Benjamin Marche

Education & Experience

University of Iowa

B.A. Journalism & Mass Communication
B.A. Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies
B.A. Engaged Social Innovation

Honors in all Majors
University Honors

Street Law, Inc. Technology and Communications Manager

Nov 2025 – Present

Lead organization-wide communications strategy across email marketing, website management, social media, digital content, branding, and graphic design for a national nonprofit focused on law, civic education, and democracy.
Serve as the primary communications partner to program and curriculum staff, translating complex legal and civic education concepts into accessible, engaging content for educators, attorneys, judges, students, and partner organizations.
Direct major communications initiatives from concept through execution, collaborating across departments and managing a team of external web developers, designers, photographers, videographers, and technology vendors.
Led a comprehensive organizational rebrand, overseeing the successful launch of three redesigned websites and a new e-commerce platform that strengthened organizational visibility.
Increased email engagement to an average 46.5% open rate across a subscriber base of more than 20,000 educators, legal professionals, and civic leaders.
Oversee organizational technology infrastructure, vendor relationships, cybersecurity practices, software implementation, and technology budgeting to support reliable operations.
Train and support staff on communications platforms, technology systems, and emerging digital tools to improve organizational effectiveness.

Street Law, Inc. Senior Communications Coordinator
Jan 2023 – Nov 2025

Street Law, Inc. Communications Coordinator
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023

University of Iowa Office of Admissions Communications Coordinator
2017 – 2019

Created segmented email marketing campaigns to prospective students with an average of 600 thousand monthly sends.
Maintained a suite of student-facing admissions websites through a custom CMS to enhance the university’s appeal to prospective students.
Managed a team of student interns to craft a series of digital and print campaigns centered around authentic student voices and perspectives.
Used Adobe Suite to create engaging website content such as articles, graphics, and videos.

Food Pantry at Iowa Co-Founder & Co-Director
2015 – 2017

Created and founded the University of Iowa’s first on-campus food pantry.
Led the executive board and managed the operations of the pantry with a $13,000 budget.
Grew the pantry from zero to 200 clients, 900 visits, and 9,000+ lbs. of distributed food.

University of Iowa Just Living Student Ambassador
2015-2016

Alongside a team of students and University of Iowa staff, developed initiatives and events for the UI’s Theme Semester, designed to promote change and engage the university community on issues of social justice.
Created digital and physical promotional event materials and developed marketing strategies.

Directed and planned events with budgets up to $7,000 for 150 attendees, including organizing speakers, caterers, photographers, advertising campaigns, and transportation.
Spread knowledge of human rights issues by designing posters and flyers for print campaigns.

Daily Iowan Metro Editor 2015 – 2016
Daily Iowan Metro Reporter 2014 – 2015

As Editor, collaborated with staff to plan content for daily 19,500 circulation paper.
As Editor, oversaw staff of 8 reporters and managed a monthly $2,000 budget.
As Reporter, provided comprehensive coverage of local healthcare, civil rights, and LGBTQ issues by creating the Daily Iowan’s first human rights beat.