Marketing Specialist

SJE Inc. • Hoover, AL

21d • Hybrid

About The Position

At SJE, we are more than a company—we are a family of brands with a shared vision and mission to provide industry-leading, innovative, and reliable control and monitoring solutions that improve efficiencies, protect the environment, and deliver dependable solutions to our valued customers. We are looking for a Marketing Specialist to support our Corporate Marketing and Sales teams. This role may work out of our Birmingham, AL location or any of our locations.

As our Marketing Specialist, you will plan and coordinate events and programs that support SJE’s strategic marketing plan. Your primary responsibilities will include organizing trade shows, training sessions, and corporate events; administering co-op marketing and corporate apparel programs; managing events and promotional assets; and supporting the Marketing and Sales teams.

Requirements

• Experience coordinating trade shows, training sessions, corporate events, or similar programs
• Strong project-management and organizational skills
• Experience coordinating event logistics, schedules, vendors, shipments, invoices, and promotional materials
• The ability to manage several projects, deadlines, and event details simultaneously
• Experience working with vendor portals, account balances, inventory, or program budgets
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail and follow-through
• The ability to build productive relationships with vendors, employees, sales representatives, and cross-functional teams
• The ability to identify opportunities to improve event displays and attendee experiences
• Experience supporting promotional-products, apparel, co-op marketing, or similar programs
• The ability to complete basic graphic design projects as assigned
• A bachelor’s degree in marketing, event planning or related field and 1-2 years of experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Plan regional, national, and international trade shows, on-site and regional training sessions, and corporate events
• Lead planning meetings and coordinate exhibit space, booth design, signage, staffing, collateral, apparel, promotional items, speaking engagements, vendors, shipments, invoices, schedules, and timelines
• Manage the relationship with SJE’s trade show vendor and coordinate show details and shipments
• Evaluate SJE’s trade show presence and recommend improvements to booth layouts and product displays
• Maintain accurate company listings online and printed show guides
• Manage vendor-held and in-house inventories of products, displays, and other event assets
• Develop and maintain a monthly events calendar and communicate upcoming activities for online promotion
• Develop, implement, and administer co-op marketing plans through the vendor portal
• Coordinate product offerings for the co-op marketing program
• Manage vendor relationships for online printing, promotional products, and apparel
• Monitor and manage vendor-portal account balances
• Communicate co-op program information to representatives and other participants
• Manage SJE’s corporate apparel program, including product selection, vendor relationships, account balances, and employee communications
• Assist Marketing team members in completing projects on time and within budget
• Coordinate company and industry-association memberships and maintain the membership database
• Coordinate shipments for new product launches, including product samples
• Complete graphic design projects and other special assignments as directed

Benefits

• Up to 120 hours of Paid Time Off in your first year
• eight paid holidays
• health insurance
• life insurance
• short-term disability insurance
• long-term disability insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level