Marketing Associate

Salary Range: $45,000.00 To $55,000.00 Annually

Marketing Associate

Who we are

Marketsmith Inc. is a women-owned, full-service marketing agency with a proven history of launching products that build successful brands. Our mission is to deliver real business impact for our clients through the applied use of omnichannel campaigns, high-performance creative, and end-to-end measurement.

Success at Marketsmith

Wherever you are in your career, there is a place for you to grow with Marketsmith. Our team is a dynamic blend of seasoned pros and talented rookies: creative thinkers, artists, math whizzes, research junkies, extroverts who can quietly contemplate, and introverts who are full of surprises. If you have something special to bring to our award-winning team, we’d love to meet you.

Who we need

The MSI Marketing Associate is a fully participating team member, responsible for providing impeccable support on a day-to-day basis to the Client Performance Team. The Marketing Associate fosters strong client relationships while collaborating with the team to deliver great work of the highest quality.

Responsibilities

• Drafts and issues all status and conference reports
• Works with Production/Traffic to develop job numbers, project timelines, production estimates, issuing media and trafficking instructions
• Works closely with internal media teams to ensure all plans and buys are developed on time and implemented correctly against the plan
• Leads the compiling of all estimates, client invoices and reconciliation on time and accurate
• Manages all internal budgets, labor hours tracking and reporting and profitability reports
• Manages all competitive intelligence by tracking and analyzing all competitive activity and trends, creative, media (traditional and non-traditional), and new product introductions and sales/market share to compile reports to present to clients
• Understands the Marketsmith IQ process and supports the team in all aspects of this effort
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 1-2 years of experience in an agency or related environment.
• An action-oriented entrepreneurial spirit and a laser focus on the outcome, not just on the process
• A “your problem is my problem” attitude and an eagerness to explore all available resources to think differently about problems and solutions
• A thirst for knowledge to dig deep into the business to understand where the pain points are and the ability to link our work directly back to the business as much as possible
• A resilient positive demeanor to foster a highly collaborative environment
• Confidence to present your own and other’s work persuasively, whether written or verbal
• Financial savvy – the willingness and capability to work with numbers
• Curiosity to learn further about the advertising business and account management from emerging media and technology, trade publications, industry blogs and industry collateral

What we offer

Flexible Remote Work Setting: The Marketsmith Inc office is open for jobs that require that in-person support, but the team is predominantly working from home as we have fully transitioned to a work-from-anywhere in the United States model. Marketsmith offers paid time off, Summer Fridays, and a robust benefits package that includes health, dental, accident, life, and critical care insurance; health and dependent flexible spending accounts; a 401(k); guest speakers; access to classes to earn certifications and master technology and marketing tools; and opportunities to volunteer for causes to help families and/or animals in need.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. To level the field, we’ll ask you to take a personality assessment test and agree to a background check.