Marketing Associate

About the Role

The Retail AI Council, a retailer-led group focused on advancing AI-driven transformations in the retail sector, seeks a Marketing Associate to join their agile marketing team. This position is ideal for someone with 1 to 3 years of experience in social media and content marketing eager to create diverse marketing materials efficiently. Reporting directly to the Marketing Manager, this role is instrumental in managing content delivery, sponsor commitments, and community initiatives aligned with the Council's rapid growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Create, plan, and schedule daily LinkedIn posts tied closely to events and community engagement, collaborating with the Marketing Manager.
• Manage a content calendar ensuring consistent, brand-aligned, and timely posts using Jira.
• Develop promotional materials covering all phases of events and maintain ongoing community-building content flow.
• Research sponsor information independently and generate varied content such as case studies, blogs, and videos.
• Produce and coordinate webinar-related content, including ads, promotional sequences, speaker introductions, and follow-ups.
• Design creative graphics using Canva, ensuring brand visual uniformity.
• Conduct research and outreach for member spotlights, crafting content for newsletters, blogs, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
• Collaborate with Council committees to leverage thought leadership and support constituent initiatives.
• Assist Project .ORG with content creation and community research efforts.
• Perform weekly media monitoring to gather and report on relevant coverage for internal and content development use.
• Support event marketing tasks like preparing invitations, promotional materials, and scheduling communications.
• Organize content libraries, templates, and asset folders to facilitate reuse and consistency.
• Monitor and fulfill partnership and sponsorship deliverables on schedule.
• Coordinate promotional assets aligned with external event timelines and requirements.
• Assist in both pre-event and post-event marketing activities for trade shows.
• Track deadlines related to partner deliverables, editorial schedules, and promotion periods.
• Maintain and update the Council’s Wix-based website, including event, member, and sponsor information, while ensuring content accuracy and performance.

Candidate Profile

• 1 to 3 years of social media or content marketing experience, preferably with LinkedIn platform expertise.
• Excellent writing abilities with adaptability in tone for different communication channels.
• Proficient in content drafting and scheduling on platforms similar to LinkedIn.
• Hands-on experience with tools including WIX, MailChimp, Canva, Salesforce, and Luma or alternatives.
• Highly detail-oriented with strong skills in managing multiple project deadlines and deliverable tracking.
• Collaborative mindset, able to take guidance while contributing ideas proactively.
• Additional advantage for candidates familiar with retail, DTC, B2B sectors, membership organizations, nonprofits, or event marketing.

Additional Information

• Work hours are 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time with preference for candidates in this time zone.
• Must be comfortable working autonomously in a remote setting.
• Some travel will be required to support conference participation and event activities.
• This position offers a salary of $65,000 annually, inclusive of benefits and unlimited paid time off.

About Retail AI Council

By joining the Retail AI Council, you become part of an innovative organization shaping retail’s future through artificial intelligence. The Council offers a remote work environment that values your input, ensures your work has visible impact, and places you in a dynamic and rapidly growing sector.