AGA Job Openings

Marketing Manager

Responsible for working with the Director of Marketing and AGA staff to develop and implement marketing strategies that can include: membership recruitment and retention, AGA PAC, AGA Foundation, AGA Institute, promotion of AGA products and services, and coordination of trade show activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

General Management:

  • Develops, implements, and tracks marketing strategies and tactics to advance the goals and objectives of AGA and AGA Institute.
  • Initiates and manages marketing projects, including direct mail, advertising, Internet, broadcast fax and email, social media, etc.
  • Monitors the financial status and prospects of the programs and activities under her/his purview. Ensures that expenditures are appropriately authorized and within budget.
  • Maintains relationships with and manages internal and external designers and printers.
  • Assumes other duties commensurate with this position as assigned.

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Works with the Director of Marketing and staff from other departments to develop marketing concepts, including copy and design approaches, which adhere to and build on the AGA brand. Writes and edits copy.
  • Develops project timelines and ensures deadlines are met.
  • Ensures measurement techniques are built into marketing activities, tracks marketing results and provides reports on individual projects.
  • Monitors individual project budgets.
  • Quotes design and print to outside vendors on a project by project basis.
  • Works with designers to ensure designs meet project requirements as well as overall AGA design standards.
  • Supervises print buying and print production.
  • Writes promotional articles for AGA print and electronic publications. Works with the Director of Marketing to identify newsworthy events involving membership programs, products and services. Develops articles that will complement existing marketing efforts for said programs, products and services. Coordinates placement of articles with Editor/Program Director.
  • Tracks competition and maintains an archive of marketing collateral.
  • Coordinates trade show exhibit activities.
  • Assumes other duties commensurate with this position as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Degree in marketing or related experience (preferably health care related).
  • Five-seven years of progressively responsible experience in all aspects of marketing, including direct marketing, advertising and e-commerce. Experience in social media marketing a plus.
  • Experience working in a membership organization developing, implementing and tracking membership recruitment and retention plans.
  • Experience working with designers and experience in print buying and management.

Please forward resume and cover letter with salary requirements to lgrone@gastro.org.

Education Coordinator

Responsible for a variety of administrative functions that support the activities of the Education Department, including specific CME activities (i.e. Spring Postgraduate Course, Academic Skills Workshop, online educational activities) and the Education and Training Committee. 

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assists in the coordination and implementation of educational courses, enduring materials and other educational activities, including faculty logistics, brochure and syllabus production.
  • Provides research, writing, and editing support for developing needs assessment and evaluation reports for educational activities.
  • Coordinates all aspects related to the faculty of educational activities, including correspondence, speaker forms, faculty handbooks and syllabus materials.
  • Coordinates the invitation and confirmation of faculty/ speakers for the annual Postgraduate Course, selected freestanding symposia, and enduring materials.
  • Maintains filing system for educational activities and Education and Training Committee in accordance with AGA policy and ACCME requirements.
  • Maintains CME credit tracking database, inputs CME data and routinely responds to CME credit requests and performs regular correspondence.
  • Responds to member questions about CME credits, educational offerings and other inquiries.
  • Provides administrative support to the Education team; schedules conference calls and meetings, assembles and distributes agenda packets and orientation books, distributes meeting minutes and other follow-up items.
  • Performs reception/phone duty in accordance with AGA policy.
  • Process es invoices, check requests, and travel reimbursements.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Experience in customer service and/or administrative capacity in healthcare, education or non-profit industries.

Please forward resume and cover letter with salary requirements to lgrone@gastro.org.