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The Marketing Coordinator

a.k.a. Marketing Assistant · Growth Coordinator · Community Coordinator

Owns basic marketing execution that keeps the phone ringing.

Department
in the org chart
Setting
Office
behind a desk
Reports to
General Manager
one rung up
Typical age
29
median
Marketing Coordinator
Marketing Coordinator
median age 29 · bachelor's degree in marketing or communications
composite of operators we work with →

Who they are

Where the marketing coordinator runs the day from the desk.

Owns basic marketing execution that keeps the phone ringing.

Software relationship: daily

Goals · what “good” looks like

  • More inbound demand month over month
  • Rating above 4.5 stars
  • Consistent brand presence
Also called
Marketing AssistantGrowth CoordinatorCommunity Coordinator
Department
in the org chart
Setting
Office
behind a desk most days

Who shows up · how they think

Demographics & mindset.

Demographics

typical age
29
median we see in the field
schooling
Bachelor's degree in marketing or communications
most learned on the job
pay range
$38k – $58k
base + role-tied incentives
software relationship
daily

Typical MBTI types

the temperaments we keep meeting in this seat

ENFP
The Campaigner
spark + connection
ENFJ
The Protagonist
rallies the team
ESFP
The Entertainer
energy, customer rapport

A day with the marketing coordinator

Wake to bed.

12 waypoints. 2 peak-stress hours.

7:00a

Review check

Coffee at the desk. Opens the listings dashboard before email — eleven new reviews overnight, two of them three-star, one mentioning a tech by name in a good way. Flags the two negatives for response before the team huddle.

8:00a

Lead source pull

Pulls yesterday's booked-job report against ad spend in the spreadsheet. Paid search booked nine, Facebook booked one, the radio spot booked zero again. Drops the numbers in the doc for the Friday agency call.

9:00a

Review responses

Drafts replies to the two three-stars. The first is a scheduling complaint — apologizes specifically, names the dispatcher who'll follow up, no canned language. The second is a pricing gripe on a fair invoice — thanks them, holds the line, doesn't argue.

10:00a

Ops sync

Fifteen minutes with the Operations Manager before the spring tune-up promo goes live Friday. Capacity is tight on Saturdays — caps the promo at fifty bookings a week so the techs don't drown. Updates the landing page copy to match.

10:30a

Website update

Swaps the homepage hero to the spring tune-up offer. Checks the booking form on her phone, then on the iPad her boss gave her the day she started — same form, two different paths broken. Files a ticket with the dev shop.

11:30a

Agency call

Thirty minutes with the SEO agency. Pushes back on the three blog posts they pitched — doesn't want generic 'why is my AC making noise' content. Asks for service-area pages on the two zips where the techs are running light.

12:30p

Lunch walk

Salad and a loop around the building. Voice-memos three social post ideas — the apprentice's certification photo, the install crew's truck the dispatcher detailed last weekend, the Saturday food truck the office orders from.

1:30p

Social batch

Drafts and schedules four posts in Canva and the scheduler. Texts the apprentice for permission on the photo — he sends back a thumbs-up and a selfie. Asks the GM to review the install-crew post before it goes out.

2:30p

Direct mail

Pulls the proof for next month's postcard from the printer's portal. Catches a wrong phone number on the back panel, sends it back. Reschedules the drop date by a week to keep it from landing the same week as the email blast.

3:30p

Lead trace

Picks one of yesterday's booked jobs and walks it backward — Google ad click, call rail recording, dispatcher note, sold job, completed invoice. Eight hundred and forty in revenue against an eleven-dollar click. Drops it in the GM's Friday folder.

4:30p

Listings cleanup

Updates the holiday hours on Google, Yelp, and the BBB profile before someone calls asking on Memorial Day. Fixes the service-area boundary on the Google profile that quietly shrank last month.

5:30p

Wrap

Reviews tomorrow — agency follow-up, postcard re-proof, two more reviews to respond to. Closes the laptop, leaves the social drafts queued for the GM's morning approval.

What they own · where they slip

The job, frankly.

Core duties

what’s on their plate every week

Manage online listings and review response
Coordinate marketing campaigns and promotions
Maintain website content
Track lead sources
Coordinate with external marketing partners

Where they trip

watch for these, they’re common

Spending budget without tracking which channels produce booked jobs
Ignoring negative reviews or responding defensively
Not coordinating campaigns with operations capacity

What makes them a champion

Trace a lead from first ad click through phone call through booked job through completed invoice.
, what the marketing coordinator says the first time the dashboard finally clicks.

Career map · the ladder in and out

Where they came from, where they’re headed.

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Marketing Coordinator
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