Marketing Specialist - Full Time-Temporary

Overview

SRI is seeking a full-time temporary (ideally September through March) Marketing Specialist to provide marketing and communications support to the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C®) and will report to the QED-C Sr. Manager, Membership & Operations. This role is remote within the U.S.

The Marketing Specialist will support a range of digital marketing and communications activities, including social media, newsletter creation and distribution, email marketing, event marketing, website updates, vendor coordination, and brand quality control, ensuring QED-C is represented consistently and appropriately as the trusted voice of the quantum industry. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented marketing generalist who can manage recurring communications, coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, and ensure materials are clear, polished, timely, and consistent with organizational brand standards.

Responsibilities

• Draft, schedule, and publish social media content across organizational channels, primarily LinkedIn.
• Support the creation, formatting, and distribution of biweekly newsletters.
• Deploy email marketing campaigns, including drafting copy, building emails, managing distribution lists, scheduling sends, and tracking basic performance metrics.
• Build and distribute emails using HubSpot
• Support marketing and communications for events, workshops, special meetings, and webinars.
• Working in collaboration with the QED-C Events Manager, support flagship event-related promotional campaigns, including emails, social media posts, website updates, registration copy, speaker highlights, reminders, sponsor or member recognition, and post-event communications and outputs.
• Make routine website updates in WordPress, including posting news items, events, publications, resources, and other content. Ensure website content is accurate, well-formatted, current, and aligned with organizational messaging.
• Manage basic contact lists, campaign assets, and marketing workflows as needed.
• Track and report basic engagement metrics for newsletters, emails, social media, and campaigns.
• Proofread and edit marketing content for clarity, accuracy, formatting, tone, and brand alignment.
• Ensure all marketing materials, digital content, email campaigns, social media posts, event promotions, website updates, graphics, and vendor-created assets align with the organization’s brand voice, visual identity, messaging, and quality standards.
• Review drafts, designs, proofs, and final assets for consistency in tone, formatting, terminology, logo usage, colors, typography, and overall presentation.
• Apply brand guidelines across internal and external marketing materials, including assets created by vendors, contractors, freelance writers, designers, and internal contributors.
• Help maintain organized brand assets, templates, messaging documents, and style guidance to support consistent execution across channels.
•  Create simple graphics and marketing assets in Canva.
• Flag inconsistencies, outdated messaging, or off-brand materials and coordinate revisions before publication or distribution.
• Coordinate with external vendors, contractors, and internal stakeholders to support marketing and communications deliverables to keep projects moving on schedule and within agreed-upon scope.
• Manage timelines, details, and follow-up for promotional item orders, including gathering specifications, reviewing proofs, tracking approvals, and coordinating delivery needs.
• Support coordination of blog content with external writers, contributors, or subject matter experts, including managing drafts, edits, approvals, and posting timelines.
• Work with graphic design contractors or agencies on larger design projects, including providing creative briefs, gathering feedback, tracking revisions, and ensuring final assets align with brand standards.
• Maintain organized records of vendor contacts, project details, deadlines, proofs, files, and approvals.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship or Perm Residency required.
• Must submit a cover letter. Can be submitted with the resume or as a separate attachment.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, public relations, journalism, or a related field, or 2 years equivalent professional experience without a degree.
• 2–4 years of experience in marketing, communications, digital marketing, or a related role.
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Experience creating and scheduling social media content, especially for LinkedIn.
• Experience with email marketing platforms; HubSpot experience strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with Canva or similar design tools.
• Experience making website updates in WordPress.
• Strong understanding of brand consistency, including the ability to apply voice, tone, messaging, and visual identity standards across multiple channels and asset types.
• Excellent editorial judgment and attention to detail, with the ability to review written and visual materials for accuracy, clarity, consistency, and brand alignment.
• Experience coordinating with vendors, contractors, freelance writers, designers, printers, or promotional item providers.
• Ability to write clear creative briefs, gather stakeholder feedback, manage revisions, and track approvals.
• Strong project coordination skills, including the ability to manage timelines, details, and follow-up across internal and external collaborators.
• Comfortable working independently, managing recurring deadlines, and asking clear questions when needed.
• Ability to quickly learn an organization’s voice, brand standards, communications priorities, and stakeholder audiences.
• Adhere to established policies and processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work within East Coast business hours (8 am–6 pm) preferred
• Experience supporting event marketing campaigns.
• Experience working with member-based organizations, nonprofits, associations, or technology-focused organizations.
• Familiarity with B2B marketing, stakeholder communications, or technical audiences.
• Basic understanding of marketing analytics, including email open rates, click-through rates, social engagement, and website traffic.
• Experience with marketing calendars, project management tools, and campaign planning.
• Experience working in a remote or hybrid environment.

Physical Demands:

• Work requires use of hands and fingers, ability to reach with hands and arms
• Ability to operate a computer for several hours at a time
• Travel 1–2 times (up to 5 consecutive nights at a time)
• May be asked to move or lift up to 35 pounds infrequently and transport materials, boxes, and goods with moderate weight (up to 35 pounds) less than 1 mile at a time

The salary range is: $64,136-$93,200. Salary ranges will vary and are based on several factors, including geographic location, market competitiveness and equity amongst internal employees in similar roles. Positions may also qualify for SRI's Pay for Outstanding Performance program or the annual Performance Based Compensation program. SRI also has a competitive benefits package, to view details please go to https://www.sri.com/resources/benefits/. SRI will accept applications until the position is filled.

SRI is an independent nonprofit research institute headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., with a rich history of supporting government and industry. We create and deliver world-changing solutions for a safer, healthier, and more sustainable future. For almost 80 years, we have collaborated across technical and scientific disciplines to discover and develop groundbreaking products and technologies and bring innovations and ideas to the marketplace.