Email Coordinator

Job Posting Title: Email Coordinator---- Hiring Department: University Development Office---- Position Open To: All Applicants---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40---- FLSA Status: Exempt from FLSA---- Earliest Start Date: Immediately---- Position Duration: Expected to Continue---- Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS---- Job Details: About The University of Texas at Austin What starts here changes the world. The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, ranks among the best universities in the world. With 76 programs ranked in the top 10, UT Austin is the #1 public university in Texas and the #7 public university in the nation. Like the state it calls home, The University of Texas at Austin is a bold, ambitious leader supporting more than 55,000 students, 4,750 faculty, 15,000 staff and top national programs across 18 colleges and schools. Amid the backdrop of Austin, Texas, a city recognized for its creative and entrepreneurial spirit, the University provides a place to explore countless opportunities for tomorrow’s artists, scientists, athletes, doctors, entrepreneurs and engineers. Learn more about UT’s mission and values and leadership. Why Join Texas Development? The University of Texas at Austin is a thriving hub of learning and discovery that anchors our city and enables excellence and innovation on the highest level. And it’s only possible because generous supporters believe in the power and promise of our state’s flagship university to change the world. With more than $6 billion raised in the What Starts Here campaign, Texas Development is quickly becoming one of the best fundraising programs in public higher education.   Texas Development is a dynamic community of 500+ fundraising professionals across the Forty Acres. We strive to reach the highest levels of achievement and success in all that we do by creating meaningful and powerful experiences for our donors.   Follow your passion, grow your career and help us change the world.   Benefits The University provides a competitive benefits package that includes insurance and retirement benefits in addition to other programs and services.   Texas Development supports growth by offering professional development opportunities that help every team member accomplish their goals, enrich their skillset and deepen their engagement with UT. Purpose Serve as the central coordination and quality-control point for alumni and donor email communications by managing centralized requests, coordinating campaign schedules, verifying that submissions meet established requirements, and activating approved campaigns in Eloqua in accordance with SPUR and Eloqua governance guidelines.   Responsibilities • Work with teams to manage the Alumni/Donor External Email Calendar by reviewing incoming requests for availability, coordinating campaign schedules, with a goal of minimizing recipient email fatigue. • Review submitted audience criteria, email assets, brand standards, legal requirements, and deliverability details to ensure requests are complete and compliant. • Prioritize email requests based on sending frequency, audience size, urgency, and organizational needs. • Coordinate with UT Austin colleges, schools, and units to finalize content, audience selections, and other required campaign assets. • Assist the Annual Giving team with Salesforce CRM campaign builds and campaign tracking through appeal codes and reports. • Activate approved alumni and donor email campaigns in Eloqua and verify that campaigns are accurately configured before deployment. • Manage and coordinate a high-volume of email sends per month while maintaining accuracy, consistency, and timely execution. • Maintain documentation and support adherence to established industry and UT Austin email governance guidelines. • Additional duties as assigned.   Salary $54,000   Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree and at least three years of experience in email marketing, digital communications, marketing operations, project coordination, or a related field. • Demonstrated ability to manage a high volume of time-sensitive requests, organize competing priorities, and maintain accuracy under deadlines. • Experience reviewing email content, audience criteria, or campaign assets for completeness and compliance with established standards. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, sound judgement, and proficiency with Microsoft Office or comparable workplace applications. • Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders across multiple organizational units and adapt to new marketing technologies, governance standards, and business processes.   Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.   Preferred Qualifications • Experience using Oracle Eloqua and Salesforce CRM or a comparable email marketing and CRM platforms. • Ability to coordinate a high-volume of email campaigns, centralized request queues, or editorial calendars. • Familiarity with audience segmentation, email deliverability, accessibility, brand standards, data privacy, and legal or regulatory requirements for external communications. • Experience working in higher education advancement or a similarly complex organization or industry. • Experience using project management, service management, calendar, or workflow tools to coordinate requests and deadlines. • Working knowledge of HTML and email quality-assurance practices.   Working Conditions • This position is based in Austin, Texas. • Must be eligible to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship. • Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. The University Development Office does not sponsor work visas for this position. • Works in standard office conditions, in a shared office environment, with repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation. • The standard work schedule for this on-site position is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. • May require additional hours during peak periods and special events. • Regular and consistent attendance is required in this job.   Required Materials • Resume/CV • Three professional references with contact information, including at least one current or former supervisor. • Letter of Interest Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above. ---- Employment Eligibility: Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.---- Retirement Plan Eligibility: