Marketing Content Editor - Nelson-Jameson Inc - Marshfield, WI

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

Work closely with product departments to ensure you’re creating accurate content that also helps support business needs by:

• Researching, gathering, and authoring content for a variety of marketing channels including but not limited to print flyers/catalogs, newsletters, product detail pages, specialty pages, and learning center.
• Reviewing current content in Akeneo (website database) for the website to find and correct grammatical, spelling, syntax, punctuation, factual and other errors. As well as tightening and polishing content to conform to company brand guidelines.
• Entering new product content into Akeneo ensuring consistent style and voice as well as adhering to company brand guidelines.
• Ensuring content addresses appropriate industry, product, market and branding factors that impact our business.
• Establishing and maintaining a knowledge base for how to market the products we sell, and the suppliers we work with in order to gather research needed to develop content.
• Collaborating with Web Marketing Coordinator and Graphic Designer to ensure projects have the content needed to be completed in a timely manner.
• Reviewing competitor’s websites for features/trends to add to and/or enhance our website.
• Participating in marketing planning meetings, and offering suggestions/insight into marketing opportunities to help promote products/programs/Nelson-Jameson.
• Completing other duties and special projects as assigned.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, English or equivalent work experience.

Experience: One to two years of professional experience in a similar position is desired. Experience in Database Management preferred.

Knowledge: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.)

Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, etc.)

Skills Needed:

Understands basic theories and principles of communications, branding, and marketing

Organizational skills

Initiative

Self-starter, ability to work independently

Creativity

Attention to detail

Good communications skills, both written and verbal

Strong proofreading and editing skills

Ability to work well with others

Analytical thinker—ability to make connections

Personal Characteristics:

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  Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness. Looks for ways to improve and promote quality. Applies feedback to improve performance. Monitors own work to ensure quality.
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  Quantity - Meets productivity standards. Completes work in timely manner. Strives to increase productivity.
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  Job Knowledge - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses. Pursues training and development opportunities. Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills. Shares expertise with others.
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  Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time. Ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent. Arrives at meetings and appointments on time.
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  Work Disposition - Approaches others in a tactful manner. Reacts well under pressure. Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position. Accepts responsibility for own actions. Follows through on commitments.
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  Judgment - Displays willingness to make decisions. Exhibits sound and accurate judgment. Includes appropriate people in decision-making process.
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  Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities. Contributes to building a positive team spirit.
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  Dependability - Follows instructions. Responds to management direction. Takes responsibility for own actions. Keeps commitments. Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to handle, or feel, and talk, or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, or stoop.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25#. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. An office environment is typical in this position, with occasional visits to the warehouse. The noise level is generally quiet.

The above is an overview of the position described and is not intended to be all inclusive. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each Responsibility and Duty satisfactorily. The qualifications including physical demands listed, are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Experience

Preferred

• 1 - 2 years: Professional experience in a similar position and database management

Education

Preferred

• Associates or better in Marketing or related field

Behaviors

Preferred

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Loyal: Shows firm and constant support to a cause
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity