Marketing Manager

Duration: __03__ Months/__0 weeks.

Pay Rate: $50-55/HR on W2

We are looking for someone who wants to change the future of cities and transportation by joining our Marketing team as a Local Marketing Manager. We are looking for a dynamic marketer and local expert who can uncover high-impact opportunities in the region and handle a wide range of responsibilities. One week you could be executing a driver event and the next week, you could be negotiating a major partnership. This role reports into the Marketing Chief of Staff.

The ideal candidate is a scrappy marketer and community connector who is well-versed in relationship building and negotiations but also thinks strategically, analytically, and creatively. You need to be a self-starter that requires little direction as you will be part of a small, on-the-ground team, charged with executing on a strategy to grow our market share.

• Go-Getter. A solutions-oriented, can-do, go-getter attitude is a must. You’re not afraid to roll up your sleeves and make things happen when needed.
• Organized. You excel in situations where you are acting as the air traffic controller, quickly processing, and synthesizing new information to pass on clearly to different stakeholders.
• Relationship Builder. You can navigate internal cross-functional teams and external partnerships with ease. You tend to get things done through building relationships. You pair radical candor with kindness, empathy, and compassion.
• High-Performer. You thrive on a full plate of work in fast-paced environments; you can handle a high capacity without compromising work quality or your own personal well-being. You execute daily tasks with efficiency and speed while keeping the high-level strategy top of mind.

Responsibilities:

• Help us build and execute on a marketing strategy in one of our top regions.
• Lead local marketing efforts, including everything from events, grassroots outreach, brand activations and partnership efforts.
• Build partnerships from lead generation to relationship management, execution, and reporting.
• Develop strong relationships with influencers, vendors, cross-functional business partners, and counterparts on the centralized marketing team.
• Work with our Insights/Analytics team to analyze data and uncover local rider, driver, and market insights.
• Help achieve aggressive rider/driver acquisition, retention, and brand goals.
• Ensure coordination among cross-functional stakeholders, including but not limited to stakeholders on Policy, Marketing, Enterprise, and Operations, and lead internal knowledge management organization.

Experience & Skills:

• Ideal candidate is based on the west coast, near either our or Seattle office.
• 4+ years general marketing experience
• 3-5+ years of project management, including budgeting, timelines, the ability to relay needs of projects to others, and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience working in both national and local capacity preferred (e.g., experience managing local affiliates or chapters of a national organization)
• Partnerships, events, outreach, business development and/or guerilla marketing experience
• Project management superstar: You can take a project, ask the right questions and make it happen with minimal oversight.
• Entrepreneurial self-starter: you have lots of ideas and can build something out of nothing.
• Agile marketer: you’re comfortable wearing many hats and adapting to changes on the fly.
• Creative problem-solver: you think strategically and enjoy designing new approaches.
• Cross-functional collaborator: you can influence and collaborate from afar.
• Community connector: you have deep local area knowledge and network.
• Bonus points:
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
• Proficiency in G Suite, especially Google Slides
• Experience working for or with nonprofits.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to write program overviews and internal memos for use.
• Ability to write drafts of blog posts or website info for use outside.
• Ability to lead meetings and facilitate conversations internal and external.
• Expert in the Google Suite, specifically Mail, Calendar, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Meet, Chat
• This role will spend the majority of their time working in and communicating through Docs, Slides, and Sheets
• Detail-oriented, data-driven approach to work preferred (examples welcome)
• Slack, Salesforce, Coupa, Confluence, and Mode proficiency preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Needs to be able to travel ~ 20-40% of the time.