Specialist Marketing Strategy

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Own marketing for PGA TOUR products across paid, earned media, and promotions to raise local awareness and revenue, while coordinating assets, email programs, and cross-team campaigns.

  • Media Strategy & Buying: Develop multi-channel plans and manage creative asset requests with the media agency and Marketing Ops.
  • Email & Campaigns: Create compelling email content, analyze performance, and iterate to boost engagement and revenue.
  • Brand & Asset Alignment: Work with Creative Studio and partners to ensure consistent voice and on-site collateral across events and markets.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and direct marketing strategies utilizing paid media, earned media and promotions, which build local awareness and drive revenue for PGA TOUR products
  • In coordination with manager, media buying agency and/or Marketing Operations team, manage the full media buying process, including creative assets requests
  • Develop the e-mail marketing strategies for PGA TOUR events
  • Collectively work with Creative Studio and the Creative Director to develop a brand strategy and promotional campaign that creates a voice for each assigned product in the local market. Ensure that campaigns align and maintain consistency across various executions, and internal and external partners
  • Own media asset grids regarding print, digital, TV, radio and outdoor (specs, deadlines, trafficking)
  • Coordinate weekly or bi-weekly marketing calls and provide summary recaps to stakeholders after the calls
  • Develop and execute compelling email content that engages with fans to drive awareness and revenue
  • Analyze email campaign performance, communicate sales revenue generated and develop ideas for improvement
  • Assist local events and/or club staff and manager with the creation of on-site collateral, including signage, course maps, spectator and pairings guides, etc.
  • Work in partnership with Digital and Communications teams to develop content plans which generate admissions revenue, awareness and exposure for assigned products

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Advertising, or other related discipline required
  • Minimum 4 years’ experience in marketing, preferably sports marketing
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint presentation design is required
  • Excellent written communication and copywriting skills
  • Strong project management aptitude and ability to work against deadlines
  • Thorough knowledge of general business procedures
  • Creative trafficking and graphic design background a plus

Preferred

  • Creative trafficking and graphic design background a plus
PGA Tour logo

PGA Tour

3.8 Glassdoor

By showcasing golf’s greatest players, the PGA TOUR engages, inspires and positively impacts our fans, partners and communities worldwide. The PGA TOUR, headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, co-sanctions more than 130 tournaments on the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, Korn Ferry Tour, PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Series-China. Members on the PGA TOUR represent the world’s best players, hailing from 29 countries and territories (93 members are from outside the United States). Worldwide, PGA TOUR tournaments are broadcast to 212 countries and territories in 23 languages. Virtually all tournaments are organized as non-profit organizations to maximize charitable giving. In 2019, tournaments across all Tours generated a record $204.3 million for local and national charitable organizations, bringing the all-time total to more than $3 billion. To learn more about the positive impact the PGA TOUR has on the communities in which we play, please visit www.pgatour.com/impact. Fans can follow the PGA TOUR on PGATOUR.COM, the No. 1 site in golf, on the PGA TOUR app and on social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram (in English, Spanish and Korean), LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, WeChat, Weibo, Toutiao and Douyin.

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, US
3.3K employees (629 in marketing)
54% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$11
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.2%
Direct
57.2%
Referral
6%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
508 (15% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
9.4 years

Recent News