Sr Marketing Communications Specialist

Westmont, IL (On-site)

$100K/yr – $110K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive BRF\'s marketing communications and content programs across digital channels, with strong emphasis on content creation, digital marketing, and brand consistency.

  • Must-have: Bachelor\'s degree in Communications/Marketing and 5+ years in marketing communications.
  • Standout: Demonstrated ability to manage WordPress-based websites and multi-channel campaigns.
  • Standout: Strong digital storytelling and content development across social, email, and web.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute annual marketing communications plan that aligns with BRF business strategies leveraging program analytics, consumer, customer, and competitive insights.
  • Identify, create, and distribute compelling content across all communication channels to inform, inspire, and engage relevant audiences.
  • Design and produce visually engaging marketing materials, including social media graphics, event flyers, infographics, and email templates, following established brand guidelines.
  • Support execution of integrated marketing campaigns for BRF brands which may include video production, email marketing, direct mail, PR, digital media, and other brand enhancing assets.
  • Manage day-to-day social media operations, including scheduling posts, monitoring engagement, and analyzing performance metrics to inform improvements.
  • Help develop and execute digital marketing campaigns and content calendar to drive awareness and engagement.
  • Conduct social listening to monitor brand sentiment, industry trends, and customer feedback, leveraging insights to inform marketing strategies.
  • Lead website content development and management, ensuring the site remains up-to-date, visually compelling, and optimized for user experience and SEO.
  • Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to create and update website pages, blog content, and digital assets that support brand initiatives.
  • Update and maintain the corporate and branded websites through WordPress, including creating new pages and optimizing existing content for performance and accessibility.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree required in Communications, Marketing, Business or related field, supplemented with experience in marketing, agency or communications environment.
  • Minimum of five (5+) years of full-time experience in marketing communications and or content development.
  • Exceptional written communication skills and a talent for digital storytelling that leads to engagement on multiple digital channels.
  • Demonstrated digital marketing experience, including social media, email, and content marketing with an understanding of associated success metrics and analytics.
  • Proficiency in graphic design software (Adobe Suite and Canva) and digital marketing tools (social media platforms, email marketing software like MailChimp).
  • Experience using WordPress or similar CMS platforms.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills required to deliver clear perspectives on complex business problems.

Benefits

  • You’ll also receive a comprehensive benefits package including a low premium and out of pocket cost medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k with company match, generous sick and vacation time, 9 paid holidays, birthday and floating holidays, volunteer time and more!
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Baldwin Richardson Foods

BALDWIN RICHARDSON FOODS (BRF) is a leading custom ingredients manufacturer for the food and beverage industry. We combine our formulation expertise and unique packaging options with robust processing capabilities to supply high quality ingredient solutions for our customers within the consumer packaged goods and foodservice channels. Additionally, we manufacture finished goods for the private label sector as well as having our own retail brands, Mrs. Richardson’s dessert sauces and Nance’s mustards/condiments.Our formulation strengths include controlled water activity fillings, dessert sauces and fruit preparations as well as beverage syrups and savory sauces. And, with our state-of-the-art Innovation & Culinary Center focused on innovation to our award-winning commercialization process, we truly are a full development partner. We are headquartered in Macedon, NY and our Innovation & Culinary Center is in Westmont, IL. Our manufacturing facilities are located in Corona, CA, Pennsauken, NJ, Macedon, NY, and Williamson, NY.

Founded in 1997
Macedon, New York, USA
348 employees (24 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.3%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~348

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
24 (7% of company)