Marketing Manager - Community Engagement

Location: Shawnee Mission

The Marketing Manager - Community Engagement will join a growing marketing team as we support a rapidly growing business. The role will lead site-specific integrated marketing initiatives in partnership with Community Engagement, Government Relations, Economic Development, and Communications teams. This role is responsible for developing and executing localized marketing strategies that strengthen community relationships, support business objectives, and advance QTS's reputation in the markets where we operate.

As an integrated marketer, this individual will build and maintain strong internal and external stakeholder relationships, identify target audiences, develop market-specific positioning, and create marketing plans with measurable objectives across a variety of channels and audience segments. The role will oversee campaign execution from strategy through implementation, leveraging cross-functional collaboration to deliver impactful programs and experiences.

The ideal candidate is both a strategic thinker and hands-on executor, capable of balancing long-term planning with day-to-day marketing activities. Success in this role requires exceptional relationship-building skills, strong project management capabilities, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

RESPONSIBILITIES Create, maintain, and conduct analytics reporting across multiple platforms and extract key insights for future campaign development and go-to-market strategies, complete with formal proposals and recommendations on tactics

Help develop creative briefs and guide creative direction to meet objectives for all advertising and public-­facing communications, including print, digital, and video assets

Conceptualize and execute on multichannel campaigns across multiple audiences, ensuring the alignment of communications and messaging in all channels

Identify effectiveness and impact of current marketing initiatives with tracking and analysis, and optimize accordingly

Present ideas and final deliverables to internal and external teams, and communicate with senior leaders about marketing programs, strategies, and budgets

Assist in development and measurement of marketing KPIs and development of campaign ROI models and provide reporting on marketing campaigns to determine effectiveness

Develop dashboards and standardized reports to provide ongoing insights to marketing and sales stakeholders and work to ensure utilization and adoption of reporting

Other duties may be assigned.

Playing an active, ongoing and collaborative role with QTS stakeholders in Marketing - and in alignment with other QTS entities - on strategic community-based marketing initiatives.

Participating in special projects and other duties as assigned to advance organizational objectives.

Collaborate with external stakeholders to better understand the scope of community. Supporting the execution of marketing initiatives through coordination of campaign assets, timelines and cross-team collaboration.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS BA or BS in Marketing, Business, Visual Design, or other related major or equivalent professional experience

Two or more years of experience in a marketing role Proven success in developing marketing plans and campaigns.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong project management, multitasking, and decision-making skills

Metrics-driven marketing mind with eye for creativity

Experience with an analytics tool, preferably Google AnalyticsKNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Ability to manage multiple, competing priorities

Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface across all levels of the organization

Highly organized and detail oriented

Ability to work in a fast-paced,…