Marketing Communications Manager

Saint Paul, MN (On-site)

$97K/yr – $145K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive brand strategy and cross-channel activation for Pest Elimination, with strong governance and measurable impact.

  • Own brand narrative across channels for Pest Elimination.
  • Must-have: 8+ years in integrated marketing and campaign activation.
  • Standout: Cross-functional leadership shaping enterprise campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Brand Strategy, Narrative & Governance: Define and evolve brand strategy, including messaging/narrative frameworks, guidelines, and governance to ensure consistent, high-quality storytelling across channels
  • Integrated Campaign Planning & Activation: Build and execute integrated campaigns from strategy through activation—partnering cross-functionally to deliver content development, collaboration, and execution.
  • External Channel Strategy & Management: Oversee external channel strategy and execution including web site, social media, tradeshows and customer newsletters, ensuring strong content quality and channel discipline. Guide SEO/SEM strategy as part of an integrated channel approach.
  • Measurement, Optimization & Insights: Establish and monitor KPIs; translate results into actionable insights that improve engagement, conversion and ROI.
  • Tradeshow & Experience Activation: Oversee enterprise tradeshow strategy and activation for Pest Elimination, partnering with enterprise teams to deliver cohesive experiences and supporting content creation.
  • Stakeholder Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership: Serve as a strategic partner across key stakeholder groups (Marketing/Sales/Ops/HR/Training) to ensure alignment and effective activation across the customer journey.
  • People management: Lead and develop the Brand Strategy & Activation team; set priorities, coach performance, and build scalable ways of working.
  • Operational Excellence: Own or oversee elements of budget/invoice management and analytics tied to brand activation work.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, or related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in integrated marketing communications and/or digital marketing communications (B2B and/or enterprise/global experience preferred).
  • Demonstrated experience building brand messaging frameworks, ensuring cross-channel consistency, and leading campaign activation.
  • Strong understanding of core digital channels and performance drivers (e.g., SEO/SEM, social, content marketing).
  • Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
  • Proven ability to translate marketing KPIs into business impact and optimization actions.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Nice To Have

  • Experience with CMS platforms, marketing automation tools, and analytics dashboards.
  • Experience supporting end-to-end digital campaign planning and execution.
  • Experience leading integrated tradeshow/experiential activations and enterprise partner coordination.
  • Familiarity with value proposition work, VOC inputs, and stakeholder management for commercialization support (noted as part of strategic communications leadership for Pest Intelligence).

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