Brand Manager, Assistant at Watkins Wellness

We are hiring an Assistant Brand Manager to join our Marketing Team.

DISCOVER

Are you ready to help shape a premium brand experience that customers and dealers love? As the Assistant Brand Manager at Watkins Wellness, you will partner with the Brand Manager to implement short and long-term marketing programs, strengthen dealer retail marketing, and deliver high impact campaigns across channels. You will bring brand strategy to life through promotions, advertising and PR support, digital content, and compelling collateral. You will collaborate with Marketing Services, Digital Marketing, Product Management, Creative Design, Sales, specialty retail dealers, and outside agencies.

YOUR RIPPLE EFFECT

• Ready to build brands? Implement and manage marketing initiatives for the assigned brand, including national campaigns, dealer retail marketing, and showroom programs. Measure program performance, analyze return on investment, and recommend improvements that increase impact. Ensure the customer experience aligns with brand image and strategy.
• Can you communicate with clarity? Partner with Marketing Services to develop inspiring collateral and write copy for point of sale, merchandising, and multi-channel content. Support advertising and PR deliverables that align with brand positioning and guidelines.
• Do you elevate digital? Collaborate with Digital and Marketing Services to optimize the brand website, develop digital media, write copy, and create content that drives engagement and conversion.
• Do you plan and prioritize? Work closely with Brand Managers to build and maintain the annual marketing calendar, sequencing launches, promotions, and content with the right resourcing.
• Is critical thinking your strength? Contribute to brand vision, value proposition, positioning, and messaging. Apply brand style and messaging guidelines consistently across channels and partners.
• Do you thrive in cross functional projects? Coordinate creative, digital, product, and sales partners to deliver projects on time and within budget. Assist with the management of brand expense budgets.
• Are you a compelling brand representative? Assist in the planning and execution of dealer conferences and sales meetings. Participate in presentations and training as a brand representative and subject matter expert.
• Do you like to stay current? Keep up with general marketing, online and retail marketing trends through trainings, certifications, webinars, networking events, and other opportunities.
  
  

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of marketing experience in a manufacturing environment; luxury durable goods or pool and spa industry experience preferred.
• Experience in marketing content and communications, brand and product positioning, advertising creative and media, product management, digital marketing and social media, project management, consumer products, and financial/return on investment analysis.
• Experience with dealer direct and retail marketing is a plus.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams. Experience with CRM, marketing automation, and content management systems.
• Strong attention to detail and brand guardianship; analytical approach with the ability to interpret performance data and make recommendations.
• Collaborative communicator who can influence cross functional teams.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.
  
  

What You’ll Get

At Watkins Wellness, we believe that everyone should ‘Feel good. Live well’. We offer employees the opportunity to join a dynamic, growing industry leader with an outstanding and well-deserved reputation for leadership and commitment to our employees, customers and community. Our employees are eligible to receive exceptional health and wellness benefits, paid time off, company bonus, profit sharing, 401k match, education assistance, and much more. We are proud of the people we are and the products we make — products that make a difference to the health and well-being of others.

We look for candidates that exhibit The Watkins Way (always Ethical, endeavors to be Transparent, embraces Inclusion, welcomes Diverse backgrounds and perspectives, Accommodating, believes in Work-Life Balance, puts Safety First, Accountable, values Relationships, Passionate, Team Player, and Goal Driven).

The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire

Hiring Range: $62,600 - $98,340

Many factors affect actual compensation including but not limited to experience, education, skills, and geographic location

Company: Watkins Manufacturing

Shift 1 (United States of America)Full time

Watkins (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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