Marketing Director

Akron, PA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the marketing department and develop the Creative Lead, Shopify Lead, and Packaging Lead.
  • Participate as a member of the Leadership Team.
  • Develop departmental goals, budgets, and priorities.
  • Build strong partnerships across Product Development, Finance, Wholesale, Philanthropy, Operations, and Information Technology.
  • Lead the Ten Thousand Villages brand strategy across all customer channels.
  • Ensure the organization’s mission and artisan stories are communicated consistently through products, merchandising, packaging, digital content, and marketing.
  • Oversee customer engagement through the website, social media, email marketing, advertising, and customer service.
  • Partner with Philanthropy to support fundraising and mission communications.
  • Partner with the Product Development Lead to support product launches and seasonal collections.
  • Ensure products are presented consistently through packaging, tags, story cards, merchandising, photography, and digital content.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Eight or more years of leadership experience in marketing, ecommerce, merchandising, or brand management.
  • Experience leading digital marketing, social media, ecommerce, and customer engagement.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
  • Commitment to the mission and values of Ten Thousand Villages.

Benefits

  • Flexible schedule
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plan
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Ten Thousand Villages

We’re pioneers of fair trade with over 75 years of experience! Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit, retail organization whose mission is to collaborate with artisans in under-resourced communities to earn income by bringing their products and stories to our markets through long-term, fair-trading relationships.

Founded in 1946
Akron, Pennsylvania, USA
333 employees (20 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
113.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$183.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
51.5%
Direct
20.5%
Referral
5.1%
Social
1.8%
Paid
12.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~333

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
14 (4% of company)
Median Tenure
18.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$50K
Last Raise
$50K
Debt Financing

Funding History

  • Dec 2020
    Debt Financing • $50K

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