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Marketing Manager

Company Overview

The Mark Cuban AI Foundation (MCAI) is focused on AI education and entrepreneurship, with a mission to empower diverse learners with ethical AI skills and agency to thrive in their communities. MCAI builds on the AI Bootcamps that Mark Cuban founded in 2019, which provide free introductory AI education to underserved high school students in partnership with host organizations across the United States. MCAI also offers professional learning for educators through the Teacher Fellowship and Teacher Bootcamp, sustains an Alumni Network for teens, and is continually developing new initiatives as technologies evolve to meet the needs of the future workforce. Currently, this includes an AI museum exhibit, Agentic AI for the Workforce hosted at community colleges, and the teen AI Student Symposium.

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Position Description

As the Marketing Manager for the Mark Cuban AI Foundation, you will lead MCAI's marketing and communications with a strong focus on thought leadership, storytelling, and communicating our impact to diverse stakeholder groups. As MCAI grows and new initiatives launch, you will shape how students and their parents, partners, educators, and the larger education community understand our work and why it matters.

This position requires expertise in strategic communications, media relations, brand management, content and video production, and digital marketing, as well as strong organization and team collaboration. Your commitment to expanding access to AI education for learners who have historically been underserved is essential.

This full-time salaried position reports to the Chief Learning Officer. It is an individual contributor role with no direct reports that works closely with other staff members across the organization.

Marketing Manager Responsibilities

Thought Leadership & Executive Visibility

  • Position MCAI and its leadership as trusted experts in AI education by drafting, editing, and placing articles, op-eds, and social content.
  • Monitor trends in AI, education, and workforce development to identify timely opportunities for MCAI to contribute to the public conversation.
  • Stay plugged into current design and marketing trends and apply them to keep MCAI's brand, content, and channels fresh and effective.
  • Coordinate with subject matter experts across MCAI and partner organizations to ensure content is accurate, credible, and aligned with program goals.

Media & Press

  • Pitch national and local media, manage incoming press requests, and prepare spokespeople for interviews.
  • Maintain a current press kit, including fact sheets, approved bios, photos, and organizational boilerplate.
  • Coordinate press releases and announcements with partners, including their review and approval processes.
  • Research and engage local media outlets to support student recruitment in AI Bootcamp communities.

Impact Storytelling

  • Coordinate interviews with students, alumni, teachers, volunteers, and partners to share impact stories in a variety of formats including blog posts and case studies.
  • Make video a primary storytelling format for MCAI by planning, filming, editing, and publishing short and long form video from these interviews, programs, and events, including social clips, reels, event highlights, and program explainers for web, social, email, and partner channels.
  • Maintain an organized archive of media clips, photos, quotes, and related assets that team members can easily use for their own projects.
  • Secure media releases and consent for all featured participants, following MCAI requirements for student data privacy.

Stakeholder Communications

  • Develop tailored impact messaging for diverse stakeholders, aligned to brand pillars.
  • Design the annual impact report and other impact communications using program data provided by the Director of Program Operations.
  • Plan, design, and send email newsletters to MCAI constituents and manage mailing lists.
  • Provide partners with marketing assets and co-branded materials that support shared goals.

Brand, Digital & Web

  • Maintain the MCAI brand identity, ensuring consistent design, tone, and formatting across all public-facing materials and templates.
  • Manage social media channels, including content strategy, curated posts, and community engagement on social platforms such as LinkedIn and Instagram.
  • Maintain MCAI's websites and public web assets, implementing changes through structured processes such as site mapping, wireframes, user testing, and iterative design.
  • Create visual collateral, graphics, slide decks, documents, photos, and video using Canva, Descript, Riverside, and similar tools.
  • Implement Universal Design for all public-facing assets and test on a regular schedule to ensure compliance with accessibility best practices and regulations.

Planning & Measurement

  • Develop an annual marketing and communications plan aligned with organizational goals, and maintain a marketing calendar in a tool such as Asana.
  • Prepare regular reports for leadership on metrics aligned with organizational priorities, including reach, engagement, and media coverage.
  • Utilize AI technologies to enhance work output and streamline productivity.

Team Support & Collaboration

  • Communicate kindly, promptly and clearly with all team members.
  • Participate as a team player and co-create a culture that is positive, supportive, and focused on quality deliverables. You are adaptable to the needs of the organization.
  • Cheerfully take on other duties as assigned.

Qualified Applicants Will Have

  • A Bachelor's Degree or higher in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Digital Media, or a related field, or commensurate work experience.
  • 5+ years of demonstrated marketing and communications experience, with experience in the nonprofit or education sector preferred
  • Can provide a resume with references along with a portfolio that demonstrates writing, media relations, brand work, graphic assets, website maintenance, and video storytelling.
  • Hands-on experience planning, shooting, and editing video, including short form video for social media.
  • Experience tailoring communications for multiple audiences, including funders, partners, and the public.
  • A track record of positive contributions to a team and a focus on success toward a shared goal over individual accomplishments.
  • A commitment to continuous learning and to using current technologies, including AI tools, as they evolve.
  • A sincere dedication to expanding access to AI education for learners who have historically been underserved.

Employees must reside in TX, NC or CA and primarily work remotely, with occasional in-person meetings in Dallas, Texas. Travel for high profile events may be required a few times a year. We cannot sponsor a visa. A benefits package including health insurance, holidays, PTO and 401k is included.

The Mark Cuban AI Foundation is committed to hiring a diverse team of applicants and welcomes people of every race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or veteran status to apply. A diverse team of talented people enhances our work and reflects the equity and diversity inherent in our mission.

To apply, please email your cover letter, resume, and portfolio to hiring@markcubanai.org by December 2, 2026 with the subject line "Marketing Manager Application." The salary range is $75-85k.  A real human will read all applications and candidates will be notified of their application status on Friday, December 4.