Marketing Manager

Responsibilities Own the awards program calendar from category planning through the ceremony: book the venue, manage the run of show, and wrangle sponsors and winners
Represent FLX Local Media at chamber mixers, festivals, and grand openings across the region
Build and hold the schedule for two properties on overlapping calendars, each with printing deadlines, ballot windows, and sponsor commitments
Write and edit the magazine copy and the publication's features, and commission photography
Keep the community events calendar accurate and current
Own the social accounts for both properties and set the tone
Work with our Director of Sales to shape sponsorship tiers and content partnerships, and make sure what we sell is something we can deliver
Use AI tools to move faster on drafting, research, editing, and first passes
Qualifications You get energy from people. This job puts you in front of business owners, winery managers, chamber directors, event committees, photographers, and sponsors most weeks
You are organized in a way other people can see, and can keep a dozen people on schedule without nagging them
You can write real sentences about real places, not marketing copy that says nothing
You are comfortable owning something. Nobody is going to hand you a weekly task list
You already use AI tools in your work and can show us how
A driver's license and a vehicle you are willing to put miles on
Helpful but not required: experience in events, publishing, tourism, hospitality, or local media; photography or design skills; WordPress; and knowing the Finger Lakes and the people in it

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