Manager, Program Marketing

Location: Flexible within the US Type: Full-Time Team: Marketing & Communications Start Date: Immediate Priority Application Review Deadline: August 7, 2026 Summary: Relay Graduate School of Education (Relay) is an accredited not-for-profit institution of higher education serving thousands of educators from across the country, from pre-service teachers to system-level leaders. Our mission is to ensure that all students are taught by excellent educators, in order to build a more just world where every student has a clear path to a fulfilling life. Marketing & Communications builds trust and visibility for Relay's programs across Teacher Prep and Professional Education, translating the impact of our work into stories, campaigns, and materials that reach prospective students, partners, and educators. By growing awareness and demand and driving enrollment across our program lines, the team directly fuels Relay's mission to prepare excellent, diverse teachers and leaders for the students who need them most. Reporting to the Director, Marketing Operations the Manager, Program Marketing Manager owns the intake and execution of marketing requests from every business line so that flyers, emails, case studies, and event materials ship accurately and on time, without bottlenecking the team's strategic capacity. Role’s Contributions (Duties and Responsibilities): The essential responsibilities of this position, while not limited to the following, will include: Marketing Request Intake & Project Planning (40%): Serve as the primary point of contact for marketing requests from business lines across Teacher Prep and Professional Education, translating stakeholder needs into clearly scoped, actionable requests. Attend meetings with business line teams to proactively identify upcoming marketing needs and project requirements. Coordinating with the Director, Marketing Operations and stakeholders, manage the marketing request board by logging, triaging, and scoping incoming work to establish priorities, timelines, and next steps. Partner with sales, program, and customer service teams to gather information and support consistent messaging and go-to-market coordination. Marketing Project & Production Management (45%): Manage the end-to-end workflow and coordination of digital, social media, content, email, and traditional advertising projects and campaigns. Coordinate with internal team members, agencies, and freelance partners to establish deliverables, track progress, manage dependencies, and flag delays or risks. Maintain the marketing production calendar, providing shared visibility into active projects, deadlines, dependencies, and workload across markets and business lines. Coordinate with the marketing team members (Director, Brand and Communications, Manager, Creative, and Manager, Social Media) to route requests to the appropriate owners and ensure projects reflect established brand, creative, and channel requirements. Partner with the Director of Marketing Operations to align project workflows and timelines with established priorities and identify opportunities to improve the marketing intake and production process. Event & Conference Coordination (15%) Coordinate the planning, production, and delivery of marketing collateral for events, conferences, and convenings, including signage, handouts, and digital assets. Manage swag ordering and fulfillment for conferences and events, including vendor coordination, budget tracking, and delivery logistics. QUALIFICATIONS First and foremost, the Marketing Manager must share the Relay community’s commitment to working together to improve student growth and achievement through phenomenal teacher preparation grounded in diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism. This includes providing teacher preparation programs that set novice teachers up to succeed in the classroom from day one; leadership programs that train new and veteran school and district leaders to best serve their school communitie…