Company Overview

Young Dental is a manufacturer and marketer of high quality dental equipment and supplies with sales in excess of $140 million. With an outstanding reputation for quality, our company has a broad portfolio of market leading products across a variety of categories.

Role Overview

We are seeking a talented, self-led, and energetic Marketing Coordinator to join our team at our location in Algonquin, Illinois. The marketing coordinator serves as the creative service team’s primary project coordinator, copy writer, and social media guru; shepherds projects from start to finish; and acts as the lead liaison between cross functional teams, vendors, customers and outside art departments to bring projects to timely completion. This positon will report to the Senior Creative Global Brand Manager.

Responsibilities

• General marketing project coordination includes communication with internal teams, ensuring design team has necessary assets & specs to complete projects, assigning projects with clear deadlines, shepherding projects to full completion, organizing and saving final files for common access.
• Write feature/benefit copy to reflect brand standards. Ensure copy consistency across multiple documents (catalogs, sell sheets, ads, PowerPoints, etc.), and proof all documents for accuracy and grammatical standards.
• Act as primary marketing communication liaison with dealers to include timely release of new product introductions, promotion communication, co-op advertising, general announcements, pricing updates, etc.
• Write and distribute press releases.
• Primary liaison with outside art departments (distributor co-op, national publications, etc.) and fulfilment vendors.
• Manage literature to include placing purchasing orders, managing literature inventory levels and coordination with printers.
• Coordinate quarterly promotion material to include creating item lists, uploading promotions to dealer portals, dealer communication, updating web sites and sales apps.
• Implement social media marketing to include: creation of content that enhances and supports current marketing strategies, development of flexible editorial calendar, basic copywriting, daily publishing & engagement, competitive research into current trends, monthly and quarterly reporting, continuous improvement to increase followers paid strategies.
• Monitor compliance of regulatory and trademark requirement
• Coordinate trade shows to include booth/meeting room reservations, order entry, hotel accommodations and merchandising support.
• Design brand market research surveys and recap results.
• Distribute e-mail blasts and recap response rates.
• Ad hoc project management for sales/marketing team as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in marketing; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 1-3 years’ experience, preferably in a marketing or project management role
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail
• Strong ability to respond to changing priorities, manage multiple projects and problem solve
• Ability to coordinate and implement changes in existing methods and procedures
• Ability to cultivate a customer-centric culture
• Must be able to interact effectively with all levels of the organization

Young Dental/Young Innovations, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and E-Verify participating employer