Marketing Manager (Marketing)

Unleash Your Marketing Prowess as Our Next Marketing Manager!

Are you a marketing trailblazer with a passion for design and a knack for captivating audiences? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your creativity can truly shine? Teknion, a leader in designing furniture that transforms the way people work, meet, and interact, is searching for a dynamic and self-driven Marketing Manager to join our entrepreneurial Canadian Marketing team.

This isn't just any marketing role; it's an opportunity to shape our brand presence across Canada, drive awareness, and uncover exciting growth opportunities. If you're an adept storyteller who can translate insights into compelling narratives, possess impeccable attention to detail, and are eager to make a real impact, we want to hear from you!

What You'll Do:

As our Marketing Manager, reporting to the Director, Canadian Marketing, you'll be instrumental in developing, leading, and executing our national marketing plan to achieve corporate and divisional objectives.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Visionary: Partner with Canadian marketing teammates, sales, and management to craft and implement integrated communication and marketing strategies that boost audience awareness, drive revenue growth, and cultivate a powerful brand identity.
• Content Architect: Transform business and product strategies into compelling marketing communications, campaigns, and programs for the Canadian market. You'll develop engaging content, oversee design, manage implementation, track performance, report on results, and provide insightful recommendations for our target audiences (end-users, architects and designers, and Teknion dealer network).
• Sales Enablement Champion: Lead the creation and distribution of impactful strategic selling tools tailored to the unique needs of our Canadian sales team and dealer network.
• Cross-Functional Collaborator: Build strong relationships with internal teams (US and International Regional Marketing, Digital and Product Marketing, Operations, etc.) to seamlessly integrate marketing tactics into new and existing programs.
• Innovation Seeker: Continuously identify and evaluate cutting-edge technologies, platforms, and applications that enhance product visualization, modernize our marketing approach, and streamline processes, ultimately improving how we attract, engage, and communicate with our target audiences.
• Agency Whisperer: Manage and onboard external partners, ensuring our collaborations are fruitful and aligned with our vision.
• Creative Force: Develop innovative concepts, craft compelling and creative copy, and design impactful deliverables for brand, product and event marketing initiatives across various channels.
• Communication Catalyst: Support other internal departments by writing or revising communications for sales and our dealer network, including the Dealer Operations team.

What You Bring:

You're a self-starter with a broad knowledge of the marketing landscape, an innate understanding of customer psychology, and a drive to deliver creative solutions that truly make a difference.

• Education: A University or College degree in Marketing, Business Management, Communications, or a relevant field.
• Experience: 7-10 years of robust marketing and communications experience, ideally with a focus on product marketing and/or B2B marketing supporting sales teams.
• Modern Marketing Mindset: Demonstrated proficiency in marketing strategies, including content development, campaign management, and performance analysis.
• Creative Communications: Exceptional creative writing skills with the ability to craft engaging and persuasive copy across various platforms.
• Design Savvy: Basic graphic design skills with proficiency in tools like Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign and Canva, enabling you to contribute to the creation of visually appealing marketing collateral.
• Strategic & Self-Driven: A strategic and self-driven marketer who can motivate and organize cross-functional stakeholders toward common objectives and outputs.
• Complex Communicator: Demonstrable ability to understand and communicate complex subject matter or solutions to diverse audiences.
• Professionalism & Adaptability: A high level of professionalism, discipline, and creativity, coupled with the ability to work effectively with internal and external parties, and independently.
• Leadership Presence: Strong comfort level working with senior leaders in a fast-paced environment, with an equally strong ability to analyze and articulate complex situations and issues.
• Tech Stack Proficiency: Highly proficient in Microsoft 365 Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and Google Workspace applications.
• CRM & Marketing Automation: Proficient with enterprise-level CRM and integrated marketing automation platforms.
• Bilingual Bonus: Bilingual (verbal and written) in English and French is a valuable asset.

Why should you grow with us? 

• Competitive Salary
• Company Paid benefits
• Group RRSP plan
• Pension Plan
• Excellent work environment and culture
• Corporate perks and discounts year round
• Our People

Teknion is committed to supporting a culture of diversity and accessibility across the organization, starting with the hiring process.  It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment.  Teknion welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential. 

By applying for a position with Teknion, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Teknion's employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, credit check and criminal check. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

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