MARKETING SPECIALIST, FROZEN TREATS

Responsibilities

• Working with the Product Development, Creative Services and Marketing Services teams, support and drive the execution of brand building communication strategies and go-to-market plans.
• Partnering with Category Management, Sales/Retail Marketing, and Product Development to lead category assortment development and validation.
• Support development of creative briefs and facilitate creative reviews
• Manage creative development processes (i.e. timeline, approvals, protocols)
• Support Brand Manager in execution all marketing launch assets including storyboards, lifestyle photography, recipe books, packaging, in-store merchandising, Amazon A+ content, and more.
• Participate on a cross-functional team to develop new products and messaging
• Become an expert in the category - understand price, positioning, competitive landscape and market needs.
• Translate category insights into marketing actions and track against progress and validation.
• Analyze key business drivers, competitive trends, direct competitors’ success and strategies, marketplace dynamics & consumer need gaps that lead to disruptive, breakthrough new product propositions
• Communicate the value proposition of the products to the sales team and develop the sales tools that support the selling process of the products

Requirements

• Minimum of 0-3 years prior Marketing experience with Branding, and/or Category Management experience preferred
• CPG experience preferred.
• Prior experience leveraging consumer insights to develop effective marketing programs and campaigns
• Bachelor’s degree (preferably in marketing) or equivalent experience required