Marketing Specialist

Road America

Established in 1955, Road America is conveniently located between Milwaukee and Green Bay in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The world's best racers have competed at this legendary four-mile, 14-turn road circuit for over 65 years.

Along with over 500 events held seasonally at the 640-acre facility, several major weekends are open to the public, which include the INDYCAR Series, the MotoAmerica Series, three vintage racing events, numerous Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) events, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the NASCAR Cup and NASCAR Xfinity series.

Road America's park-like grounds offer amazing viewing opportunities, numerous camping options, fantastic concessions, and high-speed excitement to hundreds of thousands of spectators each year. Fans can also stay and play in cabins located conveniently on the grounds and find all sorts of souvenirs, collectibles, and apparel at the 7,500 sq. ft Paddock Shop.

Affectionately known by many as America's National Park of Speed, Road America can accommodate groups of all sizes including weddings and corporate events in the Tufte Conference Center.

In addition to public race weekends, Road America offers a variety of group event programs including geocaching, disc golf, and off-road adventure tours, karting and the Road America Motorcycle and Driving Schools.

At Road America, our mission is to develop a facility and programs that provide the best motorsport and entertainment experience for all our customers. We create a connection in the workplace, with shared passion for our vision and goals.

http://www.roadamerica.com/employment

Position Details

Marketing Specialist
Job
Full-time
1/9/2023
Southeast Wisconsin
Plymouth, WI

Road America is seeking an individual to fill a full-time position as a Marketing Specialist. This position accomplishes business development activities by researching and developing marketing opportunities. You are a hands-on leader who applies marketing and project management knowledge to achieve the needs of the customers. You demonstrate effective leadership and support the identification and development of new product strategies driving business to business and consumer sales.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Achieves marketing and sales operational objectives by contributing to marketing and sales information research and recommendations relating to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change. 
  • Meets marketing and sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. 
  • Accomplishes marketing and sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating trade promotion programs, developing field sales action plans. 
  • Identifies marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements; defining market, competitor's share, and competitor's strengths and weaknesses; forecasting projected business; establishing targeted market share. 
  • Improves product marketability and profitability by researching, identifying, and capitalizing on market opportunities and improving product offerings. 
  • Creating and managing the marketing calendar for internal purposes. 
  • Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends. 
  • Ability to utilize primary and secondary research to identify actionable insights and to guide new product development efforts. Willingness to challenge the status quo and provide thought leadership.
  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, business administration, or a related field preferred. 
  • 5+ years of experience in marketing and business development 
  • Strong knowledge of various marketing and analytics tools such as Marketo, Google Analytics, CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce), and content management systems 
  • Metrics-driven marketing mind with eye for creativity. 
  • Strong communication skills.
  • The ability to collaboratively lead and work within cross-functional teams to establish priorities, objectives, and deliverables. 
  • Remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development courses. 
  • Contributes to the overall success of Road America and its offerings by performing all other duties as assigned. 
  • Proven experience developing marketing plans and campaigns. 
  • Strong project management, multitasking, and decision marking skills. 
  • Knowledge of video and picture editing software and graphic experience such as Adobe is a plus. 
  • Proficient technical skills in all aspects of Windows and Microsoft Office. 
  • Ability to travel as necessary.

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