[Hiring] Marketing Executive @Public Library of Science

Role Description

PLOS is a nonprofit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy, and practice. We believe in a better future where science is open to all, for all.

The Marketing Executive supports the successful delivery of PLOS’ marketing and communications strategy, delivering activity across campaigns, digital channels, events, and other marketing initiatives. The role combines hands-on marketing delivery with strong coordination skills, helping translate marketing plans and briefs into effective activity across web, advertising, events, and marketing assets.

Working collaboratively across Marketing & Communications and with wider organisational stakeholders, the Marketing Executive takes responsibility for defined marketing activities and projects, ensuring they are delivered effectively, on time, to brand standards and with appropriate measurement and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and coordinate marketing activity across a range of channels, including web, digital advertising, events, and other campaign activity.
• Work from agreed marketing briefs and campaign objectives to implement activity effectively, accurately, and to agreed timelines.
• Support the creation, production, and implementation of campaign assets, including landing pages, digital content, multimedia, and marketing collateral.
• Make routine web content updates across PLOS marketing platforms, working within agreed brand, accessibility, and digital best-practice standards.
• Support the set-up, delivery, and ongoing management of display and other digital advertising activity.
• Coordinate webinars, sponsorships, and other marketing-led initiatives from brief through to delivery.
• Take ownership of defined marketing projects and activities, coordinating with colleagues and stakeholders as required.
• Work collaboratively with marketing specialists, contributing to the effective delivery of larger or more complex campaigns and projects.
• Monitor and collate performance information for campaigns and marketing activity using agreed measures and reporting tools.

Events and external activities

• Coordinate PLOS attendance at selected conferences and events, managing logistics, materials, suppliers, deadlines, and relevant budgets.
• Liaise with conference organisers, suppliers, and other external partners to ensure requirements are understood and delivered effectively.
• Work with Marketing & Communications, Editorial, Sales, and other stakeholders to ensure event activity supports agreed marketing and organisational objectives.
• Coordinate associated marketing activity before, during, and after events, including promotional materials, digital activity, and audience journeys.
• Evaluate event activity using agreed measures, capturing outcomes and recommendations to improve future activity.

Knowledge and skills

• Experience delivering marketing campaigns, events, digital activity, or other multi-channel marketing initiatives.
• Good understanding of digital marketing fundamentals, including web content, digital advertising, campaign tracking, and performance measurement.
• Experience with Google Ad Manager or other digital advertising platforms is desirable.
• Strong organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities and deadlines.
• Confident and clear communicator with the ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders, internally and externally.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to undertake effective quality assurance across marketing activity and assets.
• Familiarity with supplier management, budgeting, and event logistics.
• Able to work within established brand, accessibility, and digital standards while bringing a creative eye to marketing delivery.
• Proactive and practical approach to problem solving, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Collaborative and team-oriented, while able to take responsibility for defined activities and projects.
• Interest or experience in multimedia and digital content production is desirable.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
• Publishing experience preferred.

Requirements

• Occasional national and international travel will be required.
• Flexibility to support events outside typical working hours when necessary.
• Prolonged periods stationary at a desk and working on a computer.
• Some flexibility to work across time zones.

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Personal accident insurance
• Pension with up to 10% employer match
• 25 days holidays, market competitive Maternity and Paternity leave
• Birthday and three winter holidays days off
• 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year
• Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office

Company Description

Building on a strong legacy of pioneering innovation, PLOS continues to be a catalyst in open science, reimagining models to meet open science principles, removing barriers and promoting inclusion in knowledge creation and sharing, and publishing research outputs that enable everyone to learn from, reuse and build upon scientific knowledge.

Our work is supported by a highly skilled global in-house team, partnerships with local scholarly organizations, and the valued contributions of a diverse, international community of scientific researchers.

We’re committed to equal opportunity. We’re working to create a more equitable system of scientific knowledge and understanding. Removing barriers to inclusion and facilitating broad participation of voices is core to our success, inside and out.

Beyond accepting distinct perspectives, we seek and support divergent backgrounds among our staff because we know differences strengthen our teams, our work, and our communities. We strongly encourage applicants of all identities to join us as we work towards a future where science is open to all, for all.

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