Marketing Manager for Meetings and Conventions

Columbus, OH (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and lead integrated convention and destination marketing initiatives, driving campaigns, collateral, events, and digital content from brief to delivery while coordinating timelines, approvals, and stakeholders across teams.

  • Project management of marketing campaigns
  • Development of client-specific presentations and collateral
  • CRM-enabled outreach and performance tracking

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Convention Sales Marketing Management
  • Successfully manages Sales marketing projects through the pipeline by coordinating timelines, deliverables, approvals and stakeholders, in our project management system, to ensure projects are completed on time.
  • Lead, produce, and project manage sales projects as assigned by Marketing Director, including sales newsletters, email campaigns and social content.
  • Create, update, edit, and proof print electronic marketing materials to support convention sales' goals, including collateral, presentations, bid books, videos, etc.
  • Write and edit copy for email campaigns, social media, and website content, ensuring messaging is on-brand and aligned with marketing and sales goals.
  • Research the client/group prior to site visits and develop custom marketing presentations tailored to their needs, working with the Marketing Director and assigned sales team member.
  • Support convention sales tradeshow and event planning and execution, including marketing tactics, collateral, and pre- and post-show communications.
  • Manage website content updates and edits, working with the Marketing and Web Director to ensure pages remain current, accurate, and optimized.
  • Manage marketing-related CRM functions (e.g., Simpleview), including list pulls, email segmentation, and campaign tracking in support of sales outreach.
  • Attend trade shows and other client-facing meetings and events as needed, within and outside of business hours.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in integrated marketing communications elements, such as social media and maintaining a brand identity that remains consistent across distinct media channels.
  • Assisting with the execution and productivity of marketing plans and projects with metrics.
  • Project management, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing timelines, and ensuring projects are delivered on time.
  • Experience in digital marketing methods and tools, including social media and general digital communications.
  • Experience supporting a sales team, a plus
  • Experience working with landing pages or microsites, a plus
  • Highly organized, with the ability to handle multiple priorities and demonstrate effective time management skills.
  • Exceptionally attentive to the details.
  • Flexibility and adaptability as company and departments priorities shift and change.
  • Graphic design skills and working knowledge of Canva and Photoshop are a plus.
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Experience Columbus' vision is to be the leading force in creating and revealing the best of the Columbus experience to the world. The thriving and progressive city of Columbus is an uplifting reminder of how strong the human spirit is. That we have more control over destiny than many people think. Because living forward is a choice. An empowered choice to change the way we see the world. To look for the new opportunities this life is giving us rather than focusing on the things it has taken from us. To feel hope instead of fear. By choosing to live forward, the people of Columbus are choosing to thrive. We invite you Live Forward with us.

Columbus, Ohio, USA
105 employees (17 in marketing)

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
13 (12% of company)
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
215.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
63.4%
Direct
30.9%
Referral
4.5%
Social
0.8%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~106

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Marketing Manager for Meetings and Conventions

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