Senior Marketing Manager, U.S. Marketing

The Senior Marketing Manager will work closely with the Head of U.S. Marketing, as well as core members of the U.S. Marketing team, including its Events Lead and team, Thought Leadership & Media Lead, Awards & Case Studies Lead, and broader Global Marketing team, including the Performance and Digital Marketing team members and global marketing colleagues to help deliver Edelman's U.S. marketing priorities.

Responsibilities

Earned Media & Publicity

• Execute priority U.S. earned media initiatives to increase visibility for Edelman U.S. across business, trade, and industry media.
• Identify, develop, and pursue proactive placement opportunities that elevate the firm's thought leadership, expertise, client work, and executives.
• Partner with practice leaders, subject matter experts, and communications stakeholders to translate business priorities into compelling media angles, story ideas, and timely opportunities.
• Monitor industry trends, news cycles, editorial calendars, and speaking opportunities to proactively identify opportunities for visibility.
• Support media outreach efforts, including drafting pitches, coordinating interviews, managing media inquiries, and maintaining relationships with journalists and industry publications.
• Track and report on earned media coverage, placement opportunities, and campaign performance.

Marketing Program Delivery

• Execute priority U.S. marketing initiatives across campaigns, executive communications, thought leadership, partnerships, events, internal communications, and digital marketing as business priorities evolve.
• Translate strategic direction into clear workplans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Flex across multiple marketing disciplines, providing execution support wherever additional capacity is needed.

Project Management & Execution

• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and workback schedules across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Proactively follow up with stakeholders, identify risks, remove blockers, and ensure projects continue moving forward without requiring additional prompting.
• Coordinate deliverables across multiple teams while maintaining high standards of quality and accuracy.

Executive Communications & Content Development

• Prepare executive-ready materials with strong attention to detail, editorial quality, and audience appropriateness.
• Apply rigorous proofing and quality control across all marketing outputs.

Marketing Production & Digital Support

• Support ongoing maintenance of Edelman's U.S. website, as needed.
• Coordinate social media publishing and other digital marketing activities as required.
• Support CRM campaigns, reporting, and campaign execution in partnership with performance and digital marketing specialists.

Cross-Functional Support

• Partner closely with specialist marketing leads to execute integrated marketing initiatives.
• Provide executional support for events, media campaigns, awards, partnerships, and other priority projects as business needs evolve.
• Identify opportunities to improve team efficiency by developing templates, documentation, and repeatable processes.

Reporting & Operational Excellence

• Prepare recurring reports, dashboards, presentations, and marketing updates.
• Track project status and ensure stakeholders receive timely updates.
• Maintain organized documentation, trackers, and shared resources across the marketing function.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of B2B marketing, communications, or integrated marketing experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience developing and executing earned media strategies, media relations, or publicity programs that drive visibility and thought leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to work with urgency, proactively follow through on commitments, and independently move projects forward with minimal supervision.
• Strong written, verbal, and editorial communication skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build productive working relationships across functions and levels of seniority.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment where priorities evolve quickly.
• Adaptable and resourceful, with the ability to flex across different marketing disciplines based on business needs.
• Experience supporting integrated marketing campaigns, events, executive communications, or thought leadership initiatives.
• Working knowledge of marketing technology platforms, including CRM, website content management systems, and social media publishing tools.
• Curious, collaborative, and solutions-oriented, with a willingness to take on new challenges and continuously learn.

$75,000 - $115,000 a year

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An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and region-specific benefits.

DJEH offers a wide range of benefits: medical and dental insurance, vision, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, travel assistance and wellness programing.

DJEH is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and believes in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek applications from all qualified candidates without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation in any part of the employment process, please let us know.