What are the responsibilities and job description for the Marketing Specialist position at Missouri Department of Conservation?
Requisition Id: 3970
Salary: $50,088.00 - $62,508.00
Salary Grade: S8
Job Location: Commission Headquarters (JEFFE1)
Closing Date: May 23, 2025
Our Culture: The Missouri Department of Conservation supports a culture of trusted professionals that is dedicated to our mission, responsible stewards, and believe in One MDC.
To learn more about the job, feel free to contact the hiring supervisor,Heather D Feeler at Heather.Feeler@mdc.mo.gov or at 573-522-4115 Ext. 3837, during regular business hours. We would love to hear from you!
Summary/Objective
Develop and implement marketing and communication strategies to promote the fish, forest, wildlife opportunities and outdoor recreational offerings internally to staff and external to Missourians.
Essential Job Duties
- Create marketing strategies to connect to MDC goals and objectives with measurable outcomes.
- Utilize current marketing strategies, including digital marketing, social media, advertising, search engine optimization, radio, television, podcasts, PR, email marketing, agency communications, content and messaging development.
- Develop, collaborate, and implement integrated marketing communication projects for recruitment, community conservation, reaching new audiences, fish/forest/wildlife priorities, Missouri Conservationist, Discover Nature Schools, Discover Nature Fishing, podcast, mobile apps, for-sale publications, nature centers/shooting ranges, permits, etc.
- Research, budget, and prepare marketing outreach proposals and presentations.
- Conduct market research focused on audience(s) habits, barriers, and trends. Analyze and implement within marketing outreach market research data and generate/present reports.
Ancillary Job Duties
- Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, or related.
- Three (3) years of experience in clerical work.
- Must maintain a current, valid driver’s license.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to use office equipment, such as copier, multi-line phone system, fax machine, scanner, and computer.
- Forestry/Fish/Wildlife experience, preferred.
- Comfort communicating with members of the media.
- Excellent business and speech writing skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to work varying shifts and hours, as needed.
- Ability to travel and stay overnight.
Work Environment
- Work is performed in standard physical office setting or telework home environment.
Physical Abilities
- Remain in a stationary position up to 70% of the time.
- Move about grounds, both inside and outside of buildings.
- Operate a computer and other office productivity machinery.
- Frequently communicate and exchange accurate information.
- Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less and 20 feet or more.
- Three-dimensional vision- ability to judge distance and space relationships.
- Regularly lift up to 10 pounds, correctly lift up to 25 pounds.
- Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.
Disclaimer
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; an employee will also perform other reasonably related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required. The Missouri Department of Conservation reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment. Management reserves the right to change job descriptions, job duties, functions, and requirements.
Exemption Status/Special Notes
This position has been determined to be Exempt according to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Employees must agree to accept compensatory time in lieu of cash payments in accordance with the Department's Compensatory Time Off and Overtime Policy.
Salaried and hourly employees are expected to use a mobile device-cellular phone for Department business, as needed.
MDC promotes a Tobacco-Free (smoke and smokeless) working environment.
The Department of Conservation will only hire United States citizens and aliens authorized to work in the United States. All new employees will be required to complete an "Employment Eligibility Verification" (Form I-9) and produce requested documentation after employment.
Candidates seeking initial employment or re-employment must submit to a drug screen following offer of employment.
All persons employed with the state of Missouri shall file all state income tax forms and pay all state income taxes owed.
Salary : $50,088 - $62,508
