Marketing Assistant Job at 24 Seven Talent in Portland

Overview

Role : Marketing Assistant

24 Seven Talent. Our client, a global lifestyle brand, is looking for a Brand / Marketing Assistant. This is a two year contract (40 hours a week) that is onsite in Portland.

Responsibilities

• Be a partner to all members of the Brand Communications team in the execution of product and event marketing activations.
• Support the teams collaborations with brand experience, trade marketing, agency partners and other marketing channel teams to effectively guide the creation of cohesive, multi-channel product and event marketing activations that achieve each respective project objectives; foster and maintain strong relationships cross-functionally.
• Support feedback collection from local channel teams when necessary, partnering with them to identify any content gaps, and participate actively in team feedback requests.
• Where necessary, support the local creation of toolkits and other marketing collateral to support key product marketing priorities, in close partnership with local team members.
• Become the product expert on the team; own product ordering, promo forecasting and the creation of the corresponding tracking documents to ensure the orderly and timely tracking of product distribution.
• Regularly audit the competitive landscape and stay up to date on industry trends to educate / inspire the wider brand comms team on trends and learnings.
• Support the creation of marketing activation post-mortems on behalf of the team to assess communication effectiveness using KPIs and analytics tools.

What we are looking for

• Deep personal knowledge and / or professional experience in sport and / or fashion / lifestyle categories.
• Fluent in English (writing and verbal).
• A team player with strong interpersonal skills.
• High level of organization with a structured, methodical way of working.
• Advanced skills across all Microsoft Office software.
• Good at building relationships across a variety of levels.
• Strong negotiation skills.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors degree (B.A.), with an emphasis in Communications / Marketing / Business preferred, and 2 years sports or other product marketing or related experience in the Sporting Goods Industry. Equivalent combination of education and / or experience may be substituted for degree.

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Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Marketing and Sales

Industries

Staffing and Recruiting

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