Marcomm Specialist (Temporary)

Purpose of Role
Leads the communication of a product's customer value proposition to the market by effectively executing the defined go-to-market strategy. Marketing Communication is at the center of the hub-and-spoke model and is responsible for gaining the input and expertise to deliver the intended awareness, consideration, trial, and repeat goals of a particular product or campaign. Marketing Communication is also tasked with elevating the Yamaha brand's equity with customers by delivering effective and compelling messaging to market.

Key Accountabilities Include
* Executes marketing activities defined in GTM plans to create demand and preference for Yamaha products and services in alignment with category strategies and goals
* Ensures creative marketing materials adhere to Yamaha's brand guidelines
* Ensures that expense for assigned product categories align with the marketing budget guidelines

Primary Responsibilities Include
* Collaborates with internal functional teams to integrate key insights and journeys into marketing campaigns, briefs, content, etc.
* Assists campaign and creative brief development for marketing initiatives and articulates strategy and feedback to agency teams
* Collaborates with in-house advertising agency and other key partners to deliver marketing assets
* Tracks, analyzes, and reports on internal marketing initiative results
* Communicates marketing activities, plan updates, and completions to relevant stakeholders

Core Functional Competencies
* Competitive Intelligence: Ethically gather and analyze data about competitor organizations, customers, and the market for the purpose of business advantage
* Customer Insights: Ability to understand and interpret customer data, behaviors, and feedback into conclusions that can be used to make marketing decisions
* Digital Media Management: Synthesize all components of a digital marketing campaign across platforms
* Market Understanding: Knowledge of market and Yamaha's position in it, as well as prospective customer base
* Marketing Communication Integration: Integrate marketing communication campaigns across modes and channels
* Project Management - Account Services: Plan, organize, and manage tasks and resources to bring about successful completion of a specific project
* Sales Alignment and Support: Align marketing work with, and support, sales efforts

Core Behavioral Competencies
* Yamaha Way (Will, Integrity, Initiative, Challenge, Commitment)
* Customer Focus
* Decision Quality
* Plans and Aligns
* Collaborates
* Self-Development
* Situational Adaptability

Qualifications
Ideal
* Experience executing cross-platform traditional, digital, and social marketing programs
* Proficient in Microsoft Office with advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills

Preferred
* Experience working with top consumer brands
* Experience executing the production of one or more of the following marketing tactics: print, digital, social, content marketing, trade shows, PR.
* Experience developing sales support tools for sales & marketing initiatives or product launches.
* Experience with creative development tools/software (Workfront, Wrike, Teamwork, Asana, etc.)
* Experience working within a cross-functional, matrixed environment

Here's What Our Partner (TargetCW Temp Agency) offers for long-term temporary full-time status:

• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Vision, & Dental
• Fitness center reimbursement program
• 401k and 529 college savings
• Pet insurance discount

Compensation

• The hiring range for this position is $28.00 - $38.00 per hour. Final offers within the posted compensation range are based on qualifications, skills and experience required for the role.