Marketing Assistant

Habitat America is a third-party property management company that manages approximately 100 apartment communities primarily focused in the Mid Atlantic- Maryland, Virginia, and DC area.

We are seeking to hire a Full Time (40 hours per week) Marketing Assistant to help with promoting Habitat America and the apartment communities that we manage. This is a great opportunity for those looking to build their Marketing resume!

If you are team player with a strong work ethic, attention to detail, and excellent writing skills, this position may be right for you. If you have the skills and experience below, please apply now! This role combines outreach marketing as well as digital graphic design. In this capacity, the candidate would be responsible for marketing our communities and traveling to each site to perform outreach, and will also have the opportunity to assist our design department.

Job Responsibilities May Include:

Outreach Capacity Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain positive branding for the company, communities and residents

• Act as a liaison between onsite staff and local community (organizations and businesses)

• Develop and execute marketing plans

• Research target market and distribute promotional materials accordingly.

• Communicate and coordinate with prospects & leads to increase traffic to leasing office.

• Attend promotional events for the property including but not limited to: on-site at the property, housing fairs, career fairs or competitor events.

• Extensive weekly travel to sites, primarily within the DC metro region. Reliable transportation required.

Graphic Design Responsibilities

• Assisting corporate Marketing Department in updating property Marketing collateral and company branding.

• Assist with editing and production of marketing collateral working in tandem with the Graphic Designers.

• Assists with maintaining company blog, and website; including creative writing, editing and creating engaging content.

• Assists with maintaining corporate and apartment community reputation management.

Relevant Experience Required

• 1-2 years of hands-on marketing, communications, or related field experience

• Strong customer service skills

• Excellent Marketing copywriting skills

• Fundamental knowledge of marketing principles

• Design skills with familiarity of Adobe Creative Suite (including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.)

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite- Word, Excel, Power Point

• Leasing Property Management experience and file management experience is a plus!

Relevant Experience Desired

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or related field (moved from required experience.)

• Basic understanding of WordPress

• Experience in creating email-based marketing campaigns (mail chip); re-engagement and A/B testing email campaigns is a plus

• Basic knowledge of html code a plus; but not required.

• RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION REQUIRED.

EOE.