans for YRT and DGSD.

2.Serves as graphic designer for print, digital, and email communications. Designs and deploys email marketing and other communications for YRT and DGSD. Applies artistic sensibilities while adhering to branding guidelines and graphic designer’s creative vision. Tests and performs quality assurance on all output. Serves as liaison to Web Technology Department regarding emails and email best practices. 

Required Skills and Abilities

1. Strong self-starter who excels in a team environment. Strongly demonstrated ability to market a professional theater. Strong strategy, analytic, and problem-solving skills. Strongly demonstrated budgeting skills.

2. Strongly demonstrated prioritization, time-management, problem-solving and strategic thinking skills.Strongly demonstrated interpersonal written and verbal communication skills.

3. Strongly demonstrated familiarity with and passion for communicating with audiences through social media platforms.

4. Strongly demonstrated excellent graphic design, typography, and image processing skills.

5. Strongly demonstrated excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication, proofreading, and editing skills. Strongly demonstrated thoroughness, accuracy, and attention to detail.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

Tessitura experience

Principal Responsibilities

1. Contributes to client meetings to define parameters of projects. 2. Provides graphic design services centrally to the University community or specific school/department maintaining established design standards and practices. 3. Ensures client’s needs are met in a timely and cost effective manner 4. Gives input to the development of guidelines and procedures for the University graphic publications. 5. Makes determinations regarding typography, pictorial images, color, paper stock, etc. for projects; recommendations regarding the necessity and selection of outside consultants/designers and printing services. 6. Contributes to the development of guidelines and procedures for the University graphic publications. 7. May perform other duties as assigned. Required Education and Experience Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design. Three year of graphic design experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Posting Date

05/11/2026

Job Category

Professional

Bargaining Unit

NON

Compensation Grade

Administration & Operations

Compensation Grade Profile

Supervisor; Senior Associate (23)

Salary Range

$65,000.00 - $101,000.00

Time Type

Full time

Duration Type

Staff

Work Model

Hybrid

Background Check Requirements

All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. For additional information on the background check requirements and process visit "Learn about background checks" under the Applicant Support Resources section of Careers on the It's Your Yale website.

Health Requirements

Certain positions have associated health requirements based on specific job responsibilities. These may include vaccinations, tests, or examinations, as required by law, regulation, or university policy.

Posting Disclaimer

Salary offers are determined by a candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education in relation to the position requirements, along with the role’s grade profile and current internal and external market conditions.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through  their hiring department.

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