Marketing Associate - Temporary

Company Overview

Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles (“GSGLA”) is the largest girl-serving nonprofit agency in the Los Angeles region. Our mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. www.girlscoutsla.org.

Our core values of Integrity, Clarity of Purpose, Accountability and Respect represent how we behave on a day-to-day basis. These are the specific behaviors that are imperative and encouraged in our company culture. 

We are committed to building a diverse staff that reflects the communities we work alongside, and we value diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace.

We encourage all qualified individuals to apply, and strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply. In addition, reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

Position Summary

The Temporary Marketing Associate at GSGLA will be assigned to serve designated departments as their primary point-of-contact and account representative in the Marketing & Communications Department as they coordinate, communicate, create, and execute dynamic and comprehensive marketing and communications campaigns. The Temporary Marketing Associate is a part-time employee of the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles (GSGLA) and reports to the Senior Manager of Communications, PR, and Events. The position will be responsible for campaigns and the production of assets for assigned departments.

In collaboration with the marketing and communications team, this function includes but is not limited to the following: influencing and brainstorming ideas for marketing campaigns, cross-departmental collaboration to build, communicate, and report on campaigns, market research, and continued education in marketing trends and emerging marketing channels.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Graphic design using Canva and Adobe creative suite.
• Social media content creation and management.
• Copy writing for emails and social media platforms.
• Experience with email marketing systems (i.e., familiarity with Salesforce Marketing Cloud is not required, but will use tools such as Mailchimp or similar to create, design, and send email campaigns).
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must be flexible, adaptable, and willing to thrive in an ever-changing/fast-paced environment.
• Ability to spend time sitting, utilizing the computer, and standing and walking throughout the facilities.
• Ability to travel via personal vehicle or public transportation to various facilities throughout the region.
• Ability to lift up to 15 pounds periodically.
• Flexibility to attend evening and/or weekend meetings and/or events
• Able to perform this job safely, without endangering the health or safety of themself or others.

The preceding functions have been provided as examples of the types of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind work assignments.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Recommended Education, Training and Experience

• Minimum of three (3) years demonstrated, progressive experience in marketing including at least three (3) of the following areas of experience: digital/social media content creation and management, writing, video editing and production, graphic design.
• Experience in Canva.
• Experience using Adobe creative suite.
• Social media content creation and management experience.
• General writing and editing support such as social media posts, website updates, copy-editing, Council communications, and collateral etc.
• Excellent organization and project management skills.
• Comfortable using Windows operating system

GSGLA Employee Requirements

• Comply with state-mandated reporter training
• Attend GSGLA signature events and/or other activities as assigned

Vaccination Policy

Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles requires its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to certain exemptions as required by law. New hires working at Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles must be fully vaccinated upon hire. Please contact the People & Culture Department for a copy of the vaccination policy.