Marketing Associate

Job Description

Please make an application promptly if you are a good match for this role due to high levels of interest.

How to Apply: Ideas is an organization striving to stimulate cultural renewal by creating a movement of leaders and ordinary people who pursue happiness. We seek to influence political, civic, academic, and religious leadership to promote love and well-being in all facets of life.

Our mission is to lift people up and bring them together in the spirit of happiness and love with our work, using the highest-caliber research on human well-being.

We are a team of academics and entrepreneurs, who are passionate about lifting others up and committed to building a sustainable enterprise that positively impacts the world around us.

Led by forward thinking leadership and our commitment to happiness, our staff have diverse opportunities to develop their passion and careers in a challenging and rewarding environment.

SUMMARY OF OPPORTUNITY:

We are looking for an action-oriented, mission-aligned marketing professional to serve as Marketing Associate. Our work spans Arthur Brooks' social media, email, and website, along with the reporting and analytics that guide it all, and ensures his messaging is clearly articulated and widely disseminated across every channel. You will work across these channels in roughly equal measure, helping plan, execute, and measure content that reaches Dr. Brooks' audience wherever they are. This in-person position reports to the Senior Director of Marketing & Communications.

As a member of team ACB, you will receive excellent benefits, opportunities to grow within your role and the organization, and collaborative and supportive colleagues who bring happiness to the world.

This is an office-based position in the Washington DC area. Office located in Tysons Corner, VA.

As a member of team ACB, you will receive excellent benefits, opportunities to grow within your role and the organization, and collaborative and supportive colleagues who bring happiness to the world.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Core Duties and Responsibilities

• Support our marketing leadership team in executing outreach and engagement with Dr. Brooks' audience across all channels — social media, email, website, and reporting and analytics.

Social media

• Support the ongoing development of our content calendar and platform strategy to drive interest and engagement, including content ideation, production, scripting for impromptu posts, and programming across all social media channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok).
• Respond to comments and DMs, and engage followers and relevant accounts on behalf of the organization.

Email

• Manage email distribution using KIT, sending updates and campaigns to Dr. Brooks' audience on a regular cadence.
• Support email strategy — planning, building, and scheduling sends — and help maintain audience segments, tags, and the CRM so the right message reaches the right people.

Website

• Help to maintain , including publishing and updating content, troubleshooting, and other tasks as needed to support marketing efforts.
• Support SEO and paid media campaigns.

Reporting and analytics

• Monitor and track performance across social media, email, and the website against team goals and objectives, reporting weekly and identifying growth opportunities.
• Utilize our publication and research repository to inform content and share data and findings across channels.

Brand

• Utilize, refine, and maintain the brand and communications style guide across channels, including logos, hashtags, tagging, video formats, tone of voice, and digital assets.
• All other duties as assigned.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree and 1+ years of work experience in a related role.
• Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of best practices across marketing channels, including social media platforms, email marketing, and website content.
• Experience with email marketing platforms (KIT a plus) and audience/CRM management.
• Familiarity with website management (Webflow a plus) and web analytics (Google Analytics).
• Comfort working with data and reporting to track performance and inform decisions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Google Workspace, and Zoom is essential.
• Proficient in Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Suite, and other content and social media management tools.
• Graphic design and/or photo and video editing experience is a plus!
• Photography/videography experience a plus.
• Notion, KIT, HubSpot, and Webflow experience a plus.

EDUCATION:

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree and brings interest and ideally some experience in supporting a public-facing individual and a high-performing, entrepreneurial team. We welcome applicants with a range of backgrounds — from recent graduates who align closely with the role's profile to seasoned professionals with several years of relevant experience.

HOW TO APPLY

Submit a cover letter about why the role interests you, your resume, plus 2–3 examples of content you've made (any format, any platform — what matters is your taste and your thinking, not polish or scale) below. xevrcyc If you've ever taken a long-form idea — a book, a talk, an article — and turned it into something native to social, we especially want to see that.