Marketing Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and execute the overall marketing strategy for Champions Funding and its affiliates, ensuring alignment with business objectives and brand standards.
• Manage and enhance the brands of Champions Funding and its affiliates across digital, print, and marketing platforms, ensuring consistency in messaging and visual identity.
• Experience using CRM platforms (preferably HubSpot) to build, schedule, and send marketing emails and communications.
• Oversee the company’s social media presence by developing content calendars, creating engaging campaigns, monitoring performance, and increasing brand awareness.
• Cook up and manage company-sponsored events, industry conferences, trade shows, broker appreciation events, and internal corporate events from planning through execution.
• Create, review, and manage marketing collateral including flyers, brochures, presentations, advertisements, email campaigns, and promotional materials.
• Design and oversee graphic design projects, ensuring all creative assets align with company branding and marketing objectives.
• Collaborate with sales and business development teams to develop marketing initiatives that generate broker engagement, increase loan submissions, and support business growth.
• Manage relationships with external vendors, marketing agencies, printers, event partners, and promotional suppliers to ensure timely delivery of marketing projects.
• Monitor marketing performance using key performance indicators (KPIs), campaign analytics, and reporting to measure effectiveness and recommend improvements.
• Develop and manage marketing budgets, ensuring resources are allocated effectively and projects are completed within budget.
• Research industry trends, competitor marketing strategies, and emerging digital marketing opportunities to keep Champions Funding and its affiliates competitive within the Non-QM mortgage market.
• Support executive leadership with special marketing projects, branding initiatives, internal communications, and other strategic business initiatives as needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of marketing experience, including leadership or management experience; experience within financial services or mortgage lending preferred.
• Experience managing branding, social media, event planning, graphic design, and multi-channel marketing campaigns.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing platforms, content creation, social media management, and marketing analytics.
• Proficiency with graphic design software such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or similar design platforms.
• Experience managing vendors, budgets, and multiple marketing projects simultaneously.
• Mortgage industry experience preferred but not required.
• Exceptional communication, creativity, organization, project management, and problem-solving skills.