What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Sales & Marketing Specialist position at Clayton & Crume?
Who we are
At Clayton & Crume, we’re a growing leather goods brand built across ecommerce, wholesale, corporate sales, activations, and our three retail stores in Louisville, Charleston, and Nashville.
Our team is focused on creating heirloom-quality products, building strong relationships, and delivering a high-level experience for every customer, client, and partner we work with.
Where you’ll fit in
As a Corporate Sales & Marketing Specialist, you will support both the sales and marketing sides of the corporate sales department. This role supports the corporate sales business by helping drive client relationships, sales opportunities, and consistent product-focused marketing.
You will help grow sales through client outreach, follow-up, and account support, while also keeping our wholesale marketing materials fresh, organized, and effective. This includes weekly client emails, product updates, catalog management, website updates, and marketing collateral.
This role is a great fit for someone who is organized, proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable balancing sales activity with creative marketing execution.
What you’ll be responsible for
- Supporting wholesale and corporate sales through client outreach, follow-up, and relationship management
- Helping manage and grow existing client relationships
- Prospecting new business through email, phone calls, LinkedIn, trade show lists, referrals, and past clients
- Assisting with quotes, product recommendations, proposals, and client communication
- Maintaining accurate notes, follow-ups, next steps, and client details in the sales operating system
- Sending weekly client emails focused on new product releases, key product highlights, project highlights, seasonal opportunities, and other relevant updates
- Managing updates to the digital and physical wholesale catalogs
- Working with the design team to update catalog pages, product layouts, marketing materials, and sales collateral
- Supporting website updates related to wholesale, product launches, client resources, and marketing needs
- Keeping product information, pricing, photography, descriptions, and sales tools organized and up to date
- Helping identify new product stories, client projects, and partnership highlights that can be shared with customers
- Working cross-functionally with sales, marketing, design, operations, and production to keep projects moving
- Representing Clayton & Crume with professionalism, urgency, attention to detail, and a relationship-first mindset
What we’ll love about you
- Your ability to balance sales activity with marketing execution
- Your strong communication and follow-up habits
- Your attention to detail and ability to keep materials organized
- Your enthusiasm for sharing products, client stories, and brand updates
- Your proactive approach to solving problems and moving projects forward
- Your ability to work with both clients and internal creative teams
- Your strong understanding of brand presentation and customer experience
- Your comfort managing multiple priorities at once
- Your reliability, professionalism, and willingness to take ownership
What you’ll bring to the table
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Sales, marketing, ecommerce, wholesale, or customer-facing experience preferred
- Ability to write clear, polished client-facing emails
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Comfort working with creative teams on catalogs, collateral, and website updates
- Basic understanding of product marketing, email marketing, and sales support
- Experience with CRM, Shopify, email platforms, or website tools preferred but not required
- Strong attention to detail across copy, product information, pricing, and visuals
- Self-starter mentality with the ability to manage deadlines and follow through
What you’ll love about us
- We’re an ambitious, driven, fun-loving team that is dedicated to growing a brand we proudly stand behind.
- You will have the opportunity to contribute directly to both sales growth and brand presentation.
- PTO with additional weeks earned based on service.
- We offer health, dental, and vision insurance, along with a fully vested 401(k) match after one year of service.
- We love sharing our products, so we encourage our team to put our handcrafted leather goods to use.
- We are a group that prioritizes philanthropy through our involvement in local partnerships and charitable causes.
- We love to celebrate our Kentucky heritage and regularly host events with our partners in the bourbon, tourism, and horse racing industries.
AAP/EEO Statement
- Clayton & Crume does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.