We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world’s investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.
StepStone is seeking a highly motivated Junior Analyst to support the Marketing & Communications team in our La Jolla office. The role spans content, communications, and internal events. To excel in this role, the candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced team environment, support numerous concurrent projects, and be a visible and helpful presence in the office. This is a full-time, hourly position, in-office 4 days per week.
What you’ll do
- Assist with the creation, formatting, and branding review of marketing materials, help maintain the content library and SharePoint, run the content library help desk and train users
- Help draft communications campaigns, manage thought leadership trackers, help develop AI tools to improve operational bottlenecks, and own content upload processes.
- Serve as the on-site contact for local events, own the local swag inventory, and support internal event communications
Key Responsibilities
- Work with the branding/content team to create, format, and review marketing materials, ensuring they are consistent with brand guidelines
- Assist in maintaining and supporting marketing platforms (content library, SharePoint)
- Help run the content library helpdesk and monitoring inbox
- Train users on how to use content library
- Curate and organize the content library
- Maintain thought leadership calendar
- Draft communications campaigns for thought leadership
- Conduct competitive market research
- Help develop AI skills and tools to improve team efficiency
- Own La Jolla office swag inventory
- Design digital assets for ERGs and other community events
- Maintain event invite lists, RSVPs, and attendance records
- Photograph events for internal and external use
- Send follow up emails
What we’re looking for
- Prefer for candidate to be able to work in person in our La Jolla office through May 2027 with the option to extend through Dec 2027
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, graphic design, or a related field with a 3.5 minimum GPA preferred
- Ability to work on-site in our La Jolla office 4 days per week
- Interest in content development, event planning, marketing, communications
- Curios about using AI to improve how marketing work gets done
- Excellent communicator
- Self-starter with strong social skills, a collaborative approach, and a positive attitude
- Excellent knowledge of branding and graphic design with acute attention to fine details and visual consistency including font, colors, alignment, consistency, etc.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel essential; Teams a plus)
- Experience with design tools such as Canva and Adobe creative suite, and comfort taking quality photos
- Demonstrated initiative, with the ability to work independently and ask for help when needed
Salary: $30 per hour
The salary is an estimate of pay for this position. Actual pay may vary depending on job-related factors that can include location, education, skill, and experience. The salary does not include any benefits or other forms of possible compensation that may be available to employees.
At StepStone, we believe that our people are our most important asset and crucial to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an environment that empowers our employees and allows them to be heard, regardless of title or tenure. Our organizational community features multiple Employment Resource Groups as well as mentorship programs to enhance the employee experience for all.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, StepStone does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.