Marketing Generalist II - 12-Month Contract

Columbia Brands USA; London; Hybrid; CAD 60.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health, Dental, and Life Insurance

Floater days (Additional Paid Time Off

Culture Committee and Employee Groups

Employee Friends and Family discounts

Hybrid work model (4 onsite days, 1 at

Zusammenfassung

Columbia Canada is seeking a Marketing Generalist II to join our Canada Headquarters in London, Ontario on a 12-month contract. You will support development of integrated marketing plans and execute day-to-day activities with a focus on English Canada.

This role collaborates with the Director of Marketing and cross-functional teams to drive digital activations, paid media, and seasonal planning. There is potential for a full-time role on our growing Canadian team.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communications, or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in marketing in consumer/brand roles.
• Strong communication and cross-functional teamwork skills.

Aufgaben

• Drive execution of digital focused, integrated marketing plans to increase brand awareness and conversion.
• Collaborate in seasonal go-to-market processes with sales and marketing teams.
• Build relationships with key account partners and coordinate retail marketing efforts.
• Align creative with the Canadian market and secure approvals per brand guidelines.

Kenntnisse

Digital marketing

Brand management

Paid media planning

Project management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in business/marketing/communications

Jobbeschreibung

We're Engineered for Whatever - Are You?

Some people think nature is flowery meadows and pretty butterflies, but we think it's more like snake bites, lightning strikes, avalanches, wipe outs, and hungry vultures.

That's why we engineer everything we make for anything nature can throw at you.

That same spirit fuels our team. If you're energized by the outdoors, obsessed with understanding consumers, and excited to market the products Canadians rely on for their next "whatever," this is your chance to make your mark. Join us in getting our message out there and showing people that with Columbia, they can thrive, not just survive, outside.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Benefit Plan including Health, Dental, and Life Insurance
• Additional Paid Time Off (floater days)
• Culture Committee and Employee Resource Groups
• Generous Employee Friends and Family discounts
• Hybrid Work Model (4 set days onsite, 1 set day remote)

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Marketing department is looking for a Marketing Generalist II to join the Columbia team at our Canada Headquarters located in London, Ontario for a 12-month contract. The Marketing Generalist II will work closely with the Director of Marketing to support the development of integrated marketing plans and drive their day-to-day execution with a focus on English Canada. This role encompasses the planning and execution responsibilities for a variety of marketing tactics for the Columbia brand with a focus on digital activations with key account partners, brand marketing paid media & activations and the development of seasonal planning and reporting documents. *Note, this is a contract position, however there is potential for a full-time role on our growing Canadian Marketing team.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Work closely with the Director of Marketing, driving the execution of digital focused, integrated plans targeted to increase brand awareness, consideration, and conversion.
• Actively participate in the seasonal go-to-market process with the sales and marketing teams in the development, communication, and execution of marketing initiatives, plans and presentations.
• Work closely with sales and retail marketing to build strong relationships with our key account partners and create digitally focused marketing executions aligned with retail marketing efforts designed to maximize resources and drive sell through success.
• Ensure the Columbia brand image and message are consistent with corporate directives. Working closely with the creative lead, adapt creative as needed to be relevant for the Canadian market. Ensure efforts follow brand guidelines and secure appropriate approvals as necessary.
• Support key marketing functional disciplines for the Columbia brand such as:
  • Paid Media - work with agency partners and internal stakeholders to support the planning and execution of seasonal plans across multiple media platforms such as social, digital, video, streaming platforms, broadcast, OOH, etc.
  • Seasonal Planning & Reporting documents - working closely with the Director of Marketing and the Canadian marketing team, draft and track seasonal planning documents to drive team coordination around targeted initiatives and create reporting documents to share with internal stakeholders.
  • Events / Partnerships / Activations - support the creation of strategies and execution of events, partnerships and activations that are uniquely Canadian driving brand authenticity and creating moments to connect with consumers.
  • ECOMM - stay connected with ecomm team to ensure Canada calendar alignment, messaging consistency, and paid media efficiencies.

YOU ARE

• Proficient at maintaining positive open lines of communication with all management, staff, external agency partners and other departments to contribute to the smooth flow of information and efficient operation of the marketing department.
• Experienced in planning meetings with visibility to internal sales, marketing and operations contacts, key account partners, agency partners and various marketing team members.
• Capable of supporting multiple projects from start to finish, track to deadlines, and drive positive results.
• Able to work both independently and with key stakeholders across the business, such as members of the marketing team, sales and operations teams, wholesale partners, and external agency partners.
• Knowledgeable in how to develop, communicate and execute integrated marketing plans, have knowledge of current marketing and social media trends, retail, promotional and communication techniques/procedures.
• Proficient in managing multiple marketing tactics aligned to brand and seasonal marketing objectives.
• Experienced with pitching, negotiation and contracting partners.
• Keen understanding of multi- media channels and experienced with developing and executing paid media plans.

YOU HAVE

• A bachelor's degree in business, marketing, social media, communications, or related field.
• 3-5 years' exper