Oliva International Foods

MARKETING ASSISTANT

Job Summary:

We are looking for a self-motivated, outgoing Marketing Assistant, or Junior Marketer, responsible for providing support to the Marketing Director. Their duties include handling interdepartmental communications, assisting with the setup, facilitation, and completion of marketing events, and overseeing the design and graphics of marketing material. The perfect candidate must have knowledge in social media targeting and campaigns. Opportunity to grow and scale within the marketing department.

Duties/Responsibilities:

·        Coordinate packaging logistics with vendors across Latin America and the US.

·        Assists in the design and development of layouts for marketing materials, website and other media.

·        Ability to travel and support the company in events and food shows.

·        Work with outside graphic and print vendors when necessary.

·        Assist on printing of marketing materials, packaging proofs and mock-ups

·        Maintain a detailed, up to date database of products in different stages of re-design.

·        Coordinate photography and design sessions.

·        Maintain relationships and communication on a weekly basis with all our vendors.

·        Actively collaborate with colleagues across divisions of the company, specially Purchasing and Sales. 

·        Occasionally create templates, sales sheets in support of the sales team.

·        Supervise deliverables to ensure both quality & product accuracy.

·        Oversees the creation, production and delivery process of promotional materials (sales sheets, business cards, folders, letterheads, event stationary.

·        Update all documents required to maintain a constant communication flow between departments.

·        Occasionally responsible for translations and proof reading of marketing materials in Spanish and English.

·        Assist in the development and management of social media content and strategy.

·        Assist in monitoring of marketing campaigns. 

·        Manage website content and images

 Required Skills/Qualifications

·        Excellent project and workflow management skills.

·        Excellent interpersonal skills

·        Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

·        Attention to detail oriented, with Strong writing and verbal communication skills.

·        Creative, team player, enthusiastic and outgoing personality.

·        Full Fluency in spoken and written Spanish and English is required.

·        Knowledge and experience with PC & Mac computers

·        Strong writing and verbal communication skills – Bilingual – written and spoken Spanish and English

·        Excellent attention to detail.

·        Strong multitasker

·        Knowledge of digital file handling and transferring.

·        Proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Illustrator and Photoshop), Google Drive, Excel, Word, Adobe Acrobat, Power Point, Dropbox, Outlook and SharePoint. 

·        Comfortable managing digital platforms: Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, twitter. 

·        Experience working with Wix templates

·        Ability to create and produce graphic artwork to support marketing efforts

·        Copy-editing skills a big plus. 

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field required.
• Two to five years of related experience in business, promotional sales, customer service, or related field preferred.  

Oliva International Foods