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Our client is a local boutique advertising agency and is looking for a National Marketing Manager to join their team! This role leads the advertising activities and message delivery for our client's client(s). You will collaborate with peers and teammates to ensure activities are on strategy and on brand.

Reporting to the Director of Marketing, you will lead and oversee the team of Marketing Managers in developing, executing, and tracking strategic marketing and media plans for designated markets.

This position is hands-on with directly managing activities for designated markets as well as management and mentorship of a team.

The ideal candidate has a well-rounded background including a blend of client-side media and account management experience with the ability to maintain sight of the big picture while working on fine details.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provide guidance and strategy for traditional and non-traditional advertising activities that elevate and protect the brand
• Challenge the status quo and inspire constant fresh thinking and innovation
• Promote continual team improvement and actively contribute to a culture of collaboration, innovation, excellence, and accountability
• Collect and analyze market data
• Stay abreast of market and industry activities and trends
• Manage advertising and marketing activities for designated markets (including Portland)
• Target key demographics and develop media campaigns
• Identify key opportunities and events that align with the target audience
• Negotiate ad space and airtime rates with vendors
• Develop media plans that best-fit clients’ needs
• Create and place ad schedules and adjust when appropriate
• Ensure ad quality and placement are aligned with campaign objectives
• Track ad money spent and return on investment
• Travel to markets to meet with partners and gain a deeper understanding of business and opportunities
• Teach and demonstrate tactics and behaviors and hold team members accountable
• Work with cross-functional partners to support the communication needs of all business units ensuring alignment of delivering the message to the appropriate audiences
• Collaborate with departments across the organization
• Work both independently and as a member of a team
• Set and maintain high standards for consistency and cohesiveness

Skill Requirements:

• Minimum 8 years of experience with traditional and digital advertising
• Minimum 5 years of experience directly managing and mentoring
• Strong background in using media analytics tools
• Superior negotiation and communication skills
• Ability to multitask and organize multiple projects
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Project management and planning skills.
• Proven ability to think strategically and execute a multifaceted plan
• Exceptional written and verbal communication
• Proven ability to build authentic relationships with ease
• Resourceful, action- and detail-oriented, with high ownership to deliver measurable impact
• Excellent research skills
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Advertising, or a similar field

Job Competencies:

Honesty/Integrity - Does not cut corners ethically. Earns trust and maintains confidences. Does what is right, not just what is politically expedient. Speaks plainly and truthfully.

Language/Communication Skills - Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Analytical Thinking - Collects, integrates and analyses all relevant data and information, evaluates options considering unintended consequences and presents the most effective solution.

Innovation - Displays original thinking and creativity; meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work; develops innovative approaches and ideas; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention.

Continuous Learning - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses; seeks feedback to improve performance; pursues training and development opportunities; strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; shares expertise with others.

Cost Effectiveness – Considers ROI, competitive efficiencies and strategy when making decisions.

Reasoning Ability - Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Proactivity - Exhibits a sense of urgency to make improvements, solve problems, or reach out if unsure of how to address an issue. Takes action without being told what to do.

Problem-Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

Persistence - demonstrates tenacity and willingness to go the distance to get something done.

Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity an openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit puts success of team above own interests; able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

Listening skills - lets others speak and seeks to understand their viewpoints.

Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

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