Junior Analyst - Marketing

StepStone is seeking a highly motivated Junior Analyst to support the Marketing & Communications team in our La Jolla office. The role spans content, communications, and internal events. To excel in this role, the candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced team environment, support numerous concurrent projects, and be a visible and helpful presence in the office. This is a full-time, hourly position, in-office 4 days per week. 

What you’ll do

• Assist with the creation, formatting, and branding review of marketing materials, help maintain the content library and SharePoint, run the content library help desk and train users 
• Help draft communications campaigns, manage thought leadership trackers, help develop AI tools to improve operational bottlenecks, and own content upload processes. 
• Serve as the on-site contact for local events, own the local swag inventory, and support internal event communications

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the branding/content team to create, format, and review marketing materials, ensuring they are consistent with brand guidelines 
• Assist in maintaining and supporting marketing platforms (content library, SharePoint)
• Help run the content library helpdesk and monitoring inbox
• Train users on how to use content library
• Curate and organize the content library
• Maintain thought leadership calendar
• Draft communications campaigns for thought leadership
• Conduct competitive market research
• Help develop AI skills and tools to improve team efficiency
• Own La Jolla office swag inventory
• Design digital assets for ERGs and other community events
• Maintain event invite lists, RSVPs, and attendance records
• Photograph events for internal and external use
• Send follow up emails

What we’re looking for

• Prefer for candidate to be able to work in person in our La Jolla office through May 2027 with the option to extend through Dec 2027
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, graphic design, or a related field with a 3.5 minimum GPA preferred
• Ability to work on-site in our La Jolla office 4 days per week
• Interest in content development, event planning, marketing, communications
• Curios about using AI to improve how marketing work gets done
• Excellent communicator
• Self-starter with strong social skills, a collaborative approach, and a positive attitude 
• Excellent knowledge of branding and graphic design with acute attention to fine details and visual consistency including font, colors, alignment, consistency, etc. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel essential; Teams a plus)
• Experience with design tools such as Canva and Adobe creative suite, and comfort taking quality photos
• Demonstrated initiative, with the ability to work independently and ask for help when needed

Salary: $30 per hour

The salary is an estimate of pay for this position.  Actual pay may vary depending on job-related factors that can include location, education, skill, and experience.  The salary does not include any benefits or other forms of possible compensation that may be available to employees.