Marketing Manager

Posted by Cycling Sports Group on 12/26/2018

Job Basics

Industry Sector: Bike

Job Categories: Marketing & Digital Marketing

Company Type: HardGoods/Equipment

State: CT

City: Wilton

Country: United States

Required Experience: 1 - 3 years

Job Type: Full Time

Salary:

Required to Relocate: Yes

Required to Travel: Yes

Employee May Telecommute: No

Job Seeker Must Live Within: 10 miles

Job Description & Requirements

Position Summary          

Develop and implement innovative marketing planning and strategy for the Cannondale road and urban/fitness segments. Collaborate with PMD, R&D, global marketing team, sales, external agencies and other segment managers to execute and deliver consistent product stories for the brand segment, globally. 

Responsibilities

Marketing

• Lead the development of all Cannondale road and urban/fitness segments global marketing objectives, strategies, and tactics specifically for the annual marketing planning process. Communicate the overall strategic plan and executional elements to all global regions and balance global strategies with local marketing conditions and needs. 
• Plan and oversee the advertising and promotion activities for the brand product lines including print, digital, social, sales collateral, etc. Collaborate with global regions to ensure messaging works for region and make regional tweaks, as necessary. Maintain consistent approach across all marketing efforts and uphold brand guidelines.
• Develop launch strategies for the new products within the road and urban/fitness portfolio that incorporates all consumer and dealer touchpoints including, but not limited to: launch presentations, photo/video, social media plans, ad campaigns, buzz marketing, in-store communication and collateral.
• Work directly with all the global regions (US, Europe, Japan, China, UK, Brazil) to customize the global marketing plan, and new product launches, to best meet their regional needs. 
• Relay technical stories to retailers and consumers in an easily identifiable format. Portray these stories in our catalog with creative and relevance to market.
• This position requires strong collaboration between the creative team, external agencies, and product management group, along with other functional groups.
• Conduct well-prepared, educational, engaging presentations for sales meetings, product launches, and other events with internal and external customers. Support trade shows as needed.
• Write clear and compelling new product marketing briefs – product positioning, market insights, competitive analysis, consumer profiles, key features and benefits, that drive the creation of all marketing communications and creative collateral.
• Utilizing the new product brief - create, develop, and measure the success of comprehensive marketing campaigns by developing marketing plans, tactics and all marketing collateral – brochures, microsites, print and digital ads, social media plans, in-store communications, etc.
• Coordinate the planning and execution of all road and urban/fitness product photography and video – including the hiring of photographers and videographers, scripting, storyboarding, shooting and editing of all product marketing videos and photography needs for each model year to provide the storytelling and photo/video assets needed for all marketing materials, dealer books, websites, etc.
• Leverage consumer insight studies and competitive analysis to identify overall business trends, market opportunities and unique consumer needs to help guide product development and to position the product portfolio.
• Create and manage marketing campaigns to support critical product lines in an on-going basis, through paid advertising, social media campaigns, and creating stories and promotions. 
• Collaborate with Director of Sports Marketing to activate the road sports marketing teams and road ambassadors (e.g. Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling) to drive consumer engagement, dealer engagement and to validate the performance advantage of Cannondale Bikes.
• Support marketing efforts when implementing the launch of new initiatives. Work closely with creative team in ensuring the “voice of Cannondale” is consistent across all customer touch points.
• Create specific and simple brand/product communication – language that clearly and consistently, in all forms of marketing, communicates the positioning, key features and benefits of the Cannondale road and urban/fitness line. 
• Develop compelling and breakthrough product and brand storytelling.
• Follows internal controls and company policies as set by company and job function.
• Contribute to the success of company by leading or assisting with other projects and tasks as assigned.

Essential Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in marketing with an emphasis in business.
• Very strong execution and project management skills.
• Leadership expertise in integrated marketing and communications, marketing, campaign strategy, program management, demand generation marketing strategies, and customer life cycle metrics.
• The ability to understand and appropriately apply key fundamental marketing concepts, processes and practices related to driving customer demand and motivation.
• An excellent team player with the ability to manage up and across to build, foster and nurture relationships across departments.
• Be a high-energy, can-do person who can operate in fast moving environment and can re-direct projects as needed.
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Project).
• Proven public speaking and presentation skills and comfortable speaking on-camera.
• Must be willing to travel globally on a regular basis.
• Must have at least 2+ years of experience in the bicycle industry and have a strong grasp of the technical elements of road bikes and the road race scene.
• Must be adaptable to unpredictable hours and work schedule.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to move bicycles, displays and demonstrate product use.
• Must be able to ride bikes and be technically competent.
• Must be able to travel domestically and internationally for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to use a computer keyboard and view a monitor for extended periods of time.

Financial Responsibilities/Scope

Collaborate with Marketing Director on the management of road and urban/fitness global marketing budgets. Build marketing plans, identify vendors, bid jobs to appropriate agencies and vendors, manage the tracking of the work, submit invoices and ensure timely payment upon delivery of work product that meets defining criteria of the project. 

About Cycling Sports Group

Cycling Sports Group (CSG) is part of Dorel Sports, a segment of Dorel Industries, Inc, (TSX: DII.B, DII.A), with a total of two operating divisions - CSG, Pacific Cycle Group.

The Cycling Sports Group division deals specifically with the Independent Bicycle Dealers (IBD) and specialty store channels. CSG has a comprehensive range of brands including Cannondale, GT, Schwinn, Fabric, and Charge Bikes.

Cycling Sports Group products are well-recognized premium brands that have gained wide consumer acceptance for their high quality, safety and innovative designs that incorporate state-of-the-art features and up-to-date fashion.

The global headquarters for Cycling Sports Group is located in Wilton, CT.