Marketing Specialist

MARKETING SPECIALIST

As a Marketing Specialist at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE), you will be responsible for the end-to-end administration of trade and marketing programs for both customers and consumers of the Oregon Brands of SMWE which consist of A to Z Wineworks, Erath, and REX HILL. This position plays a key role in supporting the national sales team, key marketing deliverables, and conversion-focused marketing tactics. The Marketing Specialist will tailor communication and materials to a wide variety of audiences with consistency, accuracy, and efficiency. We are looking for a self-starter with the ability to move projects forward. An ability to manage structured workflow while remaining highly flexible is also key.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end brand trade campaigns including development, execution, evaluation, recommendations, and improvements. Examples include managing consumer promotions and POS, coordinating sponsorships, partnerships, and events, trade asset management, and national and regional brand activations.
• Situationally and efficiently, create and build marketing presentations and sales collateral, while leveraging brand standards, differentiation, and USP's to drive expected results.
• Develop educational materials including tasting sheets and education modules.
• Skillfully collaborate with internal and external cross-functional partners, including winemaking, production, purchasing, customer marketing, digital marketing, and graphic design.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business administration preferred; equivalent combination of experience and education will be considered.
• 3+ years consumer packaged goods or retail trade marketing experience desired.
• Wine, beer, or spirits industry experience a plus, but not required.
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 programs, advanced Excel knowledge, and wizard-level PowerPoint skills.
• Familiarity with retail scan data such as Nielsen or Circana.
• Must be able to both be it at a computer for an extended period, and be able to lift, move and carry up to 45 lbs.

Your Compensation:

$56k - $65k per year

At Ste. Michelle Wine Estates we believe in paying our employees equal pay for equal work. Individual offers are made dependent upon a candidate's prior experience and education level as it pertains to the role.

Other Benefits:

We offer leading programs that inspire and reward superior performance and foster an inclusive, diverse, and healthy workforce.

• Health, Life, Vision, Dental, and Short-Term Disability
• Paid time off programs including vacation, personal/sick and holiday pay
• 401k with company match
• Generous employee wine & merchandise discounts

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE) is a collection of distinctive wine estates located in Washington and Oregon. Our group of wineries include some of the finest wines in the world and we truly value our vineyards and the art of winemaking. This focus has resulted in our ability to offer our consumers extraordinary and distinctive wines from some of the best regions in the world. The Oregon brands of SMWE include A to Z Wineworks, REX HILL and Erath. These three wineries, established 20, 40 and over 50 years respectively, have independently earned reputations for creating classic Oregon wines of quality and value.

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other protected class. For more information, see the EEOC's "Equal Employment Opportunity is The Law" poster.

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Team Player - Works well as a member of a group
Detail Oriented - Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

3 years: Proficient in Microsoft 365 programs, advanced Excel knowledge, and wizard level PowerPoint skills (required)
Wine, beer, or spirits industry experience a plus (preferred)
3 - 5 years: Consumer packaged goods or retail trade marketing experience. (required)