Marketing Specialist

Job Description

SUMMARY:

The Assistant Marketing Manager is extremely detail-oriented and a well-organized team member who acts as a liaison between the marketing/creative team and merchandising for all creative requests.

They will work alongside our marketing and visual merchandising teams as well as our print production team to coordinate timelines and set actionable tasks for all parties involved in a project.

The Assistant Marketing Manager is the person who communicates status to the Manager and keeps all projects moving to deliver on time.

Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group - directors, managers, and subject matter experts within and outside of the department.

A successful candidate should be a self-starter, intellectually curious, exhibit attention to detail, and have the ability to set and meet deadlines.

The candidate is relentless drive, passion, and perseverance when it comes to managing processes and data.

Responsibilities

Coordination


* Ability to coordinate, prioritize, organize, and meet deadlines for multiple projects simultaneously with varying completion dates and competing priorities


* Break projects into doable actions and set timeframes using Workfront (Workflow Management Tool)


* Work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders: Merchandising, Store Operations, Legal and Visual Merchandising, to identify and define requirements and objectives


* Assign tasks to internal teams and assist with schedule management


* Make sure team members needs are met as projects evolve


* Monitor project progress and handle any issues that arise


* Act as the point of contact and communicate project status to all participants

Intake


* Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans, and reports


* Help create and write process documents


* Ensuring creative briefs are completed by assisting the key business stakeholder in development and/or developing it first-hand

Support


* Support 6300+ stores by tracking sign orders, will calls, store communications, packing instructions and e-mails


* Assist in inventory management with replenishment, new stores, and No-buy reports


* Assist in implementing national roll-outs of in-store signage programs - verifying shipments from vendors, receipt at DC's and billings to stores


* Partner with Print Procurement Team to track project lists on weekly basis, communicating deadlines with Art Directors and Management


* Create SKUs for replenish items, ensure SKUs have the appropriate codes for various levels of action and are labeled correctly


* Help reconcile billing and purchase orders

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience.

Working in an advertising agency or internal creative team considered a plus.
• Bachelors in business administration or related field
• Strong technical skills, particularly in Microsoft Office...