PercussionSoftware, a leading web content management system provider with clients such asHotwire.com, Harvard Law School, and the U.S. State Department, is looking fora driven marketing specialist to develop a library of sales and marketingcollateral, support our growing social media and blogging efforts, and manageday-to-day updates to our web sites.
Candidatesshould possess superb writing skills, a demonstrated familiarity with socialmedia and SEO, and the ability to maintain an organized approach to swiftlyexecuting projects on a number of different fronts. We’re looking for anintellectually crisp, tirelessly motivated marketer who excels in a highlyentrepreneurial environment and can amplify our efforts to help businesses andorganizations manage their web presences.
Key Responsibilities:
While theMarketing Communications Specialist will wear many hats, work acrossdepartments, and have the opportunity to impact our online marketing strategyin nearly every way, the following represent the position’s keyresponsibilities:
Developing Sales and MarketingCollateral - Writingmarketing materials such as white papers, press releases, and case studies aswell as web copy to support our SEO efforts.
Social Media - Maintain frequent updates onPercussion’s web properties, such as our LinkedIn and Facebook pages. Identify, evaluate, and leverage new socialchannels. Support our blogging efforts by maintaining an ever-growing list ofinfluencers and bloggers and conducting outreach.
Website Updates - Build new web pages, upload newcollateral to the resources or press area, moderate comments, highlightpromotions, and generate landing pages for marketing and lead generationcampaigns.
Support Internal Reporting - Help compile web performance datacollected through Google and WebTrends Analytics, track the performance ofmarketing-delivered leads, and prepare internal updates.
Qualifications
-Bachelor’sDegree in Marketing, Communications, English, Journalism, PR or related field.
-Priormarketing experience at an established technology or services companypreferred.
-Expertcommand of the written word and strong verbal communications ability.
-Demonstratedfamiliarity with social media (including blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, andTwitter) and search engine optimization.
-Proficientin Microsoft Office Suite (including PowerPoint)
-Experiencewith Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop a plus.
Percussionoffers an excellent benefits package, including health, dental, vision and401k.
Qualifiedcandidates please send resume and two writing samples to marketing@percussion.com.Fax #781-438-9955.
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