Marketing Director

City Leadership is hiring a Marketing Director to lead the people, systems, and strategy behind our internal and external communications. This person will guide marketing across Choose
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This role calls for someone who cares about getting it right and can finish what they start. Is also an experienced personnel manager who can set direction, organize many moving parts, develop emerging talent, and step into the work when needed. The Marketing Director will have the authority to make decisions and the responsibility to turn ideas into accurate, timely, measurable work.

City Leadership recruits, develops, and catalyzes leaders for a growing, improving, and more loving Memphis. Through our campaigns and partnerships, we help people discover opportunities to live, work, serve, give, and build meaningful connections in Memphis.

We are looking for a leader who holds a high standard for the finished product, takes ownership of outcomes, moves work to completion, and genuinely enjoys people. Strong candidates may bring these qualities through different backgrounds, experiences, and leadership styles.

• Ownership and initiative:
  You are comfortable making decisions, proposing a direction, and being accountable for results.
• Communication and influence:
  You enjoy connecting with people, representing an organization, and helping others understand and act on a message.
• Energy and adaptability:
  You move work forward quickly, adjust when priorities change, and stay effective in an active environment.
• Organization and quality:
  You establish clear systems, notice details, protect brand standards, and follow through on commitments.

• Directly manage multiple marketing and communications employees and contractors, with clear goals, priorities, responsibilities, and deadlines.
• Coach developing talent, provide timely feedback, address performance issues, and create meaningful opportunities for employees and interns to grow.
• Recruit and coordinate interns, community writers, freelancers, photographers, videographers, and other creative contributors.
• Build a healthy team culture with high trust, clear expectations, strong collaboration, and accountability for results with pace.
• Balance delegation with hands‑on support when deadlines, opportunities, or quality standards require it.

• Develop and lead the marketing strategy for City Leadership and its campaigns.
• Translate organizational priorities into focused campaigns, content plans, and measurable audience goals.
• Maintain a consistent voice and visual identity while helping each campaign communicate effectively with its distinct audience.
• Work directly with the CEO and other organizational leaders to prioritize opportunities and keep the team focused on the work that matters most.
• Manage assigned marketing budgets, contractor relationships, and production resources responsibly.

• Own the editorial calendar across social media, email, newsletters, websites, blogs, video, events, and special campaigns.
• Oversee daily social media content and audience engagement for Choose
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• Lead recurring email products, including Choose
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• Guide story development, writing, editing, guest‑blog intake, Word Press publishing, content mapping, key‑date planning, and evergreen content.
• Coordinate contributors and production workflows through Asana…