Location: Remote + Travel

Employment Type: Full-time, exempt

Salary Range: $73,300 - $80,630

Benefits: High-quality health and dental insurance, paid vacation, employer-matched retirement plan

The Organization

At Thrive Scholars, we empower high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds by providing the skills, guidance, and professional networks they need to excel in top colleges and launch careers that lead to economic mobility.

Our comprehensive and data-driven program model focuses on the key inflection points that can be the difference between graduating from any college and graduating from a top college with the grades, degree, career skills, and network needed to thrive in any career. Thrive Scholars originated in Los Angeles as South Central Scholars (“SCS”) twenty five years ago. Over this time, the organization has refined its program model and, in the last five years, has focused on expanding nationally; reaching more high-achieving students from under-resourced communities, growing the number of Scholars we serve; and deepening our program impact. Thrive Scholars has begun to grow its footprint with new summer program offerings in three additional cities. The organization has approximately 65 year-round employees and close to 200 summer employees.

The Program: 

The Marketing & Communications team at Thrive Scholars ensures our internal and external messaging is clear, consistent, and mission-driven. From Scholar and alumni spotlights to event materials, digital campaigns, and fundraising collateral, our team helps elevate Thrive’s brand and tell the powerful stories of the Scholars we serve. This role will work closely with the Development, Recruitment, Program, and Marketing teams to deliver creative and impactful communications that strengthen engagement with Scholars, families, donors, and partners. The role will report into the Chief Operating Officer. 

The Position or Opportunity:
Thrive Scholars is seeking a detail-oriented and collaborative Marketing & Communications Manager to support the execution of content and communications efforts that elevate the organization’s visibility and storytelling. This individual will play a key role in helping with content creation, campaign coordination and strategy, digital asset management, cross-functional support, and KPI reporting and analysis.

The Marketing & Communications Manager will work closely with colleagues across the organization to produce high-quality materials that align with Thrive’s brand, messaging, and mission and set short-term campaign strategies. This is an ideal opportunity for a strong communicator who is early in their marketing/communications career and eager to grow in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

The ideal candidate is passionate about storytelling and has excellent writing and editing skills, a strong eye for detail and design, and comfort juggling multiple deadlines. 

Key Responsibilities: 

Content Creation & Distribution

• Create and build templates for email newsletters, blog posts, event collateral, annual reports, and other materials as needed
• Assist with writing and proofreading Scholar and alumni stories
• Coordinate the distribution of marketing materials to internal and external audiences
• Support social media posting, scheduling, and asset gathering
• Create original marketing content across platforms, including social media posts, reels, short-form videos, and graphics aligned with Thrive’s brand

Project & Campaign, and Website Coordination

• Build and lead a centralized intake and coordination process for internal marketing and communications requests, including campaign and content needs
• Develop strategy for short-term and regional campaigns, and own content calendars and digital campaign timelines
• Coordinate internal approvals and production logistics
• Manages website vendors and support updates to the Thrive website using a CMS (e.g., WordPress or Squarespace)
• Oversee scholar summer interns by planning and managing campaign and content deliverables, while coaching them on content creation best practices

Marketing Analytics & Performance Tracking

• Compile and interpret communications metrics, producing clear analytics reports that highlight key trends and results
• Support data hygiene best practices, including consistent naming, tagging, and documentation of campaigns and content

Brand & Asset Management

• Support the development of Thrive’s visual style across materials 
• Ensure consistent application of Thrive’s brand guidelines across materials
• Organize and maintain inventory of branded templates, flyers, and presentations
• Track usage of photos, logos, and brand assets in materials

General Administrative Support

• Assist with scheduling meetings, managing folders, and organizing digital assets
• Provide logistical support for communications-related events and campaigns
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Experience:
There are innumerable ways to learn, grow and excel professionally. We respect this when we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of each applicant. The qualifications and experiences listed below are intended as a guide; we do not expect candidates to check every box.  If you believe you can meet the expectations and responsibilities of this position, we want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work.

• 2-5 years of experience in a communications, marketing, or content creation role
• Strong creative design, writing, proofreading, and copyediting skills
• Demonstrated ability to plan and manage multi-channel marketing or communications campaigns / projects and meet deadlines
• Proficiency in Google Workspace; comfort with digital tools like Canva
• Experience managing social media content and engagement across platforms (e.g., Instagram, LinkedIn)
• Ability to update and maintain website content using a content management system
• Willingness and ability to attend occasional in-person events to support content gathering or logistics
• Strong organizational and communication skills with experience working across teams 
• Alignment with Thrive Scholars’ mission and values

Compensation and Benefits:

Thrive Scholars offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including high-quality health, dental, and disability insurance, three weeks of paid vacation (four weeks after two years of employment), and access to an employer-matched retirement plan. This is a full-time, exempt.

Travel Expectations: 

This position will potentially require some national travel from June - August for our Summer Academies. The travel schedule will be set in consultation with the Senior Leadership Team.

Equal Employment Opportunities

Thrive Scholars provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status. We strongly encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

For more information, please visit thrivescholars.org