Marketing Manager 1

Muscatine, IA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

Job Summary

Own cross-functional brand and product marketing with end-to-end launch ownership, content production, and partner/vendor management.

  • Brand and product launches: own end-to-end planning from market insights to post-launch assessment.
  • Content and campaigns: develop product, event, and brand content for targeted audiences.
  • Vendor and cross-functional partnerships: manage designers, photographers, and printers, coordinate with Product, Digital Experience, Showrooms, Engineering, and Field Sales.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The Marketing Manager 1 is responsible for contributing collaboratively with a broad cross-functional team to lead, develop, implement, and manage brand communication strategies and marketing plans for new products and existing product portfolio within various business segments and vertical markets.
  • This role will have category or initiative ownership to drive results through cross-functional collaboration within a specific area focused on driving processes.
  • Develop product, event, and brand plans for producing and delivering a wide range of marketing content to targeted audience segments highlighting company programs, initiatives, and services for new and existing products.
  • Drive all phases of the product launch process from market research to launch to post-launch analysis.
  • Work directly with internal functional groups, including Product Management, Digital Experience, Showrooms, Engineering, and Field Sales to execute tactics supporting the strategy.
  • Engage and drive vendor relationships including design and communication firms, photographers and renderers, and printers in support of product and company initiatives.
  • Develop and manage project-specific budgets and timelines while monitoring progress to milestones and auditing expenses for cost-savings opportunities.
  • Create and present clear and persuasive rationale for marketing campaign approaches.
  • Work with leadership and cross-functional teams to understand, define, and drive business strategies and strategic marketing initiatives.
  • Ensure brand is communicated effectively through review and editing of content, including websites, social media, newsletters, brochures, and other marketing channels.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communication, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
  • At least 3 years of relevant experience is required; 4 years of experience preferred.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite required.
  • Demonstrated knowledge with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Acrobat Pro) required.
  • Demonstrated knowledge with email communication tools (Exact Target, Constant Contact, Mail Chimp) required for Integrated Support roles.
  • Demonstrated history of excellent written and verbal communication skills, including but not limited to presentations, writing reports, meetings, e-mails, and telephone communications is required.
  • Demonstrated problem solving skills with ability in isolating the causes from symptoms, involving others as appropriate, and researching and implementing solutions that show sound judgement is required.
  • Proven business industry knowledge with proven history and in-depth understanding of the organizational functions is required.
  • The ability to build professional relationships and work collaboratively establishing and leveraging established networks to share resources cross-functionally is required.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, effectively guide a team, and make decisions within the framework of the organization’s strategic intent is required.
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    HNI Corporation

    At HNI Corporation, we go beyond simply building great desks, chairs, file cabinets and fireplaces. We're focused on building relationships by delivering solutions. With deeply held values that were born with the corporation's founding in 1944, we are a collection of individuals, called members, united by a dedication to integrity, quality, innovation, service and continuous improvement. HNI Corporation's growth strategy centers on three imperatives: building leading brands, taking care of end users and achieving operational excellence. The corporation's manufacturing and supply chain expertise consistently translates to the highest quality products, provided with the fastest and most dependable turnaround in its industries. HNI Corporation is a group of companies, each representing a family of leading brands, products and services for the office and home. In HNI Corporation's unique and powerful member-owner environment, every member has an opportunity to share in making the business better. Everyone is rewarded for individual and collective performance through stock ownership, profit sharing and other compensation systems. Our culture is built around Rapid Continuous Improvement (RCI) and the notion that every member has something unique and valuable to contribute. We have found that when our people share their ideas, and management acts on those ideas, we achieve something powerful: 10,000-plus individuals working actively to make the company better.

    Founded in 1944
    Muscatine, Iowa, USA
    5.1K employees (308 in marketing)
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    Marketing Manager 1

    HNI Corporation · Muscatine, IA · On-site