Join Our Team as a Full-Time Marketing Coordinator - UTHealth Stroke Institute, Houston, TX

The UTHealth Department of Neurology (Stroke Institute) is seeking a dynamic and creative Marketing Coordinator to join our team in the heart of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center. This on-site, full-time role is ideal for a marketing professional with strong experience in social media management, digital content creation, website maintenance, and graphic design.

In this role, you'll lead and coordinate a wide range of marketing and communication initiatives-collaborating with internal departments, external partners, and vendors. You'll manage multiple social media accounts, develop engaging campaigns, analyze performance metrics, and design compelling visuals for events, patient recruitment, and institutional outreach.

We're looking for someone with exceptional writing skills who can craft content for newsletters, websites, blogs, and press releases. Strong project management, creativity, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment are key to success. You'll also play a vital role in planning and executing events such as symposiums and conferences, while ensuring our digital presence is user-friendly, accessible, and aligned with our brand.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Responsible for coordination and project management of design, marketing, communications, and branding; and initiatives with various university departments and teams plus external vendors, constituents, and partners.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinates project workflow, timelines, and daily operation processes. Traffics and manages multiple creative, communications, and event projects. Responsible for developing and implementing project approval processes and tools.
• Develops, assists with, and updates branding, identity, marketing promotional tools/merchandise, the UTHealth licensing program, and communications for print and web.
• Facilitates design and communication project requests with internal clients.
• Assists with regulating university logo and identity usage and adherence to UTHealth brand standards.
• Works with vendors on printing, fabrication, and signage projects. Writes specifications and coordinates timelines for delivery of finished products. Requests, gathers, and reviews vendor estimates.
• Assists with design production, photo/image editing, and document layout/editing.
• Assists with in-house printing and production of small run jobs.
• Writes and/or edits and proofs copy for promotional, event, and collateral materials as needed.
• Supports, coordinates, and makes shared resources and platforms accessible; helps train other users in proficiency.
• Coordinates community outreach activities and projects which could include: scheduling speakers for community events and/or community speaking engagements; supporting and coordinating university wide community outreach programs and events.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Exceptional organizational and project management skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office required.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Macintosh OSX preferred.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, or other related occupational field.

Minimum Experience:

• Two (2) years of experience required in branding, marketing, writing, communication arts, and/or graphic design.
• Experience preferred in project trafficking or project management at an advertising agency, design firm, or related in-house department.
• Experience preferred with implementing and/or promoting institutional or corporate brand standards and brand/identity systems management and engagement programs.

Physical Requirements:

• Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

• This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

• Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.