Marketing Coordinator at Daniels Sharpsmart Inc in Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

Who are we looking for...



Someone with a passion for marketing, digital media and creative pursuits... we're looking for a marketing all-rounder! Our ideal candidate is capable of managing multiple projects/touch-points at once, clearly communicating with internal and external stakeholders, overseeing different workflows, and intelligently navigating stakeholder requests. As a brand-focused team, we are looking for someone with a bit of design flair that can uphold our marketing excellence across our internal and external interactions. As long as you have logical project management skills, strong scoping ability and "figure-it-out" confidence... we can teach the technical skills.



Role Overview



Your role will be focused on supporting marketing efforts across the business, supporting internal stakeholders with project facilitation and working with/managing external contractors against project milestones. The key deliverables in this role include managing digitally optimized content across all marketing platforms, supporting the team with project management, overseeing the marketing inbox, and the facilitation of project scoping with the marketing team. As a global business, we do develop content and web-based media for the UK, Canada and the US, along with working across nine other brands so part of your role will be supporting our design and content specialists to curate adaption of our digital marketing materials for other regions.



What you will do

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  DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT
  


• Oversee the blog publishing workflow management


• Oversee Google My Business quarterly content calendar


• Work with Content and Design team on strategizing unique social media campaign/content ideas to support recruitment and sales efforts


• Support our content specialist with list management and quarterly contact updates


• With the rest of the Marketing Communications team, act as a brand guardian in terms of the look and feel of online communications as well as tone of voice for written copy.






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  PROJECT BASED MARKETING
  


• Manage the marketing inbox, assessing requests and ensuring timely responses


• Support the team with project scoping, assessing resource needs, interfacing with internal stakeholders to clarify requirements and scoping timelines


• Support the execution of marketing projects by tracking progress and monitoring project management dashboards


• Manage and facilitate marketing meeting schedule and administration


• Assist the sales team in ordering promotional materials, booth supplies, and other essentials for trade show participation


• Assist in tracking, organizing, and reporting on monthly marketing invoices to ensure accurate budgeting and record-keeping


• Monitor, organize, and maintain inventory of all marketing collateral materials, ensuring adequate stock levels, timely reorders, and proper distribution to support sales and promotional activities


• Support team members in building out project outlines and following up outstanding tasks with stakeholders outside of the marketing team

• 2+ years of marketing, advertising or relevant local post-college experience


• Local SEO experience is advantageous


• Writing and authoring skills is advantageous


• Strong interpersonal skills


• High attention to detail


• Confidence to self-initiate and spearhead marketing ideas or efficiencies


• Strong competency in time-management and accountability to deadlines


• Ability to project plan, and hold internal and external stakeholders to deadlines and outcomes


• Basic design proficiency in executing marketing projects against brand guidelines


• HTML/CSS, Adobe Creative Suite experience is an advantage


• Skilled in working effectively with cross-functional teams


• Experience working in project management platforms, such as Wrike