Regional Marketing Specialist (Chicago)

Qargo • Chicago, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Qargo is hiring a Regional Marketing Specialist to own marketing for the US, a key growth market for 2027. Based in Chicago, this role will be the first marketing position in the US time zone and will work closely with the growing US sales team and the broader marketing team in the UK and EU. The role’s time will be split roughly 40/60 between events and regional marketing, including planning and delivering US events and campaigns that generate awareness, leads, and pipeline. The position reports to the Regional Marketing Director, based in the UK, and collaborates with Sales, Product, Partnerships, Onboarding, and Support. This is a hybrid role with an ideal start date in Q1 2027.

The specialist will own the US marketing plan and manage campaigns end to end, deliver events, develop localized customer stories and sales collateral, enable US Sales, build Qargo’s presence with freight and trucking associations, and report on marketing outcomes. As the US market grows, the role may expand to include launching an ABM program for target accounts and testing channels such as PR and Meta ads.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of B2B marketing experience, including owning campaigns and events.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or a similar field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience running multi-channel campaigns, including email, paid marketing, and SEO.
• Hands-on experience with event marketing and logistics.
• Strong project management, data, and reporting skills, and comfort being measured on pipeline.
• Fluent or native English.
• Independent and self-starting, comfortable being the only marketer in the US time zone, and able to work asynchronously with teams in the UK and EU.
• Able to build strong relationships with Sales and BDMs.
• Willingness to travel for US events.

Nice To Haves

• Background in transport, logistics, or freight technology.
• B2B SaaS or TMS experience.
• Experience with US trade shows such as Manifest or Truckload.
• Partner or co-marketing experience.
• Knowledge of tools such as HubSpot, Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, SEMrush, WordPress, Canva, and ZoomInfo.

Responsibilities

• Own the US marketing plan in collaboration with Sales, covering email, paid search, paid and organic social, SEO, and content.
• Plan and run US campaigns end to end, from brief through reporting, to generate awareness, leads, and pipeline.
• Deliver US events with the Events Manager, including pre-event outreach, on-site execution, and follow-up.
• Localize and create case studies, customer wins, and sales collateral for US buyers, adapting messaging by region and vertical.
• Enable US Sales with competitive positioning, battlecards, and partner co-marketing support.
• Build Qargo’s presence with US freight and trucking associations and at community events.
• Report monthly on US leads, pipeline, and event ROI.

Benefits

• Opportunity to build Qargo’s US marketing from the ground up in a market with significant growth ambitions for 2027.
• Autonomy, ownership, and impact in an international scale-up.
• Hybrid working setup in Chicago.
• Close collaboration with a growing US sales team and support from an international marketing team across the UK and EU.
• Opportunities to work on cross-region campaigns and own a project for the wider marketing team.

What This Job Offers

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