Assistant Planning & Marketing Manager

• Annual Salary Range: $98,838.27 – $123,547.84
• Budgeted Annual Salary: $98,838.27 – $111,193.05
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401(k) and Profit-Sharing Plan – Employer 10% contribution
• Life Insurance
• 10 paid holidays
• 5 paid personal days
• 80 hours of Sick leave
• 80 hours of Vacation, following one year of employment

Are you a Transportation Planning/Logistics, and Marketing professional? Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District is looking for an Assistant Planning and Marketing Manager. With Santa Barbara MTD, you can positively impact your community on a daily basis, help enhance the mobility of South Coast residents, and help manage a fiscally sound transit system.

Under the direction of the Planning and Marketing Manager, the Assistant Planning and Marketing Manager develops the implementation of transit planning, route planning/run cutting and scheduling, and service delivery studies. You’ll analyze route and schedule performance for areas of improvement. This position also administers and oversees department staff engaged in complex marketing and public information projects for the District, including managing on-bus advertising program, providing creative and technical direction and project oversight; performing community outreach and coordinating events/presentations within the local community and local K-12 schools, colleges and universities.                                          

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university, with major course work in communications, business administration or marketing, public administration, urban or regional planning, urban studies, or geography.
• Two to five years of supervisory experience.
• Public agency experience.
• Transit planning/scheduling/run-cutting experience; Logistics Management experience.
• Marketing and Planning experience in the transit or transportation industry.
• Advanced Microsoft Access skills.
• Experience with Clever Reports, Swiftly, SurveyMonkey, and farebox software.
• Bi-lingual in Spanish (speak, read, write).

If you’re ready to bring your skills to a purpose-driven agency making a difference every day, and experience an exciting and fulfilling career, apply now by submitting a resume, cover letter, and completing the supplemental questions. For additional information on the position, please see the job description.

Application Review Begins: July 27, 2026; recruitment will close on September 14, 2026, or earlier if position is filled.

Position overview is not construed to be an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, department head or General Manager.

All applications will be evaluated on their related work experience and education qualifications. MTD will invite the most qualified candidates to participate in an oral interview. MTD application must be fully completed and clearly show that the minimum requirements are met. Any questions on the application that are unanswered may cause you to be excluded from the selection process. All statements made on the application are subject to investigation and verification. Any invalid applications are subject to disqualification.

The selection process will include one or more of the following:

• Written Tests / Computer Skills Tests
• Application Review
• Oral Interview

The process includes a job specific pre-employment physical and drug screening under Department of Transportation regulations to be completed by an industrial health clinic of MTD’s choice, criminal background screen, and verification of employment. All offers of employment are conditional upon successful completion of the pre-employment process.

In order to comply with the provision of this law, all applicants prior to placement, must provide proof of work eligibility and attest that they are a citizen, permanent resident alien, or otherwise authorized to be employed.

Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District has established a policy and practice of recruiting, hiring, training and promoting for all job classifications within MTD without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class or consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.