Director of Marketing

Eden Prairie, MN (On-site)

$88K/yr – $152K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive strategic marketing leadership and budget stewardship across a retail/sports equipment brand with cross-functional collaboration and market research to grow sales and brand presence.

  • Own the end-to-end marketing plan execution and budget stewardship.
  • Must-have: experience leading a marketing function and managing a budget.
  • Standout: leadership across disciplines in golf retail and supervisory staff.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leading the marketing team in the execution of all elements of the strategic marketing plan.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams to evaluate strategic plan.
  • Development and monitoring of marketing budget to include all downstream marketing elements.
  • Develop and maintain brand guidelines including deployment of environmental branding at all retail locations.
  • Gathers and analyzes information to identify new markets and customers, demand for products and services, and efficacy of existing marketing campaigns and strategies.
  • Conducts market research, sales forecasting, and strategic planning to assess and ensure the sale and profitability of products.
  • Conducts pricing research and analysis to ensure competitive product and service pricing.
  • Maintains knowledge of trends and developments in the market; identifies needs for new products and services and makes recommendations to leadership.
  • Negotiates contracts for services needed to execute a marketing strategy.
  • Composes, develops, evaluates, and conducts training on marketing activities, strategies, and policies.

Requirements

  • Thorough understanding of principles and methods used to promote, display, and sell products and services
  • Experience managing the marketing function including strategy execution and management of a budget
  • Experience leading a team of direct reports and including across an organization
  • Experience playing golf at a competitive or collegiate level
  • Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to create, implement, and monitor budgets.
  • Ability to adapt quickly to changing conditions and priorities

Preferred

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing.
  • At least ten years of experience in Retail and/ or Sporting Goods marketing or a related field.
  • In-depth knowledge of the golf industry.
  • Maintain a 10 handicap or better

Benefits

  • Employee Programs such as PGA membership dues support
  • Paid Time Off
  • 401k company match
  • Health Insurance
  • HSA/FSA
  • Discounted Merchandise
  • Continued Training and Development
  • Health and Wellness Initiatives
  • Work Life Balance
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2nd Swing Golf

2nd Swing is a specialty retailer and online seller of new and pre-swung golf equipment and accessories. With over 60,000 pre-swung golf clubs, our mission is to own the best inventory selection in the country and provide expert custom fittings for all of today’s golfers. As a company, our goal is to exceed customer expectations. We do this by maintaining expertly trained and certified team members. 2nd Swing has been recognized and awarded an array of service and fitting awards including 2014 Ping Top 100 Club Fitter and 2016 Golf Digest Top 100 Fitter of the Year. Check out our Google ratings under 2nd Swing and our website at www.2ndswing.com.Do you love the game of golf? Can you talk golf all day long?If so, we want to talk to you!2nd Swing is always looking for golf enthusiasts to fill flexible, part-time roles with our growing company.If you're interested in working with people who are as passionate about golf as you are, apply today on our careers page at https://www.2ndswing.com/t-careers.aspx

Founded in 2007
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA
264 employees (25 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$41.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
54.4%
Direct
39.4%
Referral
4%
Social
1%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~264

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (8% of company)

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