Marketing & Media Manager

Responsibilities

• The Marketing & Media Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating marketing and advertising initiatives for the Deadwood Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau. This position plays a key role in promoting Deadwood as a tourism destination, supporting Chamber-produced events, communicating with Chamber members, and advancing the organization’s marketing objectives.
• The Manager supervises the Marketing & Communications Specialist, delegates assignments, establishes priorities, and coordinates workflows to ensure marketing projects are completed accurately, efficiently, and on schedule.
• This is a hands-on position requiring the ability to develop marketing concepts, create professional advertising materials, manage media vendors and advertising agencies, analyze campaign performance, and complete projects from initial planning through final reporting. The successful candidate must be comfortable balancing creative work with administrative responsibilities, financial oversight, and event support.
• The primary objectives of the Chamber’s marketing efforts are to increase visitation, occupancy, gaming revenue, and taxable sales in Deadwood; promote Chamber events and member businesses; strengthen Deadwood’s brand; share Deadwood’s history; and maximize the return on its marketing investments.
• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• 1. Paid Media Placement & Advertising Management
• 2. Marketing Budget Management & Expense Tracking
• 3. Professional Graphic Design & Creative Development
• 4. Marketing Strategy & Campaign Coordination
• 5. Marketing Analytics, Research & Reporting

Requirements

• Minimum of five years of professional marketing experience, including demonstrated experience in graphic design, advertising, media placement and budget management.
• Proficiency in professional Adobe Creative Cloud design applications, particularly Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere Pro or After Effects. Candidates must be able to independently create and prepare professional, production-ready advertising and marketing materials.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating advertising campaigns, managing deadlines, and working with media vendors or advertising agencies.
• Demonstrated experience placing social and digital media buys.
• Strong project management, organizational, and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and competing deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, analyze information, code invoices and track expenditures, maintain accurate records, and manage projects within established budgets.
• Ability to supervise, mentor, delegate to, and collaborate effectively with other team members.
• Ability to interpret marketing performance data and communicate results through reports and presentations.
• Willingness to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended hours during major events.

Benefits

• The employer pays 100% of the employee-only premium for health, dental, vision, and life insurance. Employees may elect to add eligible family members to applicable insurance plans at their own expense, with the additional premiums paid through payroll deductions.
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays (10): New Year’s Day, M.L. King Jr. Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Indigenous People's Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following, Christmas Day
• Parental & major medical leave (after 6 months of continuous employment)
• Opportunity to invest in your future through a retirement savings plan with a 3% employer match.
• Cell phone monthly stipend
• Health & wellness benefit
• Complimentary and discounted Deadwood Chamber merchandise