Marketing Trafficker

Summary of Role:

We are seeking a Marketing Trafficker to join our global marketing team. Reporting to the Growth Marketing Director, this role will be responsible for organizing and monitoring the flow of information, materials and resources within the Marketing team, in support of on-time and efficient execution of initiatives, campaigns, deliverables and related projects.

The Marketing Trafficker is responsible for ensuring all approvals processes are followed, driving on-time process execution, maintaining up-to-date information for all projects and project steps, and for creating awareness of project teams. By maintaining accurate schedules, and closely tracking status and progress with both of the Program Owner and the Task / Action Owners, the Marketing Trafficker will support and drive prioritization of responsibilities, escalation of risks and needs, and on-time execution.

The successful candidate will be detail and process oriented and be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously. They will have deep understanding of the various Marketing roles and responsibilities and be strong and effective communicators to all levels of the Marketing team.

Key attributes for the role include: enthusiastic, strong work ethic, comfortable operating at a fast pace, responsive and effective communicator, able to partner with various departments and various levels of the organization, can think both classically and creatively, and is effective in long term and short cycle / iterative execution.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Partner with Marketing team members, notably in Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, Creative Director, to define and create project schedules, task owners, and routing process
• Develops considerable understanding of project(s) scope and related elements (e.g. timeframes, outcomes, deliverables) sufficient to track and monitor progress with established schedules;
• Maintain and own new creation and on-going updates of project schedules and tasks / owners within Jira Project Tracker
• Manage process to ensure task owners are aware of their items and due dates, and are effectively communicating changes, risks, or needs
• Lead project tracking meetings and communications including prepares and distributes status/progress reports on trafficking activities; informs, in a timely and comprehensive manner.
• Manage approvals process and routing to ensure approvals process is executed effectively.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and communicate any issues, challenges, or bottlenecks that may impede / impact project schedules and timelines
• Identifies opportunities to improve process and/or individual project steps
• Effectively track and manage to budget and project timelines

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years experience in Marketing
• Knowledge of Marketing functions, roles, and responsibilities
• Demonstrated ability in project tracking and project management
• Preference for candidates with demonstrated knowledge and capabilities in Project Tracking Software (Jira, MS Project, etc)
• Takes initiative, is goal oriented and solution focused, and has a growth mindset
• Quickly understands objectives and can rapidly formulate action plans
• Excellent verbal and writing skills, great computer skills
• Thrives in a small, rapidly growing company environment

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Working Conditions:

• This position is based in our San Diego, CA office. This role requires the ability to report to the office 5 days per week.
• Travel Required: <5%
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Ability to lift to 15 pounds required.