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POSITION SPECIFICS​

Penn State Smeal College of Business is expanding its enrollment-marketing capacity with a dedicated strategist supporting select programs within its portfolio of residential and hybrid Professional Graduate Programs (PGP). We’re hiring a Marketing Strategist to lead enrollment marketing for assigned graduate programs, working closely with academic and enrollment partners to generate interest, support prospective students, and contribute to application and enrollment outcomes.

You will develop audience-centered strategies that connect working professionals, career changers, and emerging leaders with the specific value of Smeal’s graduate programs. You’ll work with content, paid media, and other members of the team to ensure Smeal’s programs stand out in an increasingly competitive professional education market.

Key Responsibilities

Campaign Strategy & Planning

• Develop data-driven marketing plans that increase conversion for assigned graduate programs.

• Refine and articulate the value proposition for assigned programs in collaboration with program stakeholders; craft positioning that distinguishes individual programs against peer institutions competing for the same candidates.

• Analyze inquiry pools to better understand prospective-student needs, interests, and readiness; develop audience personas to guide messaging and channel strategy.

• Recommend budget allocation across assigned programs and channels, in coordination with enrollment marketing leadership, and allocate resources across programs and channels to maximize enrollment impact across high-impact, program-specific channels.

Targeted Campaign Execution & Yield

• Define the strategy and architecture for nurture and yield campaigns designed to move prospective students from consideration to application to enrollment; direct execution across email, paid digital, and retargeting channels.

• Develop journey logic and messaging frameworks for automated lifecycle journeys segmented by program, audience, and funnel stage; commission content teams or external vendors to produce assets that deliver compelling content on career outcomes, curriculum, faculty, and student experience at each touchpoint.

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