Marketing Associate - 2027 Leadership Development Program

Avient Corporation; Avon Lake (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Avient Corporation's Marketing Leadership Development Program (MLDP) accelerates professional growth by placing participants in four rotations across market research, product management, digital marketing, and communications.

During the two-year program, you'll work with peers and leaders, gain core marketing skills, and receive feedback from the program manager, with the aim of transitioning into full-time roles that fit your goals.

Qualifications

• BA/BS or MBA in Marketing, Business Admin, or related field.
• Engineering degree or combined engineering with business/marketing is welcomed.
• Experience with market research and secondary analysis is a plus.
• Internship experience in marketing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data to support marketing metrics and improve campaigns.
• Translate product performance data into clear messaging for senior audiences.
• Conduct and synthesize secondary market research to inform decisions.
• Understand Avient’s businesses from financial, operational, and strategic standpoints.
• Participate in cross-functional project teams across business units.
• Engage with senior management and collaborate globally.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Teamwork / collaboration

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration or related field

Engineering degree or dual path with engineering and business/marketing

Job description

Job Description

The Marketing Leadership Development Program (MLDP) accelerates professional development by placing participants in key marketing roles and functions during a two-year rotational program. The program welcomes candidates who bring technical thinking to strategic marketing challenges across the business. Individuals get hands-on experience by going through four rotations to gain key marketing competencies and will support a wide range of functions and initiatives that enable company growth. Participants will rotate through project-based roles in the key areas, including market research, industry management, product management, digital marketing, and marketing communications. During each rotation, they will establish relationships with peers and leaders, learn fundamental marketing skills and receive feedback from the program manager. Upon completion of the program, successful candidates can explore full-time roles within Avient that best suits their personal and professional goals and match business needs.

Job Summary

The Marketing Leadership Development Program (MLDP) accelerates professional development by placing participants in key marketing roles and functions during a two-year rotational program. The program welcomes candidates who bring technical thinking to strategic marketing challenges across the business. Individuals get hands-on experience by going through four rotations to gain key marketing competencies and will support a wide range of functions and initiatives that enable company growth. Participants will rotate through project-based roles in the key areas, including market research, industry management, product management, digital marketing, and marketing communications. During each rotation, they will establish relationships with peers and leaders, learn fundamental marketing skills and receive feedback from the program manager. Upon completion of the program, successful candidates can explore full-time roles within Avient that best suits their personal and professional goals and match business needs.

Essential Functions

• Analyze data to support key marketing metrics and facilitate performance improvements across campaigns and initiatives.


• Translate technical concepts and product performance data into clear, compelling messaging for business and senior audiences.


• Independently conduct and synthesize secondary market research and analysis to inform strategic decisions.


• Gain an understanding of the various Avient businesses from a financial, operational, and strategic standpoint.


• Participate in cross-functional project teams across business units.


• Interact with senior management, build relationships with other employees across the globe and make a difference in Avient’s future success.


• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• BA/BS or MBA degree with emphasis in Marketing, Business Administration/ Development, or related field.


• Candidates with a degree in engineering, or a dual path combining engineering with business, marketing, or business development, are strongly encouraged to apply.


• Demonstrated technical experience in applied research and development, product or formulation design, applications engineering, or related applied roles is preferred.


• Experience conducting secondary market research and competitive analysis to support business decisions is a plus.


• Relevant internship experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven problem-solving skills, including the capacity to gather, synthesize, and evaluate data from multiple sources using a range of business intelligence and reporting tools, then draw insights and recommend actionable next steps.


• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for business and senior audiences.


• Team player with strong project coordination and organization skills required.

About Us

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide.

Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities.

Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world.

In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws.

Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer.

We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.

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