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Marketing and External Relations Assistant – Houston Symphony
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Date posted
October 1, 2024
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Closing date
March 30, 2025
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Offered salary
$16 - $18/hour
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree
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Experience
1 - 2 Years
Description
Job Title: Marketing and External Relations Assistant
Department: Marketing and External Relations
Reports to: Marketing Revenue Manager
Status: Regular, full-time, non-exempt from overtime
Summary:
Primary contact for marketing administrative work such as asset management, advertising production, and budget upkeep. Support sales by developing and implementing cross-promotional opportunities for all concert series. Support marketing and external relations team members with administrative tasks as needed.
Essential Job Functions:
- Act as external liaison to cultivate group sales leads, in support of achieving overall single ticket revenue goals
- Explore and implement creative opportunities to grow group sales contacts from new and existing clients
- Prospect and research organizations/groups to generate group business
- Cultivate partnerships with community contacts (churches, schools, travel operators, affinity groups, retirement homes, hotel and apartment concierges, etc.), in conjunction with education and community engagement colleagues
- With support from the marketing and external relations department, grow future audiences by overseeing and implementing young professional, college student, and free ticket programs – create compelling offerings, recruit ambassadors, coordinate creation of collateral, track effectiveness, and plan and execute pre-/post-concert events
- Collect, organize, and manage all promotional assets such as photography, video assets, artist bios, artist headshots, and program notes
- Ensure that Houston Symphony information and content is updated on the Houston Theater District website and any other third-party listings sites
- Support production of marketing materials including but not limited to radio spots, print advertising, direct mail, and commercials, in conjunction with creative services colleagues.
- Includes work with vendors and managing both internal and external approvals of marketing collateral
- Facilitate all marketing invoice processing and, with oversight from the Marketing Revenue Manager, manage upkeep with departmental budget tracking, in coordination with the accounting department
- Assist Chief Marketing Officer with administrative tasks, including but not limited to credit card expense reporting, presentation development, and coordination of departmental events and meetings
- Support other members of the marketing and sales team as needed on website updates, email marketing, promotions, and social media
- Work concert duty as required by the marketing and external relations team (approximately twice a month, involving evening/weekend hours)
- Perform additional duties as required by the Houston Symphony Society
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field required
- 1-2 years marketing or non-profit experience
- Excellent organizational skills and detail-oriented approach a must
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including excellent writing and proofreading skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to function effectively as part of a departmental team
- Ability to keep up with changing priorities, work well under pressure, and multi-task
- Facility in word processing and spreadsheet applications required
- Sales and customer service experience preferred
- Knowledge of orchestral music preferred
- Experience with Tessitura (CRM) a plus
- Ability to work evenings and weekends, including some holidays
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