UU Student - Admin​/Clerical

Job Summary

The Graduate Programs & Executive Education department at the David Eccles School of Business is seeking a Marketing Assistant to support the execution of email, text, and digital marketing campaigns for Graduate Programs and Executive Education. This role focuses on marketing communications, campaign coordination, data management, and operational support for ongoing enrollment initiatives.

Your primary responsibilities will include content creation, event scheduling, data entry, and providing general support to the team’s day-to-day activities. This role offers the opportunity to gain practical experience in a marketing environment and contribute to our team’s efforts.

• Assist with drafting, building, scheduling, and QA of email, text message, and social media campaigns across multiple audiences.
• Coordinate and schedule marketing communications and recruiting events across email, text, web, and calendar platforms, ensuring accuracy, timing, and alignment with campaign goals.
• Enter, update, and maintain lead data in Salesforce to support campaign execution, segmentation, and reporting.
• Help prepare materials for events, such as printed collateral, signage, and more.
• Monitor email and social media campaign performance, providing reports as needed.
• Provide administrative support, including answering phones and covering the front desk when necessary.
• Perform other tasks as assigned to support the overall marketing strategy.

This job description is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Nearly Continuously:
Office environment.

Nearly Continuously:
Sitting, hearing, listening, talking.

Often:
Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking.

• Basic understanding of marketing concepts and digital platforms, or a strong desire to learn
• Strong attention to detail, particularly in data entry, content review, and scheduling
• Critical thinking skills and sound judgment; comfortable asking questions when needed
• Ability to work independently and communicate effectively with remote team members, including participating in virtual meetings for training and direction
• Comfort working with email or text messaging platforms (e.g., marketing emails, newsletters, SMS)
• Ability to follow campaign timelines and execution checklists
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

• Experience with graphic design, Adobe Creative Suite, or web editing is a plus but not required.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, marketing tools, or CRM systems is a plus
• Interest in marketing operations, communications, or analytics

Additional Information

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at  for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’s post-retirement rules and restrictions.

Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at  or  or University Human Resource Management at  if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and patients from all backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education and quality healthcare for historically underrepresented students and patients.

All qualified individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not…