Marketing Manager, Western Union Foundation – Denver, Colorado

Are you passionate about corporate social impact, sustainability, and improving the lives of others the world over? Does the idea of working with stakeholders who are passionate about corporate responsibility across the globe energize you? Join Western Union as a Marketing Manager, Western Union Foundation!

Motivated by our values: purpose-driven, globally minded, trustworthy & respectful

We’re a FinTech that’s using insight from customers and colleagues worldwide to improve financial services for families, small businesses, multinational corporations, and non-profit organizations. We’re a team of over 8,000 employees servin 200 countries and territories. We believe when money moves, better things happen.

Better is enabled by trust and respect

The Western Union Foundation is a charitable entity with a mission to connect underserved youth to economic opportunity. After 20 years of impact, we continue to deliver on our mission with Opportunity Beyond Borders, focused on empowering forcibly displaced and marginalized youth with the training and education needed to succeed in today’s technology-driven global economy. The Foundation also provides funding for humanitarian efforts for communities in crisis and disaster, one key reason for forced migration. To date, we have funded more than $145 million for projects and scholarships.

We will look to you to provide a high level of leadership and communications expertise to amplify our philanthropic initiatives across the globe. You will connect Western Union customers, partners, employees and stakeholders to the mission of the Foundation. You will partner closely with the executive director to set and communicate our 2030 philanthropic strategy and communicate our annual impact reporting. You will develop communications content, manage events and awards submissions, plan speaking engagements and develop campaigns in collaboration with internal stakeholders including marketing and corporate communications.

To be considered for this role, we are highly interested in candidates with leadership experience within the corporate communications or consumer marketing domain, including marketing campaign experience, media relations, executive communications, internal communications and storytelling.

This type of role will typically require 10 or more years’ experience, 2 or more of which should be at a leadership level (managing employees is not required).

In this role you will partner closely with the executive director to set and communicate our 2030 philanthropic strategy. Set the communications strategy including the calendar, channels, content and campaigns – this includes the social impact delivered through NGOs and Western Union partners, employee engagement and volunteering, and disaster relief. Coordinate with WU communication channel owners (social, PR/media, blog, etc.) and refresh and manage WUF owned channels (WU Life, website, etc.) Set and measure key communications KPIs to grow the volume, reach and positive sentiment of communications.

You will set strategy for speaking engagements and annual nonprofit awards. Create a test and learn strategy for fundraising campaigns to engage stakeholders (potentially including consumers) to donate to the foundation and/or directly to NGOs through 3rd party donation vendors. Develop compelling content to share the work of the foundation to communicate the impact of the Foundation and its activities. Explore media grant opportunities or other opportunities that the Foundation can leverage, in partnership with social media. In collaboration with corporate communications and Marketing develop campaigns to share philanthropic programs with stakeholders .

This role has a high execution focus, and the successful candidate will require knowledge and experience in all facets of paid, owned and earned media for nonprofits. The role will be the point of contact for the Foundation with Global Brand, Social, CRM, Loyalty and Creative Excellence and Corporate communications teams, as well as key external nonprofit partners.

Join us, and let’s connect the world

Western Union is transforming its business and shaping the financial services sector by driving quality, convenience, and customer service to new levels of excellence. It’s an exciting time for our organization, as the largest cross-border money transfer operator, trusted by millions of consumers around the world. If you’re ready to unleash your potential to help drive change through bottom-up innovation, apply now.
We’re a company on the move, and we want our people to grow and develop. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as a great salary and benefits package.
We are passionate about our diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams, while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran (U.S.) status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, in accordance with applicable laws.

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Annual base salary gross:  $81,813-144,116. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the Western Union salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and proficiency for the role. The base salary is one component of Western Union’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards and benefits include short term incentives, health insurance (several options to choose from), accident and life insurance, access to the best in class learning and development platforms, to name just a few! To view more details of our benefits, visit us here: https://mywubenefits.com/