We believe in the power and joy of learning
At Cengage, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose – driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education. Cengage’s portfolio of businesses supports student choice by providing a range of pathways that help learners achieve their goals and lead a choice‑filled life across Higher Education, English Language Learning, and workforce markets.
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Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well‑being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.
Summary
The International Marketing Coordinator provides hands‑on marketing coordination and operational support across two distinct teams: Higher Education (HED, including Gale) and English Language Learning (ELL). This is a shared role, supporting priorities, campaigns, and executional needs across both teams and multiple international regions.
The role plays a critical enablement function and is well‑suited for someone who can quickly familiarize themselves with systems and processes, manage a high volume of detailed work, and operate at significant pace in a dynamic, matrixed environment. The coordinator partners closely with regional marketing, sales, creative, digital, and finance teams to ensure marketing initiatives move efficiently from planning through execution, including vendor setup and payment processing in SAP.
What you’ll do here:
Provide day‑to‑day marketing coordination support across HED and ELL teams, supporting campaigns, content, events, and field marketing initiatives.
Plan, track, and facilitate the completion of marketing projects and workstreams across both teams, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment to objectives.
Maintain marketing calendars, project trackers, status documents, and shared repositories, keeping multiple teams aligned and work moving at pace.
Work collaboratively with Creative Services, copywriters, designers, and digital teams to request, track, proof, and deliver marketing and sales assets, including sell sheets, presentations, digital ads, emails, social posts, and event materials.
Coordinate the distribution and organization of marketing materials for internal stakeholders, sales teams, and regional partners.
Support basic campaign analytics and reporting, helping teams track performance and outcomes across channels.
Serve as a point of coordination across marketing systems, tools, and workflows, quickly learning and navigating new platforms as needed.
Partner with Finance and Procurement to:
Set up vendors in SAP
Support purchase orders and invoice processing
Track spend against budgets
Ensure timely and accurate vendor payments
Provide general administrative and operational support to marketing teams, balancing priorities across two teams with overlapping timelines and deliverables.
Support ad hoc and time‑sensitive requests in a fast‑moving environment, applying sound judgment and prioritization.
Skills you will need here:
1–3 years of experience in marketing coordination, project coordination, or a similar support role (internship experience applicable).
Demonstrated ability to work quickly and accurately, manage multiple priorities, and keep track of detailed information across many workstreams.
Strong organizational and time‑management skills, with a proven ability to meet deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.
High comfort level learning and using multiple systems and tools, including marketing platforms, collaboration tools, and financial systems.
Experience working with Finance or Procurement processes, including vendor setup, invoices, or budget tracking; SAP experience strongly preferred.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and regions.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office / Microsoft 365 (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, SharePoint).
Familiarity with digital marketing workflows, social media platforms, and basic marketing performance metrics is a plus.
About Cengage
Cengage, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Cengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.
Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at .
Cengage is an education technology company that drives innovation to help millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through learning solutions. The company provides educational products and content designed to support student outcomes and institutional success. Cengage works with schools and educational institutions, partnering with administrators, curriculum directors, and educators to implement technology solutions that enhance learning experiences. Their platform focuses on customer success and long-term retention by building strong relationships with educational institutions and ensuring successful product adoption and implementation.
