Associate Brand Manager

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$97K/yr – $148K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Summary

Manage and optimize a beer brand portfolio through cross-functional leadership, insights-driven planning, and execution across advertising, social, events, promotions, and local-market activations, with a focus on brand health, budget stewardship, and channel strategy.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Assist in the development and implementation of short and long-term marketing objectives and strategies.
  • Assist Brand Manager and Consumer Insights Team in the fine tuning of brand positioning and consumer targets.
  • Assist Brand Manager and relevant cross-functional teams in developing and executing integrated all-in programs.
  • Participate in the creative development process and support execution of all national and local advertising campaigns across all channels.
  • Lead, alongside other ABMs peers, brand business analysis, using internal and external data sources to continuously monitor business and brand health performance to ensure brand is tracking against goals.
  • Lead Beer Brand Family organic social strategy and implementation, working alongside agency of record to deliver digital-first content in support of our brand & sub-brand programming.
  • Leverage business analysis to recommend tactics and plan optimizations to reverse or support trends identified.
  • Assist Brand Manager and Media Planning Team in the development of all media plans and initiatives, both on national and regional/local levels.
  • Assist Brand Manager in working with the Retail/Trade Marketing team to develop brand promotions, helping to direct the development of all national and local consumer promotion programming at retail.
  • Assist the Brand Manager and the Lifestyle & Experiential Marketing team in the identification and development of event marketing programming, which include sponsored events, charitable donations, trade related functions, etc.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field (Marketing, Business, Management, etc.), plus 3-5 years of progressive experience in the CPG or related industry.
  • Exceptional organization and project management skills
  • Strong writing, presentation and verbal communication skills
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen
  • Strong data analytics and storytelling skills
  • Demonstrated skill in leading strong cross-functional teams; experience managing agency partners
  • Demonstrates a genuine desire and passion for the alcohol industry

Preferred

  • MBA and 1-2 years of brand management experience preferred
  • Bilingual (Spanish) preferred
  • Experience working with 3rd party data sources (IRI, Nielsen)
  • Beverage alcohol related experience a plus

Benefits

  • We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.
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Founded in 1945
USA
125 employees (9 in marketing)
82% recommend to a friend
85% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
137.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.7%
Direct
50.2%
Referral
14%
Social
1.2%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~125

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
9 (7% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1