Kum & Go Hiring for Marketing Operations Coordinator Job at Des Moines, IA Full Time

Are you a passionate creative looking to use your promotional marketing skills to develop and execute eye-catching marketing in the retail industry?

Kum & Go is looking for a Marketing Operations Coordinator (Signage) to join our powerhouse marketing team! You’ll be responsible for development and execution of our marketing programming throughout the Kum & Go stores. Focusing on strategic selection of signage for specific promotional opportunities, this role will ensure creative signage is developed effectively by our design team of internal and external partners while managing the signage budget.

If you’re looking for a role that will blend your creative marketing background and your ability to manage projects and process improvement efforts, this could be the role for you!

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the planning, production, and distribution of the monthly sign kits for all stores

• Work closely with design team of internal and external partners to manage design of creative materials

• Coordinate additional store signage needs, signage inventory, and signage budget

• Coordinate store communications including weekly newsletters, monthly marketing plans, and other associate engagement communications

• Assist the marketing team in coordination and execution of signage or communications related to strategic initiatives and cross-functional projects

• Assist the marketing team in coordination and execution of product photography and management of existing video and image assets

What We’re Looking For:

• Relevant experience in communications, marketing, business or project management.

• Proven writing communication skills

• Strong organizational skills, including ability to manage large amounts of complex data within Microsoft Excel

• Demonstrated attention to detail

• Experience in design software including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, preferred

• Proven ability to develop strategic partnerships with internal and external stakeholders

• Ability to consistently demonstrate integrity, high energy, initiative, and self-confidence

Other key requirements

• Relocation to Des Moines, IA required

Leadership Competencies:

• Communication: Delivers clear, effective communication and listens to others

• Conceptual/Systems Thinking: Recognizes patterns, trends, themes, and connections in information to develop innovative ideas and solutions

• Constructive Engagement: Expresses ideas and disagreements, constructively resolves conflict, and encourages others to do the same

• Customer Orientation: Meets the expectations and needs of internal and external customers

• Decision Making: Makes good decisions in a timely manner

• Empowerment: Takes initiative and solves problems

• Talent Development: Maximizes potential and improves overall performance

• Influence: Proactively builds relationships and influences others

• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Accurately assesses problems and effectively and efficiently arrives at solutions

• Strategic Thinking: Understands the current state and can visualize the ideal state and how to achieve it

About Kum & Go

At Kum & Go, our purpose is to make days better. We do that by connecting with people. Every day, whether in stores or at our Store Support Center headquarters, we take a people-first approach to developing associates, serving customers, and solving problems. We provide a unique working experience where associates are given many opportunities to make connections and to have fun along the way. Our culture is supported by our five core values:

• Passion – We love what we do, and it shows in our work.

• Integrity – We do the right thing, even when it is difficult.

• Teamwork – We believe that greatness is only achieved in unity.

• Caring – We have genuine compassion for our customers, associates, families, and communities.

• Excellence – We expect and deliver superior performance.

For 60 years, Kum & Go has been dedicated to the communities it serves, sharing 10 percent of its profits with charitable causes. For four generations, the family-owned convenience store chain has focused on providing exceptional service and delivering more than customers expect. Established in Hampton, Iowa, in 1959, the chain has since grown to employ more than 5,000 associates in more than 400 stores in 11 states (Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming).

Kum & Go is an Equal Opportunity Employer and an inclusive environment encouraging all interested candidates to apply.