Marketing Manager

AXIOM
Axiom is a design studio meets all-inclusive fabrication shop in Portland, Oregon. We bring together organizations, artists, designers, and builders to create experiences that make you feel something. We create retail displays and environments that immerse people in our client's brands. We customize the atmospheres of 5-star restaurants to rival the food. We modernize hotels or restore them to their original beauty. Whatever our client’s idea or project, we collaborate to make it magic. We’re a friendly team with a professional passion for making interesting things. We design. We engineer. We build. We’re full-service and full of heart.
 
THE ROLE
At Axiom, our brand is our most valuable asset, enabling us to confidently share who we are, what we do, and where we're heading. Who better to share that message than our Marketing Manager (MM). Marketing at Axiom is a department of one, under the sales umbrella, but has numerous collaborators from management to sales to project management to design and creative. The MM takes ownership of business intelligence to shape the story around Axiom both internally and externally. They are a storyteller that has a fundamental understanding of the creative industry and an innate ability to understand what employees, clients, and media want from Axiom as well as identify new opportunities for the organization.
 
Our MM manages agency partners in the online/offline fields to fulfill the needs of trade and consumer PR, client relations, advertising, internal communications, and social media campaigns for internal and external stakeholders. They coordinate and execute internal and external branded materials and disseminate them as needed.
 
RESPONSIBILITIES BREAKDOWN
Editorial
Develop and execute a comprehensive, annual editorial marketing strategy calendar, emphasizing Axiom's involvement in client projects through various channels. Identify and engage with qualified online and offline media opportunities, coordinating with PR agencies, local organizations, and influencers to amplify Axiom's voice in the social sphere. Coordinate and manage consumer-facing messaging with clients.
Story-telling
Collaborate with the sales team in using archival and brand assets to create attractive, professional, poignant sales decks that help convey to outsiders who Axiom is and what we can accomplish. Maintain and strategize updates to our website, ensuring a fresh and relevant face for our customers.
 
Social Media
Lead Axiom's social media strategy, managing our presence across all major platforms (Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube). Define and maintain the brand's voice across these channels while guiding internal teams and employees on how they share our voice. Drive substantial follower growth and engagement. Develop and execute a comprehensive, annual social marketing strategy calendar. Collaborate with our design studio to create stunning brand assets.
 
Cultivate and Build Internal Relationships Through Cultural Practice
Coordinate the organization’s key internal departments to ensure Axiom delivers award-winning work that generates measurable business returns. Maintain a strong collaborative environment. Preserve a relevant awareness of market trends and creative industry practice. Educate internal teams on new and existing Axiom practices and capabilities. Develop internal events that bind us together and help foster a team environment for when we are and aren’t burning the midnight oil. 
 
Extend Culture
Identify key opportunities for Axiom to become involved. Proactively contribute to the vision of Axiom, by leading through example and driving an invested spirit. Contribute to the cultivation of the organization’s voice using cross-market methods of communication.
 
YOU

• Strategic thinker with 3-5 years of experience in a similar role. 
• Expert in social media platforms and content creation including asset management, design, and photography. 
• Proven relationship builder with the ability to influence key industry partners.
• Have photography experience and are confident to shoot our work to cultivate our own assets and those of the client, as a service. 
• Have archival experience as it relates to digital assets.
• Possess a strong creative and strategic appreciation of the value of great ideas and the ability to identify strong creative work and how to showcase it drives you. 
• Have a solid understanding of the global practice of creative communication is a part of your ethos. 
• Are an exceptional relationship builder with both internal and external key partners and can problem-solve to help resolve issues smoothly and effectively. 
• Engender respect and influence with writers, bloggers, and media relative to the industry. 

THE RETURN
When it comes to our team, they enjoy excellent pay, a fun and engaging work environment, and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision for the employee (with additional cost options for dependents). We offer 401k and ROTH investment options. After year one you accrue 20 days of PTO, yep, you read that right! Combined with paid holidays, our benefits are some of the best in our industry.
Salary range: $70k - $85k.
Please note: both Office + Studio are dog friendly.
 
NEXT STEPS
Check out our website and Instagram. Talk to our friends about us. We seek ambitious people who want to be along for the ride! Yes, we work hard and sometimes we work fast, but the work inspires us to maintain a culture where our people take pride in their work and have fun doing it. We find our people work harder when work doesn’t feel so much like, work. If you share our mindset, we should chat.