Marketing Associate (Distribution) | St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and execute marketing initiatives that support company and proprietary brands.
• Contribute to the planning, development, and implementation of marketing campaigns, product launches, and promotional programs.
• Develop, revise, and distribute marketing collateral, presentations, sales support materials, and other branded content.
• Ensure consistent application of brand standards, messaging, and visual identity across all marketing materials.
• Champion private label and proprietary brand programs through marketing execution and project coordination.
• Manage assigned marketing projects from initiation through completion, including timelines, deliverables, approvals, and stakeholder communication.
• Collaborate with Sales, Category Management, Creative, Digital Marketing, Sourcing, and other business teams to ensure project alignment and execution.
• Maintain project documentation, status reporting, and communication records.
• Draft, edit, proofread, and coordinate content for internal and external communications.
• Engaged in the development and deployment of email campaigns, newsletters, digital content, social media initiatives, and promotional communications.
• Coordinate communication schedules and marketing calendars to ensure timely execution of campaigns and messaging.
• Review marketing content for accuracy, consistency, and adherence to branding standards.
• Manage employee communication initiatives designed to improve engagement and awareness of company programs.
• Coordinate content for newsletters, announcements, recognition programs, and company events.
• Maintain communication resources, content libraries, photos, testimonials, and related marketing assets.
• Analyze project workflows and recommend improvements that enhance efficiency, collaboration, and execution.
• Track project and campaign metrics and prepare reports that support marketing decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve communication processes, project tracking, and resource utilization.
• Engaged in improvement initiatives within the marketing function.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• A bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in marketing, communications, project management, brand support, sales enablement, or a related area.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of product launches, marketing campaigns, and brand management initiatives.
• Experience with CRM, marketing automation, email marketing, project management, or content management systems.
• Digital marketing and social media platform experience.
• Familiarity with analytics and performance reporting tools.
• High level of maturity and confidence necessary to interact with sophisticated internal and external clients.
• Strong leadership and customer service skills with the ability to ensure that a high level of service and quality is maintained.
• Product knowledge with clear technical understanding of services to be able to effectively communicate to customers.
• Excellent project management, organizational and planning skills with ability to prioritize multiple tasks, projects and meet deadlines.
• Outstanding attention to detail, flexibility and creativity.
• Persistence coupled with the ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to exercise discretion and good judgment, work with minimal supervision and maintain confidentiality of shared information and/or assignments.