RETAIL MARKETING SUPPORT MANAGER

Job Description:

• Seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented retail marketing manager to support tactical planning, coordination, and execution for device, accessory, and product partnership launches across retail environments.

• This role is critical to delivering device and accessory launches, partnership activations, and in-store retail experiences on time and in alignment with brand, legal, vendor, and cross-functional requirements.

• This role coordinates retail marketing workstreams from intake through launch, ensuring timelines, approvals, vendor deliverables, store readiness, and post-event reporting stay aligned across business units.

• Marketing management and reporting

• Maintain detailed project plans, status, trackers, and documentation to support visibility and accountability.

• Oversee all production timelines and deliverables related to device, accessory and partnership activation.

• Traffic creative assets and messaging across all retail touchpoints, securing internal brand and legal approvals as needed.

• Support project leads by tracking campaign budgets, managing expense documentation, preparing reporting updates, and coordinating inputs for vendor contract negotiations.

• Prepare post-event wrap reports that summarize performance insights, key learnings, and relevant KPIs from associated business units.

• Partnership planning and execution support

• Support implementation of partnership-focused promotions, including coordination of timelines, deliverables, market needs, and stakeholder inputs.

• Manage end-to-end execution of in-store activations, including merchandising, messaging and integrated promotions.

• Coordinate logistics, staffing, and vendor operations to ensure flawless execution across store locations.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including communications, product, and brand marketing teams, to ensure strategic alignment and timely execution.

• Partner with local market stakeholders to implement approved local market strategies and support consistent execution across assigned retail locations.

• Device and accessory launch support

• Partner with device and accessory business unit representatives to support planning and deployment for key device and accessory launches, assortment changes, and related retail readiness needs.

• Coordinate fixture and retail display deployment schedules, vendor, logistics, and store readiness for rollouts associated with accessory launches and assortment adjustments.

• Support the integration of branded environments, signage, and merchandising displays that feature accessory products and promotional themes.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, events, management, business administration, or related field.

• 5 years of experience in retail marketing, or project management roles.

• Strong understanding of brand, activation processes, legal requirements for promotions, and retail operations.

• Proven ability to support cross-functional teams.

• Proficiency in Adobe Workfront or similar project management tools, as well as Microsoft Office.

• Strategic planning with results driven mindset.

• Creative problem-solving and adaptability in dynamic environments.

• Strong vendor and stakeholder relationship management.

• Ability to maintain brand integrity across various execution components.

• Excellent time management, communication, and organizational skills.

• experience in retail product launches, activation management, brand coordination, and cross-functional execution with internal teams, vendors, and agency partners.

• Familiarity with Adobe Workfront or similar project management tools is preferred.

Benefits:

Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.

Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

Vision Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first of the month following at least 1 calendar year after employment begins.

Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.

Salary : $36 - $43