Digital Marketing Director
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation - Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53713![Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation](/api/image?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgeneral-board-default.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdesk-360x180.webp&w=640&q=75&f=webp)
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Position Description
Position Title:
Digital Marketing Director
Department:
Marketing and Brand Strategy
Reports to:
Vice President of Marketing and Brand Strategy
Position(s) Supervised:
Digital Content Marketing Manager, Digital Channel Marketing Manager
FLSA Status:
Exempt
Position Summary
The Digital Marketing Director is responsible for visioning, planning, creating, and directing digital marketing programs that achieve WEDC organizational and marketing goals through the full spectrum of digital marketing techniques. The director provides supervision and mentorship to digital marketing team members to ensure they have the knowledge and skills, tools, and support to succeed in their roles, and serves as a strategic leader to help enhance WEDC's marketing initiatives.
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Responsibilities
The Digital Marketing Director will spend a majority of his/her time in these activities:
Drive digital marketing activities in order to deliver desired results that support WEDC organizational and marketing objectives.Drive successful execution of WEDC's digital marketing activities:Direct the improvement, management, and maintenance of WEDC websites.Support execution of WEDC's online advertising campaigns, including search, programmatic, and retargeting.Drive social media engagement and content distribution plans aligned with WEDC marketing goals.Oversee the creation, launch, and optimization of email marketing campaigns and marketing automation programs.Oversee creation and sharing of digital marketing assets for WEDC staff and partner use.
Develop annual digital marketing budget required for WEDC websites, digital tools, and resources required for conducting marketing team operations.Stay abreast of industry best practices and identify those that can enhance WEDC's digital marketing programs and channels.Collaborate with WEDC marketing leaders and external advisors to create a strategy for integrating artificial intelligence into the digital marketing program, positioning WEDC and Wisconsin for success.Establish quantified goals and measure and track the effectiveness of WEDC digital marketing efforts using existing tools, and identify, evaluate, and recommend new tools and approaches for tracking and measuring the effectiveness of WEDC digital communications.Supervise two staff positions in achieving all digital marketing team goals, and ensure that staff members have the support, skills, development, and direction to optimally perform assigned tasks.Identify and leverage additional external resources to ensure timely and high-quality support for WEDC's digital marketing efforts.Collaborate with marketing agency partners to ensure close coordination of WEDC digital marketing programs and activities with agency-driven campaigns.Review and evaluate all technologies currently purchased or licensed by WEDC to operate its digital marketing program; recommend and negotiate changes as necessary.Serve as a leader and advocate for the Marketing Division inside and outside of the WEDC organization.Contribute strategic insight and perspective to WEDC's overall marketing planning and drive digital marketing innovation to enhance WEDC marketing goals.Serve as an advocate for creative excellence in all marketing activities.Other duties as assigned.
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Bachelor's degree or higher with a major in marketing, business, or relevant field.Minimum of 10 years of professional agency or client-side marketing experience.Deep knowledge of digital marketing practices, with proven experience leading digital transformation for business-to-business brands.Experience in the use of digital marketing tools.Experience in the use of Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a plus.
Skills and Talents:
Strong understanding of digital marketing best practices, and awareness of evolving trends.Strong team leadership and supervisory capabilities.Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, with comfort providing counsel to senior executives.Strong intellectual curiosity and high attention to detail.Comfortable in a high-volume production environment.Ability to employ best practices in grammar, messaging, writing and style.Ability to work independently.Ability to work cooperatively with all departments.Ability to manage multiple priorities.
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Other Requirements
State-wide travel will occur on an occasional basis, less than 20% of the time. Travel is anticipated to include day and overnight travel.This position is eligible for reimbursement according to the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program and requires the employee to provide a mobile device that allows for phone, text, and email access.Based on the responsibilities of this position, this position may need to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________WEDC DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING STATEMENT
WEDC must be a diverse and inclusive organization reflective of the businesses, communities, and people in Wisconsin and beyond. We believe that diversity drives innovation and commit to create an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace where our differences are celebrated as drivers of our organization's performance.
TO SUPPORT A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE AT WEDC, WE WILL WORK TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS:
Increase WEDC's racial diversity, specifically with Black/African American, Native American and Latinx populations;Increase LGBTQ representation across WEDC; andIncrease the diversity of WEDC's leadership.
TO MEET OUR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION GOALS, WEDC WILL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS:
Create an intentional approach to recruit minority candidates by using targeted media channels to promote open positions;Ensure formal offers are made only after a diverse pool of candidates have been considered at each hiring stage;Identify and develop a variety of employee resource groups, including groups for African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, LGBTQ+ and more;Post signage to highlight WEDC's commitment to diversity and inclusion; andRevisit EEO disclosures in our application process to highlight statements regarding WEDC's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution and EEO/Affirmative Action Employer committed to excellence through diversity. Employment offers are made on the basis of qualifications, and without regard to race, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, age, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
Veteran Declaration
Applicants for employment are invited to participate in affirmative action program by reporting their status as a protected veteran or other minority. In extending this invitation, we advise you that: (a) workers (applicants) are under no obligation to respond but may do so in the future if they choose; (b) responses will remain confidential within the human resource department; and (c) responses will be used only for the necessary information. Refusal to provide this information will have no bearing on your application and will not subject you to any adverse treatment.** PROTECTED VETERAN DEFINITION
Protected veteran
means a veteran who may be classified as an active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, disabled veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran or recently separated veteran.
Active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran
means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
Armed Forces service medal veteran
means any veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985 (61 FR 1209, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 159).
Disabled veteran
means (1) a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or (2) a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
Recently separated veteran
means a veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service.
* EEOC RACE/ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION CATEGORIES
Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.
White
(not Hispanic or Latino)
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa.
Black or African American
(not Hispanic or Latino)
- A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
(not Hispanic or Latino)
- A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa or other Pacific Islands.
Asian
(not Hispanic or Latino)
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand and Vietnam.
American Indian or Alaska Native
(not Hispanic or Latino)
- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment.
Two or more races
(not Hispanic or Latino)
- All persons who identify with more than one of the above races.PDN-9caaa6df-b1eb-46c4-b7a0-2cd6ac1a7861