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Summary

The Digital Marketing Associate will play an active role in supporting day-to-day Social Media & Content and Paid Media. This position is ideal for recent graduates or current students passionate about video editing, design, and storytelling looking to gain hands-on experience bringing real-world digital campaigns to life from concept through execution.

Reporting to the Marketing Director, the Digital Marketing Associate will focus on strengthening brand awareness, increasing audience engagement, and helping support integrated marketing campaigns. The role collaborates closely with both the Social, Creative Design, and Product Marketing teams to develop thoughtful, high-impact content that aligns with brand standards and resonates with target audiences.

This role offers exposure to the full content lifecycle from trend research and ideation to production, publishing, and performance analysis.

Position Responsibilities

• Monitor social media trends and conduct social listening to identify relevant content opportunities and competitive insights that inform strategy.
• Assist in managing and updating the social media content calendar.
• Support video editing for social platforms using tools such as Adobe Premiere Pro and CapCut, including long-form and short-form content.
• Perform basic photo editing and retouching using Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop.
• Create visual assets, including social media posts and stories, presentation slides, and materials for market research and campaign concepts.
• Collaborate with the social team to develop, review, and refine content to ensure alignment with target audiences.
• Collaborate on paid media campaigns including Google Adwords, Programmatic Display, and Paid Social platforms
• Track and analyze social media performance metrics, identifying insights to improve future content.
• Contribute ideas during brainstorming sessions, including platform-specific concepts and culturally relevant content for the defense industry.

Marketing Strategy Support

• Contribute to content strategies and presentations that reinforce brand consistency and visibility across social channels.
• Conduct competitive analysis to support campaign planning, content differentiation, and platform best practices.
• Explore and evaluate AI tools that enhance content creation efficiency, from ideation to performance analysis.
• Monitor the performance of select posts or campaigns and help prepare summary reports highlighting key trends and outcomes.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• Role is based at AV's Arlington, Virginia headquarters. Candidate must be able to travel to AV offices in Crystal City.
• BA degree or Current upperclassmen in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, or a related field of study.
• Hands-on experience with all major social media platforms (LinkedIn, Instagram, X, TikTok).
• Hands-on experience with digital content creation.
• Familiarity with social media publishing tools like Sprout, Sprinklr, HubSpo or similar.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, and Monday.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, stay organized, and meet deadlines.
• Willingness to learn new tools and thrive in a fast-paced environment

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office environment (Constant)
• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

Special Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required.

Clearance Level

The salary range for this role is:

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills.

ITAR Requirement:

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations ("ITAR") and/or the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR"). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment's determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment's business requirements. A "U.S. person" according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

Principals only need apply. NO agencies please.

About AV:

AV isn't for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.

We don't just build defense technology-we redefine what's possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve.

Founded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries of what unmanned systems can do. Our heritage includes seven platforms in the Smithsonian-but we're not building history, we're building what's next.

If you're ready to build technology that matters-with speed, scale, and purpose-there's no better place to do it than AV.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data,sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.

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