Marketing Engagement Associate

Marketing Engagement Associate

Jazz St. Louis is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to lead our community in advancing the uniquely American art of jazz through performance, education, and community engagement.

Jazz St. Louis seeks a Marketing Engagement Associate who is highly driven, independent, and detail-oriented. This individual must be committed to the mission of Jazz St. Louis and willing to work intimately with the JSL Team to manage and maximize its resources as we strive to ascertain our north star. The selected candidate must be willing to live full-time in St. Louis, Missouri.

About Jazz St. Louis

Jazz St. Louis began in 1995 as a presenter of regional, national, and international jazz musicians in a small, intimate atmosphere. Over the years, the organization has become a unique and successful non-profit arts organization focused on teaching jazz’s cultural significance and historical importance alongside presenting the music. Jazz St. Louis strives to be the leader in developing unique programming that engages youth and adults alike and preserves the shared cultural heritage embodied in jazz music.

Jazz St. Louis’ mission focuses on three areas : performance, education,and community engagement.

Pursuit of this mission led to robust growth and the completion of an $8.5 million capital campaign in 2014 which opened the Harold & Dorothy Steward Center for Jazz in the heart of the Grand Center Arts District. This new space allowed for JSL to grow into its reputation as a leading jazz venue by housing all performance, education, and office resources in one place. The performance space — The Ferring Jazz Bistro — has earned accolades from patrons and musicians alike, calling it one of the top five listening rooms in the world, while Nancy’s Jazz Lounge provides a comfortable space to watch the performances in a casual setting.The Centene Jazz Education Center on the building’s third floor was designed explicitly for hands-on instruction and has become a comfortable and safe space for students to share, learn, and develop as musicians.

Each year, JSL presents an 18-show subscription series consisting of five nights of performancesbyinternationally acclaimed artists,including Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Chick Corea, David Sanborn, Christian McBride, Marcus Miller, Ray Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Poncho Sanchez, Robert Glasper, The Bad Plus, and Terrace Martin. Including the subscription series, special performances, and locally led groups, Jazz St. Louispresents programs over 170 nights per year.More than 40,000 people attend our performances as part of the subscription series, special events, or regional artist performances.Hundreds of St. Louis-based and nationally renowned musicians have graced our stage.

JSL’s education programs cultivate the next generation of musicians, patrons, and leaders through hands-on training, performance, concert experiences, resources for educators, and connections with inspirational regional and touring artists. The in-house training programs, JazzU and Jazz Academy provide students from all over the area with in-depth jazz instruction from the region’s top jazz educators. The Emerson Jazz for Our Schools program provides schools with inspirational concert experiences with the national touring artists that perform on the Jazz St. Louis stage. The Artist Residency program brings top national touring artists into schools for clinics, masterclasses, and performances. JSL holds a yearly jazz band festival in conjunction with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington program, providing a fantastic performance opportunity, clinics, and masterclasses to high school bands from all around the Midwest. Finally, the Elementary Curriculum Partnerships provide teachers with curricular resources and professional development to increase the amount and quality of jazz in the general music curriculum. All of these programs are brought to students, teachers, and schools free of charge.

JSL’s Community Engagement programs strengthen our community through collaborative connections to jazz in new and unique ways. The Whitaker Jazz Speaks program brings well-known authors, scholars, and musicians for free lectures paired with one-of-a-kind performances covering topics as wide-ranging as jazz and civil rights to jazz’s connection to baseball. The JazzSt. Louis Book Club, curated and led by Washington University professor Dr. Gerald Early, allows literary lovers to engage in jazz through the printed word. Our Community Engagement programs also reach families with young children. Music Heals uses the rhythms and sounds of jazz to provide a fresh take on music motor therapy for toddlers with developmental delays. Additionally, JSL provides kinder music with a jazz flair in presenting Jazz at Lincoln Center’s WeBop program. JSL’s video library of instructional videos for music teachers and students is available on the internet and viewed worldwide.

JSL joined with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis to co-commission two operas by Terence Blanchard, 2013’s Champion, and 2019’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, the Metropolitan Opera’s first performance of an opera by a Black composer.

JSL’s radio program, The Next Set : From Jazz St. Louis, produced in partnership with St. Louis Public Radio, is broadcast over several regional terrestrial stations and streamed online.

Most recently, in May 2021, JSL announced the appointment of trumpeter Keyon Harrold as its first Creative Advisor, a three-year position made possible through the support of the Mellon Foundation. Harrold’s involvement with JSL is an exciting opportunity to make new musical connections and grow the organization’s influence on St. Louis and the surrounding region, culminating in Jazz St. Louis’ first-ever solo commission in Spring 2024.

Jazz St. Louis employs 15 full-time staff, several part-time box officers, and variouscontract roles supporting education and community engagement efforts. The Marketing Engagement Associate reports to the Director of Marketing.

Job Description

Jazz St. Louis (JSL) offers an exciting for a Marketing Engagement Associate to assist the marketing department with initiatives and programs that promote performance, education, and community engagement endeavors. A balance of creativity and logistical skills is essential for this position, requiring project management and communication tasks. A natural ability to interact with patrons, both in person and via correspondence, is crucial. The Marketing Engagement Associate will assist in increasing customer engagement metrics aligned with broader marketing strategies.

JSL desires a tech-savvy professional with a proclivity for design, communication, and research and a desire to engage with current and future patrons through physical and digital channels.

Primary Responsibilities

Coordinate

• Support the marketing department’s initiatives by planning, executing, and tracking email campaigns, web page maintenance, and social media content marketing.
• Assist with the development, execution, and monitoring of marketing efforts, including email, digital, social media, and content marketing campaigns, creating original content,and assisting in data collection and analytics.
• Independently coordinate communications between staff, patrons, and vendors to move projects forward, including prioritizing tasks with stringent deadlines.
• Monitor, facilitate, and engage in online conversations with patrons, including responding to interactions and inquiries.
• Oversee calendar listings and appropriate responses to online review sites.
• Assist in supplying images and descriptions of artists to be featured on The Next Set : From Jazz St. Louis, Jazz St. Louis’ collaborative show with St. Louis Public Radio.

Create

Report

Ideal Experience and Skills

The candidate invited to join JSL should possess the following skills and qualifications :

Requirements

Qualifications

Compensation

The Marketing Engagement Associate position is full-time with competitive benefits and a salary range between $45K and $55K annually.

To Apply

Interested applicants should send a statement of interest, resume, and three professional references to careers@jazzstl.org . The statement of interest is your formal introduction to JSL and should detail why you think you are the best candidate for this position.

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