Marketing Director

Saint Louis Park, MN (Unknown)

$90K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Marketing Strategy & Business Leadership: Lead the development and execution of marketing strategies that strengthen the Nordic Ware brand, drive business growth, and support long-term company objectives.
  • Brand Management: Champion and protect the Nordic Ware brand by ensuring a consistent and engaging customer experience across all products, channels, and touchpoints.
  • Product Marketing & New Product Launches: Partner with Product Development and Sales to successfully promote current product offerings and bring new products to market through compelling positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategies.
  • Digital Marketing & Social Media: Drive consumer engagement and brand awareness through effective digital marketing, content creation, social media, e-commerce, and paid media initiatives.
  • Sales Support: Collaborate with Sales teams to develop marketing programs, merchandising tools, presentations, and promotional assets that support retail growth and customer success.
  • Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Marketing and Creative team while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Website, User Experience & SEO Strategy: Enhance Nordic Ware's digital presence by guiding website strategy, user experience improvements, content optimization, and search engine performance initiatives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Graphic Design, or a related field required; Master's degree or advanced marketing certifications preferred.
  • 10+ years of progressive marketing experience, preferably within consumer products, housewares, kitchenware, or related retail industries.
  • 5+ years of hands-on leadership experience managing marketing, creative, brand, or content teams.
  • Demonstrated success developing and executing brand-building strategies for consumer products sold through retail and e-commerce channels.
  • Experience leading product launches, retail packaging development, point-of-sale materials, and integrated marketing campaigns.
  • Strong understanding of consumer purchasing behavior, consumer product marketing, retail merchandising, and visual presentation.
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Product Development, Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to bring products to market.
  • Experience managing internal creative resources as well as external agencies, freelancers, and vendors.
  • Expertise in digital marketing, content marketing, social media strategy, brand storytelling, and marketing analytics.
  • Proven ability to balance leadership with hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

  • Bonuses
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Health and Wellness Programs (including Health Challenges, Pickleball Team, Hiking Club, and Community Garden)
  • HSA with employer contributions and the new Nice Healthcare
  • Paid Family Medical Leave
  • Short and Long-Term Disability
  • Basic Life and AD&D
  • Voluntary Life
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Nordic Ware

3.8 Glassdoor

For over 70 years, Nordic Ware has manufactured American-made cookware, bakeware, microwave accessories and grilling products for consumer use. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, we are proud to be a family-owned and operated company and a name brand that can be found in kitchens worldwide. We're perhaps best known for our Bundt(R) cake pans and Naturals(R) baking sheets, which are widely regarded as the finest quality bakeware available in the market. We produce more than 400 unique items which can be found across all channels of retail. Our high degree of vertical integration allows us to operate on remarkably short timelines for our industry. Innovating is what we do best, and our in-house engineering and design team takes pride in creating useful, beautiful, and long-lasting products. Our Minneapolis corporate campus includes over 250,000 square feet of manufacturing and distribution space adjacent to our offices.

Founded in 1946
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
131 employees (16 in marketing)
1% recommend to a friend
1% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$90K/yr – $150K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8 (6% of company)
Median Tenure
12.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
249.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$13K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
68.8%
Direct
16.1%
Referral
5.7%
Social
5.1%
Paid
2.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~131

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Marketing Director

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