Full-Time

Digital Marketing Manager

Updated on 8/23/2026

Cengage Group

Cengage Group

1,001-5,000 employees

Digital learning materials, courses, and subscriptions

Compensation Overview

$85k - $93k/yr

+ 5% annual target bonus

California, USA

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Growth & Marketing (1)
Required Skills
Microsoft Office
Lead Generation
SEO
Word/Pages/Docs
Google AdWords
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Google Analytics
PowerPoint/Keynote/Slides

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Requirements
  • At least 4 years of experience with pay-per-click, cost-per-click, cost-per-thousand-impressions, cost-per-lead, and media buying.
  • At least 4 years of experience with Google Ads and Google Analytics.
  • At least 4 years of experience with conversion rate optimization tools, search engine optimization, search engine marketing, social media marketing, mobile marketing, short message service, and email marketing.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • A bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business Management, Mass Communications, Journalism, Finance, Economics, or a similar field is required.
Responsibilities
  • Oversee primary marketing channels daily, including pay-per-click, paid social, display, and paid affiliate channels.
  • Develop and manage strategic digital marketing initiatives focused on paid lead generation.
  • Establish and execute testing strategies to optimize conversion rate and return on ad spend.
  • Identify new digital lead-generation solutions, opportunities, and partnerships to improve existing lead-generation processes and initiatives.
  • Source, establish, and foster relationships with vendors, contractors, and vertical partners.
  • Drive innovation and growth opportunities across all channels to maximize lead volume while maintaining optimal lead quality.
  • Analyze campaign performance and report key performance indicators, insights, and digital marketing metrics to management.
  • Plan, manage, and optimize digital marketing budgets.
  • Coordinate multiple resources, including web developers, programmers, designers, and agencies.
Desired Qualifications
  • Retargeting coordination experience.
  • Experience in educational marketing.
  • Fluency in Spanish.

Cengage Group provides educational technology and learning content for students and professionals across 125+ countries, including higher education, K-12, professional development, and online courses. It operates a digital-first, subscription-driven model with platforms and hybrid cloud delivery for e-books, courses, and study tools. Unlike traditional publishers, it combines three business lines—academic materials, work courses, and a library subscription—on a scalable digital backbone. Its goal is to make high-quality digital learning resources widely accessible and affordable through scalable platforms and subscriptions.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$509.5M

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded

1903

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Fiscal 2026 adjusted cash revenue reached $1.55 billion, up 1%, with 35% EBITDA margin.
  • Ed2go grew 24% in fiscal 2026, boosted by HCA, Amazon, and Novant Health partnerships.
  • Student Assistant expanded to one million students, creating sticky usage before fall 2026 rollouts.

What critics are saying

  • Google Gemini copyright suit, filed July 2026, threatens licensing economics and content control.
  • Schools revenue fell 7% in fiscal 2026, exposing dependence on uneven K-12 timing.
  • Debt remains $1.26 billion after restructuring; another acquisition shock strains flexibility.

What makes Cengage Group unique

  • Cengage bundles trusted content with AI tools across 800+ higher-ed products, August 2026.
  • Student Assistant guides problem-solving, not answers, preserving academic integrity and engagement.
  • Visible Body acquisition deepens science content with 24,000 assets across 1,000 institutions.

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Remote Work Options

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Company News

Associated Press
Aug 13th, 2026
Cengage integrates AI across 800+ higher education products to strengthen career-ready learning

Cengage has announced new AI capabilities across its higher education learning platforms, including Student Assistant, Instructor Assistant, and enhanced features within MindTap. The integrated tools aim to develop critical thinking and communication skills alongside AI literacy. Student Assistant provides contextual coaching based on Cengage content rather than generating answers. Students who struggle early in courses and use the tool are 90% more likely to continue submitting assignments through the term. Instructor Assistant gives faculty insights into student difficulties, enabling earlier intervention. MindTap offers AI-enabled scenarios and video-based assignments for real-world skills practice. This autumn, Student Assistant and Instructor Assistant will be available across more than 800 higher education products. According to Cengage's 2026 research, 58% of instructors believe today's graduates are less prepared for work than students a decade ago.

Business Wire
Apr 1st, 2026
Gale launches ECCO III, adding 1.7M undigitized pages to 18th-century research archive

Gale, part of Cengage, has launched Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Part III (ECCO III), adding 1.7 million previously undigitized pages to its existing 32-million-page archive. The collection includes early books, serials, newspapers and ephemera printed before 1801 from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Built on the British Library's English Short Title Catalog, ECCO III features high-quality, full-colour imaging of rare materials including broadsides, maps and miniature books. Advanced scanning technology enables researchers to examine fine details, including centuries-old handwritten margin notes. The digital collection, used by hundreds of universities worldwide, supports interdisciplinary research across subjects including business, politics, science and humanities. ECCO III includes advanced discovery tools and text-mining capabilities for researchers at all levels.

Apax
Jan 27th, 2026
Funds advised by Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners complete acquisition of Thomson Learning higher education assets from Thomson for US$7.75 billion | Apax Partners

Funds advised by Apax Partners announced today that, together with OMERS Capital Partners, they have completed the previously announced acquisition of the higher education, careers and library reference assets of Thomson Learning and Nelson Canada from The Thomson Corporation. The transaction had a combined total value of approximately US$7.75 billion.

PR Newswire
Mar 24th, 2025
Cengage Group Explores Ai'S Impact On Education At Asu+Gsv Summit 2025

BOSTON, March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --What: Cengage Group, a global edtech company, today announced that four executives will speak at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit, taking place next month in San Diego, Calif. ASU+GSV is a world-renowned education conference that brings together education, technology, business and government leaders to explore innovations in learning and skills development

PR Newswire
Mar 4th, 2025
New Ready To Hire Research Suggests Financial Barriers Preventing Gen Z From Closing The Skills Gap In The Skilled Trades

Research finds nearly all (98%) Gen Z jobseekers open to skilled trades careers would pursue those opportunities if training was funded and nearly 3 in 4 would be "extremely likely" to pursue programs offering paid training, revealing opportunities to attract new generation to manufacturing, healthcare and skilled tradesBOSTON, March 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ready to Hire, part of the skills training business of Cengage Group, a global edtech company, today released its Gen Z in the Skilled Workforce report - which surveyed 525 Gen Zers (age 18-29) currently working in or considering entry-level roles in manufacturing, skilled trades and healthcare - to better understand how they discover and evaluate career pathways. The research comes as industry estimates suggest that 4.2M U.S. workers are planning to retire next year, highlighting the urgent need for organizations to reach this next generation