Marketing & Brand Strategy Manager

HSM

$80K — $100K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6-10+ years in marketing communications or brand strategy
  • Experience in manufacturing, transportation, or B2B sectors
  • Proficient in storytelling, copywriting, and presentation development
  • Skilled at translating complex concepts into customer-focused messaging
  • Experience in digital marketing, SEO, and content analytics
  • Familiar with tools like Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, and WordPress
  • Strong organizational skills for managing multiple projects and stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute marketing strategies aligned with business goals
  • Create compelling product messaging and customer content
  • Translate technical information into clear communications
  • Support product launches and marketing initiatives
  • Lead digital marketing efforts, including social media and SEO
  • Build content across digital and traditional marketing channels
  • Coordinate visual storytelling through photography and video production

Benefits

  • Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
  • 401(k) with company match, fully vested from day one
  • 3 Weeks of Vacation + 9 company paid holidays
  • Free on-site medical clinics for employees and dependents
  • 24/7 access to Teladoc services with no copay
  • Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
  • Discounts available through partner programs like Dollywood and Verizon
Full Job Description
What You Will Do

As our Marketing & Brand Strategy Manager, you will lead and execute marketing communication initiatives that support business growth, customer engagement, product positioning, and brand visibility across multiple product categories and markets.

You'll be a true player/coach - developing content, managing priorities, coordinating resources, and partnering closely with Sales, Engineering, Operations, Product Development, Quality, and Leadership teams.

In this role, you will:

  • Develop and execute marketing communication strategies aligned with TSM's business goals and growth priorities.
  • Create compelling product messaging, customer-facing content, value propositions, and application-based storytelling.
  • Translate technical manufacturing, engineering, and operational concepts into clear, customer-focused communications.
  • Support product launches, customer programs, trade shows, industry events, digital campaigns, and branded initiatives.
  • Build content across digital, print, video, presentation, social media, website, and sales enablement channels.
  • Lead digital marketing efforts, including social media communication, website optimization, SEO support, digital branding, and campaign analytics.
  • Develop case studies, brochures, customer presentations, executive presentations, trade show materials, and branded collateral.
  • Coordinate photography, video production, editing, and visual storytelling efforts.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to understand customer pain points, market opportunities, competitive positioning, and product value drivers.
  • Strengthen brand consistency, messaging standards, and communication processes across multiple facilities and business units.
  • Support customer-facing communication strategies within transportation, OEM, specialty manufacturing, engineered foam, and industrial markets.


What Makes This Role Exciting:

This is not a "sit behind the desk and manage brand standards" type of marketing role. This is a role for someone who wants to be close to the business, close to the product, and close to the people making things happen.

You'll have the opportunity to:

  • Shape the voice and market presence of a growing manufacturing division.
  • Tell meaningful stories about innovation, quality, customer partnerships, and operational capability.
  • Work directly with technical experts, commercial leaders, and business decision makers.
  • Build marketing strategies that connect directly to customer engagement and revenue growth.
  • Bring structure, creativity, and momentum to a fast-paced, evolving business environment.


What You Bring

We're looking for a marketing professional who is strategic enough to see the big picture and hands-on enough to execute the details.

A strong candidate will bring:

  • 6-10+ years of progressive experience in marketing communications, brand strategy, digital marketing, content development, corporate communications, or related areas.
  • Experience in manufacturing, transportation, automotive, engineered products, industrial, B2B, bedding, or similarly technical business environments.
  • Strong storytelling, copywriting, editing, presentation development, and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to turn complex technical or operational information into compelling customer-facing messaging.
  • Experience supporting product launches, customer programs, trade shows, digital campaigns, and branded communication initiatives.
  • Knowledge of digital marketing, social media, SEO, website content, analytics, and campaign performance tracking.
  • Experience with tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, PowerPoint, WordPress, Wix, or comparable design/content platforms.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, stakeholders, and shifting priorities.
  • Comfort working with both technical and commercial audiences, including engineers, operations leaders, sales teams, OEM representatives, and executives.
  • Prior leadership, supervisory, or marketing project ownership experience preferred.
  • A bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Business, Public Relations, Graphic Design, or a related field is preferred.


Preferred Experience

Experience in any of the following areas would be especially valuable:

  • OEM, Tier-1, transportation, specialty vehicle, automotive-adjacent, or advanced manufacturing environments.
  • Product marketing, customer segmentation, market positioning, or value proposition development.
  • Video production, photography coordination, content editing, or visual storytelling.
  • AI-assisted content creation or marketing productivity tools.
  • ISO 9001, IATF 16949, VDA, or customer-sensitive manufacturing environments.


Why Join Us

  • Health & Wellness: Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, including an innovative global healthcare option for qualified participants.
  • Retire: 401(k) with company match, fully vested from day one.
  • Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO: 3 Weeks of Vacation + 9 company paid holidays.
  • On-Site Medical Clinics: Free for you and covered dependents.
  • Teladoc: 24/7 access with no copay.
  • Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement, professional development assistance and career growth opportunities.
  • Discounts: Enjoy discounts with HSM partners, including Dollywood Parks & Resort, Verizon Wireless, and more.


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