Marketing and Communications Manager, Inclusive Excellence

Marketing and Communications Manager, Inclusive Excellence

Arizona State University – Full‑time – Tempe, Arizona – Posted Feb 23, 2026

Max pay: $78,000 per year (dependent on experience)

Manages a primary multimedia support/creative services unit providing intermediate to complex multimedia consulting, design, and production services for the Office of Inclusive Excellence (OIE).

• Support the OIE team with marketing and communications execution for events, meetings, and initiatives across email, web, and social platforms.
• Act as the day‑to‑day point of contact for OIE’s marketing and communications needs.
• Develop and manage centralized marketing workflows, calendars, and project timelines to ensure initiatives are promoted accurately, consistently, and on schedule.
• Create, edit, and optimize marketing content and creative assets (e.g., newsletters, event promotions, websites, flyers, slide decks, templates), ensuring alignment with OIE, Faculty & Staff Associations (FSAs), and ASU brand guidelines.
• Oversee development of marketing materials using relevant software (e.g., Canva, Adobe Creative Suite) and ensure brand consistency for internal and external communications. Order and manage branded marketing materials.
• Create, update, and manage content for platforms such as digital signage (e.g., Poppulo), Canvas projects, and Eventbrite.
• Manage email campaign deployment, including list management, segmentation, scheduling, analytics tracking, and performance reporting to inform continuous improvement.
• Maintain and update the OIE website, partnering with the AEC web lead to ensure accessibility, usability, and brand consistency.
• Coordinate marketing and communications for signature OIE programs and newsletter, specifically the Celebrate – Inclusive Excellence Heritage Month Events and Celebrations newsletter/email, any training, workshops, and or additional initiatives.
• Manage relevant relationships with partners such as Faculty and Staff Associations (FSAs), as well as internal units such as Educational Outreach and Student Services, student support units, Academic Enterprise Communications, ASU Brand, and Strategic Communications to gather content, align messaging, and coordinate promotion schedules.
• Maintain and update digital platforms and systems, including Drupal (web content), Qualtrics (forms/data collection), LISTSERV management, Canvas projects, Eventbrite, and digital signage (e.g., Poppulo).
• Support photography and video needs for events and campaigns, including coordinating vendors, managing photo releases, and maintaining a digital asset library (e.g., Flickr).
• Order and manage branded promotional materials and develop branding templates, toolkits, and communications assets for OIE and FSAs.
• Serve as liaison between OIE and Academic Enterprise Services (AES) IT and Communications teams to coordinate technical support, on‑site event needs, and documentation.
• Provide guidance, coordination, development, and oversight of student workers supporting marketing and communications tasks.

• Experience managing marketing or communications operations in higher education or a large, complex organization.
• Experience with email marketing platforms, website CMS tools (e.g., Word Press), and form/data tools (Qualtrics).
• Demonstrated project management and workflow coordination experience.
• Knowledge of digital accessibility and inclusive marketing best practices.
• Experience coordinating student employees or support staff.
• Demonstrated alignment with the ASU Charter.

Activities performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse. Requires standing for varying lengths of time, walking moderate distances, occasional bending, reaching, lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 25 pounds. Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities, resolve conflicts, communicate clearly, and travel to different sites as needed.

The Marketing & Communications Manager reports directly to the Vice Provost of Inclusive Excellence and works…