Associate Marketing Manager, Vendors + Events

The Associate Marketing Manager, Vendors + Events is responsible for facilitating brand experience for both our vendor partners as well as our customers. This person will support, and eventually lead vendor marketing programs across Crate’s Kitchen category, as well as manage relevant store events. This role is pivotal in establishing strong relationships with Crate’s most valuable partners, and growing market share across our new and existing store footprint.

This is an on-site position (Monday through Thursday) based out of our Northbrook, IL office with the flexibility to work remotely on Fridays.

A day in the life as an Associate Marketing Manager, Vendors + Events…

• Act as daily point of contact for vendor partners across all lines of business
• Cultivate strong relationships with external partners, often multiple for each vendor
• Coordinate cross-functional execution of all vendor activities from content creation through support across paid advertising, email, organic social, ecom and print channels
• Monitor results of vendor activities to ensure success on a daily basis
• Initiate corrective action to strengthen performance of programs when necessary
• Create quarterly external facing performance reports and recaps for each vendor
• Support annual planning process from establishing framework to creating necessary documentation / materials
• Manage annual program onboarding process including scheduling of meetings, response tracking and coordination of all sign-on details
• Oversee program budget and billing cadence, must be accountable for relevant costs related to vendor marketing activities within brand and paid media
• Identify areas of opportunities to maintain innovative programming and uphold best-in-class execution, and develop new opportunities to continue to evolve and strengthen program year over year
• Concept, manage, and execute relevant store events that pair back to existing vendor programming
• Plan both small and large-scale events to support the growing store fleet across the US and Canada, supporting relevant store teams from concept to execution
• Maintain and develop relationships with key internal cross-functional partners such as merchants, store managers, creatives, and more to ensure expectations are met and exceeded

What you’ll bring to the table…

• Experiential, full-funnel marketing and ability to identify opportunities to activate marketing strategies beyond traditional media
• Identify opportunities to exceed expectations, from small tasks to large, multi-store events
• Demonstrated ability to help grow a program; executing strategy, formulating marketing plans, project managing, analyzing results and coordinating ongoing optimizations and operations
• Proven track record for obtaining business results through the development of effective internal relationships across multiple business functions
• Highly collaborative and flexible team player
• Interest and knowledge of kitchen, culinary, home lifestyle

We’d love to hear from you if you have…

• 4 years of relevant marketing experience; Retail Industry experience is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience
• Experience managing client relationships
• Event planning experience is a plus, but not required. Must have a demonstrated interest in event planning and execution
• Strong project management skills - able to manage multiple projects at a given time
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, includes presentation, cultivate meaningful relationships with internal/external partners
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable distilling data into insights/optimization opportunities
• Strong attention to detail

Minimum Starting Rate: $59,000.00 Annually

Up to: $75,000.00 Annually

Pay ranges will be adjusted upward as needed to comply with applicable state and local law. In addition to your salary, based on your role, associates may be eligible for other compensation including bonuses, sales incentives, and long-term incentives.