marketing coordinator
campaign calendars, email, print, event collateral. the person who keeps the plan moving. that is a retainer line item here, not a salary.
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hire a marketing team without hiring one
you were about to post a job. read this first. it is faster, it costs less, and you get a whole department instead of one overwhelmed person.
the math nobody puts in the job posting
a marketing coordinator looks like a 50s-to-60s line item. it is not. here is what year one actually costs before that person has shipped a single campaign.
base salary, marketing coordinator (kern county range)mid 50s to high 60s
payroll tax, workers comp, benefits (roughly 25 percent)roughly 25% on top of salary
recruiting, job ads, interview timea few thousand
software, camera gear, stock, fonts, hostinga few thousand to start
ramp time before they produce anything60 to 90 days
true first year cost70k to 100k+ once fully loaded
a retainer with me is custom quoted monthly, starts inside two weeks, and covers strategy, design, web, photo, video, print, and local seo. no benefits, no recruiting, no severance, no awkward performance review. you scale it up for a launch and back down after.
the roles i cover
whatever title you were going to put on the job board, it probably lives in here.
communications manager
press releases, newsletters, internal comms, crisis notes. written in your voice, approved by you, out the door same week.
social media manager
strategy, shooting, editing, posting, replying. see the full breakdown on the social media manager page.
content creator / videographer
photo and video on location, cut for reels, stills for the site, footage you actually own.
brand manager
identity, guidelines, templates, and the discipline to keep every touchpoint looking like the same company.
marketing director
the strategy layer. budget, positioning, channel mix, and reporting you can hand to a board or a city council.
how it works
01
kickoff call
30 minutes. you tell me what the job posting was going to say. i tell you what it actually costs to do it.
02
scope + number
a written scope with a flat monthly number. no hourly surprises, no change order games.
03
i start
usually inside two weeks. first deliverables land in the first month, not after a 90 day ramp.
04
monthly, cancelable
month to month after the first 90 days. you keep every file, login, and asset either way.
proof, not promises
actual clients, actual launches, actual numbers. read the case studies before you decide whether one hire could have done all of that.
questions people ask before they cancel the job post
how is this different from just hiring someone?
you get a whole department instead of one person. strategy, design, web, photo, video, print, and local seo come in the same retainer. no payroll, no benefits, no recruiting, no ramp time. you can also stop when the work is done, which you cannot do with a hire.
what does a monthly retainer cost?
most retainers are custom quoted depending on how much output you need. project only work is scoped separately. i tell you the number before you commit, and it does not move without you approving it.
how fast can you start?
usually within a week or two. there is no job posting, no interview loop, and no notice period to wait out. i start with a short kickoff, then work begins.
do you work with organizations outside kern county?
yes. the studio is in tehachapi and i work across kern county, the antelope valley, and los angeles in person, and remote anywhere in california and beyond. government and agency clients are handled through the gov page.
can you work alongside my existing team?
often that is the best setup. i plug in as the outside marketing department, take the production load off your internal person, and hand back files and logins that belong to you.
pull the job posting. call me instead.
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