Coordinator, Communications & Marketing

Description

Title: Coordinator, Communications and Marketing

Employment Status: NON-EXEMPT

Salary: $49,350-$55,125

Supervisor

Title:

Senior Manager, Communications & Marketing

Date Revised: September 2025

Summary of Position
:

The Coordinator creates and executes a marketing strategy for Meridian’s flagship and donor events across email, web, and social channels to reach targeted audiences and grow engagement. The role will position Meridian’s brand, mission, and work as esteemed, credible, and trusted. This role is primarily responsible for designing and implementing creative, data-driven event marketing strategies for each distribution channel, email marketing, producing digital marketing campaigns, managing livestream and event logistics, maintaining editorial calendars, coordinating paid and earned media campaigns, and building print and digital content needs for Meridian’s signature programming.

This position is located in Washington D.C. and Meridian requires MD, DC, or VA residence for all employees. The position may work partially remotely until further notice.

Position Responsibilities
:

• Coordinate marketing campaigns for large-scale institutional events across digital and traditional channels, including X, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube, Linked In, and email.
• Assist in growing and sustaining partner branding and activation strategies that highlight donor contributions, amplify stakeholder expertise, and enhance audience engagement.
• Draft and design email marketing content—such as invitations, newsletters, and appeals—using Pardot, leveraging segmentation and performance metrics to optimize engagement.
• Collaborate with the Senior Director of Communications & Marketing to track KPIs and audience growth goals tied to flagship and donor events.
• Create, edit, and publish compelling social media content, tailored for key events and donor recognition moments.
• Coordinate with program and development teams to produce event-related multimedia assets, including videos, GIFs, infographics, presentations, and other branded materials.
• Update and manage website content to highlight Meridian’s signature programs and donor engagement initiatives.
• Provide live coverage of in-person and virtual events through social media and digital platforms.
• Capture and curate visual content (photos, short videos, and behind-the-scenes material) for event promotion, digital archives, and post-event donor engagement.
• Recruit and manage the Communications and Marketing fellowship program.
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing or related fields.
• 2-4 years of related experience
• Or any equivalent combination of training, education, and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the essential functions of the position

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Event marketing experience with an emphasis in a non-profit, government, political campaign or small-to-medium sized company.
• In-depth knowledge of digital and social media platforms and their respective functions, algorithms and user types to design successful social media campaigns on Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, Instagram, You Tube, among other media platforms.
• Proven ability to curate, create and compose compelling written, visual and multimedia content for social media and digital platforms published in a timely way with viral potential.
• Knowledge and experience working with Salesforce and Pardot to manage online email communications.

Technical Requirements:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams is necessary for this role
• Basic HTML and Word Press, as well as SEO (SEM, CRO and PPC is a plus)
• Google Analytics and Google Ads
• Adobe Creative Cloud (specifically Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, InDesign, Illustrator, Light Room, Stock)
• Copywriting, proofreading and editing (AP style knowledge a plus)

Employer’s Statement

Meridian is committed to empowering global leaders and amplifying voices of a wide variety of backgrounds to create pathways for greater understanding, shared values, and respect. Connecting people has been our foundation for over 65 years. If you share our values and enthusiasm…