Description

Job Description: 

Were backyard barbecues and camping your favorite part of summer? Are new and innovative marketing campaigns exciting for you? Do you thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment? If so, then Blackstone is the place for you! At Blackstone, you will be part of a team that was born to revolutionize outdoor cooking. You will be exploring, innovating, and bringing a wide range of smokin’ hot barbecue products to the eager outdoor cooking enthusiasts of the world!

We are seeking a Marketing Specialist with a focus on Retailer Relations to join our team. The Marketing Coordinator will work to build strong relationships with our retail partners, ensuring that our brand identity is represented accurately and effectively. They will help review and organize retailer website content, track promotions and sales events, plan events, create marketing plans and campaigns, create presentations, and write copy. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with excellent communication skills and a passion for marketing and retail. This will be an in-office position at our Logan Campus.

Company Description:

We are changing the way people cook outdoors!

At Blackstone, our mission is to unlock variety in outdoor cooking for every meal. We are a design-driven company bringing innovation to the outdoor cooking experience. We have turned griddling, a cooking method that had primarily been used historically by short-order chefs and professional cooks in commercial kitchens, into an outdoor cooking revolution that millions now enjoy in their backyard. Our products can be found in Walmart, Lowes, Ace, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and many online retailers such as Amazon.

Essential Functions:

• Build and maintain relationships with retail partners.
• Review and regularly audit retailer websites to ensure product copy, photos, and videos are correct and up to date.
• Create brand pages on retail websites.
• Coordinate training material for retailer associates including video scripts, brochures, and PowerPoints.
• Communicate with retailer marketing teams to coordinate and amplify promotional campaigns and events.
• Prepare materials for internal and external presentations on products, business plans, and management communications.
• In-store displays, signage, and branding collateral.
• Keep track of promotions and sales events at key retailers.
• Manage Blackstone’s brand identity at all retail channels to ensure consistency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create and gather necessary internal resources for retailer web content, such as photo and video teams and product managers.
• May prepare reports, presentations, or other materials as needed.
• On occasion, travel to key accounts to meet with retailer marketing teams.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Qualifications Needed:

• BS degree or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of social media platforms and best practices a plus
• Digital image and video manipulation
• Highly organized
• Some travel required.
• Photo and video skills are a plus.