MEMBERSHIP AND MARKETING MANAGER
Summary
The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is expanding its staff by recruiting a Membership and
Marketing Manager, who will lead GSA and American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) efforts to
expand and serve the two societies’ membership. GSA and ASHG are nonprofit societies who are
leaders in the growing field of genetics and have a combined total of 11,000 members.
The Membership and Marketing Manager will work closely with staff colleagues, the Membership
Committee(s), and Society leaders to promote the societies’ relationship with members and
potential members and design and implement strategies to increase member recruitment and
retention. The ideal candidate will bring nonprofit society membership management experience with
a particular focus on membership-related marketing or communications.
Major duties and responsibilities
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Manages annual Society membership cycle
Coordinates and helps design membership marketing communications to current, new,
former, and prospective members
Develops and implements strategies for member recruitment and retention, including ways
to promote the societies and enhance member value
Monitors, analyzes, and reports on membership trends and statistics
Works with IT to determine key membership stats to track and monitors data to determine
resultant response required, if any
Coordinates efforts to reach out to members, potential members, and former members
Coordinates efforts to survey members and other stakeholders in support of recruitment,
retention, and development of new member services
Serves as staff liaison to Society Membership Committee(s)
Manages and develops membership partnership programs with peer organizations
Manages membership booth and related activities at conferences and other venues
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Respond to inquiries from members by e-mail and phone; resolve member questions and
concerns
Travel to meetings and events (approximately 10–15% of time)
Expected qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree
2–4 years experience in membership, marketing, etc. (non-profit sector preferred)
Experience extracting information from databases for data analysis
The position is based at GSA/ASHG headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. We offer excellent benefits
including a 403(b) pension plan. For a detailed job description and information about how to apply,
please visit: http://www.faseb.org/About-FASEB/Employment-Opportunities.aspx.
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ABOUT GSA: Founded in 1931, the Genetics Society of America (GSA) is a professional
scientific society with more than 5,000 members worldwide working to deepen our
understanding of the living world by advancing the field of genetics, from the molecular
to the population level. GSA promotes research and fosters communication through a
number of GSA-sponsored conferences including regular meetings that focus on
particular model organisms. GSA publishes two peer-edited scholarly journals: GENETICS,
which has published high quality original research across the breadth of the field since
1916, and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, an open-access journal launched in 2011 to disseminate high quality foundational
research in genetics and genomics. The Society also has a deep commitment to education and fostering the next
generation of scholars in the field. For more information about GSA, please visit www.genetics-gsa.org. Also follow GSA on
Facebook at facebook.com/GeneticsGSA and on Twitter @GeneticsGSA.