Marketing & Graphic Design Coordinator

El Jardín serves Latino communities through programs and partnerships, and the Marketing & Graphic Design Coordinator plays a central role in how those services and impact are communicated. Reporting to the Development & Marketing Manager, this onsite position helps ensure bilingual, culturally responsive storytelling across digital and print channels, from social media and email to website updates and campaign collateral.

Role Summary

This coordinator helps communities discover El Jardín’s services and helps partners and donors understand El Jardín’s impact through bilingual communications and culturally responsive marketing and design. The role produces print materials, digital content, social media content, and supports website updates under the direction of the Development & Marketing Manager.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain the social media, editorial, and campaign calendar, tracking assignments, approvals, due dates, and publication status.
• Craft, write, and curate approved impact-driven content for the website, email, social media, blogs, staff spotlights, and program promotions.
• Perform routine website and content-management updates, including metadata, links, images, and basic search-engine optimization practices.
• Coordinate content creation with programs and supervisor approval by gathering approved program details, photographs, stories, and impact information for culturally resonant narratives.
• Monitor shared marketing inboxes and channel activity, routing sensitive, media, donor, or urgent matters to the Manager.
• Maintain an accurate event calendar in collaboration with the Development & Marketing Manager for staff and volunteers supporting events.
• Support consistent English- and Spanish-language communications, coordinating review when formal translation or specialized approval is needed.
• Design campaign-supporting content and collateral while maintaining consistent brand identity and messaging across graphics, flyers, brochures, fact sheets, presentations, event materials, signage, invitations, e-blasts, and annual report layouts.
• Apply approved brand, language, accessibility, and formatting standards across all materials.
• Prepare production-ready files and coordinate routine print, translation, photography, and design-vendor logistics as assigned.
• Create and distribute promotional materials to raise awareness of organizational goals and financial needs.
• Maintain organized templates, logos, photographs, consent records, source files, and final assets with clear version control.
• Complete quality-control checks for spelling, dates, links, image quality, print specifications, accessibility, and approval status before release.
• Compile routine metrics for the website, email, social media, campaigns, and production, and prepare summaries for the Manager.
• Monitor keyword rankings to improve website performance, visibility, and SEO, adjusting strategy as needed.
• Maintain project files, production records, invoices, contact lists, and vendor information.
• Track expenses against assigned project amounts and report variances promptly; this position does not approve or manage the department budget.
• Protect confidential client, employee, donor, and organizational information.
• Perform other duties within the general scope and level of the position.

Requirements

• Spanish and English bilingual proficiency is required.
• Demonstrate bicultural knowledge of Latino communities and the ability to create culturally responsive communications.
• Ability to translate complex themes into meaningful, culturally responsive stories, adapting messaging and creative approach across platforms while preserving dignity and authenticity.
• Working knowledge of social media publishing, email marketing, website/content-management systems, and basic analytics.
• Proficiency with design tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, or comparable software, plus office productivity applications.
• Ability to create print and digital layouts, apply brand standards, and prepare production-ready files with attention to typography, image quality, and accessibility.
• Strong communication and project coordination, including proofreading, file organization, deadline management, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to create detailed reports as requested and identify practical solutions to improve marketing workflows and productivity.
• Ability to handle confidential information carefully and use approved photographs, stories, and recordings in accordance with consent and confidentiality requirements.
• Pre-employment drug testing and reasonable-suspicion testing may be required.

Technologies

• Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva
• Email marketing, website/content-management systems, social media publishing
• SEO (search-engine optimization), basic analytics

Pay

$55,800 - $68,200 USD per year

Work Location

Portland, OR (onsite), in person

Benefits

• 95% of employee medical premiums and 50% of dependent medical premiums, with multiple plan options
• 100% of employee premiums for MODA Dental, including Principal VSP vision coverage
• 403(b) retirement plan with a current 7% employer match
• Immediate 100% vesting
• 3.5 weeks of paid time off annually and 10 paid holidays, including 4 floating holidays
• Paid parental leave
• $300 annual wellness reimbursement after six months of employment
• Employer-paid, confidential assistance for eligible employees and families, including 24/7 access and three free counseling sessions
• Professional development opportunities and funding, including in-house PWS training and select training conferences with approved per diem expenses
• Mileage reimbursement for approved work-related travel
• Eligible direct service staff may earn up to $2,000 annually in retention bonuses, plus $250 per qualifying referral (up to four per year)
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Employee-paid life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability insurance
• Dental insurance, health insurance, life insurance, vision insurance
• 403(b), flexible spending account, paid time off, parental leave, professional development assistance

Physical and Working Conditions

• Primarily office and computer-based work requiring extended sitting, frequent keyboarding, and sustained visual attention to detail.
• Requires occasional standing, walking, bending, reaching, and lifting or carrying materials up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional travel and support for evening or weekend events may be required.

Attendance and Safety

• Regular, reliable attendance is essential.
• Must follow all El Jardín attendance, call-in, safety, confidentiality, and information-security requirements.