Associate Marketing Manager

Wisconsin Department of Tourism

Travel Wisconsin is the official destination marketing organization for the State of Wisconsin operating under the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. We’re a small powerhouse of marketing and customer service professionals who take satisfaction in promoting everything Wisconsin offers travelers, while supporting the organizations and businesses that make up the state’s tourism industry. We believe in the power of exploration and travel.

The mission of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism is to inspire travelers to experience Wisconsin. We do this by executing industry-leading marketing programs and establishing strategic partnerships. The Department plays a significant role in generating greater economic impact and jobs for Wisconsin through tourism.

https://www.travelwisconsin.com/


Position Details

Associate Marketing Manager
Job
Full-time
Office/WFH
100% remote
8/14/2023
Southwest Wisconsin
Madison, WI

Travel Wisconsin is looking to hire a Associate Marketing Manager to lead key marketing projects and manage vendors in the development of compelling, award-winning creative marketing content that inspires visitors to experience Wisconsin.

The Associate Marketing Manager leads key marketing projects and manages vendors effectively in the development of compelling, award-winning creative marketing content that inspires visitors to experience Wisconsin. This position upholds Travel Wisconsin’s high standards of brand excellence through effective oversight of its marketing agency of record and creative content review of traditional, digital and social marketing products. This includes oversight over Travel Wisconsin’s social channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube), the award-winning annual travel guide, the biannual Wisconsin Traveler magazinesand Travel Wisconsin website content producedthrough the freelance writer program.

This position serves as an expert on the Consumer Marketing Team and is supervised by the Director of Marketing. The ideal candidate possesses excellent copy editing and writing skills to review digital, social and traditional content that is developed by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism’s agencies of record, publications vendors, all with an eye towards ensuring adherence to the Travel Wisconsin brand and marketing strategy. Project management skills are essential for establishing timelines, monitoring the status of projects, assigning projects and providing guidance to vendors and internal team members.

This position is headquartered out of the Madison office and will have the option of working remotely for up to 90%. The position infrequently requires some evening and weekend travel. This schedule may change based on training or operational needs. Employees will be required to come into the office for in person collaboration meetings occurring on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Employees will be required to report to the Madison office on their first day of employment, and work in the office two days per week for the first three months of employment. High speed internet access is required to meet the needs of remote work.

Qualifications Qualified applicants will have all of the following:

  • Experience developing marketing content for a consumer brand that includes printed publications, digital marketing, social media, etc. 
  • Experience developing content in alignment with brand and marketing strategy 
  • Experience managing vendors such as marketing or publications agencies of records.

In addition, well-qualified applicants will have one or more of the following:

  • Experience evaluating the performance of marketing content by using marketing dashboards and/or data platforms to monitor performance and recommend content improvements based on those findings. 
  • Experience developing and executing a content marketing strategy. 
  • Experience collaborating with internal and external cross-functional marketing teams to integrate strategies across paid and owned digital touchpoints. 
  • Experience in destination marketing and tourism.

This position is in schedule-range (07-03) with anhourlysalary of $31.25 - $33.67, plus excellent benefits. Pay for current state employees will be set in accordance with the Wisconsin State Compensation Plan.A twelve-month probationary period is required. This position is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).



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