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This Columbus based hybrid role is compensation grade F3. Candidates must have prior experience working with print vendors and/or at a print shop.

As a Print and Promotional Merchandise Specialist, you will play a vital role in managing our organization’s Marketing projects, ensuring they meet quality standards, stay within budget, and align with our brand guidelines. Your daily activities will involve coordinating with various teams, suppliers, and stakeholders to deliver successful print campaigns and merchandise projects.

Responsibilities:

Project Management:

• Multitask across a large number of projects simultaneously.
• Collaborate with multiple print and promotional merchandise suppliers and cross-functional teams.
• Attend meetings to discuss project briefs, brainstorm ideas, and establish schedules.

Consultation and Cost Optimization:

• Provide expert advice on the best ways to produce printed and or promotional materials.
• Balance cost considerations with functionality to achieve optimal results.
• Work closely with suppliers to secure competitive quotes while adhering to client budgets.

Workflow and Communication:

• Utilize WorkFront (or similar tools) to manage project workflows.
• Communicate project updates, changes, pricing, and artwork requirements effectively.

Branded Merchandise and Custom Packaging:

• Coordinate with various merchandise suppliers.
• Optimize costs, availability, and timing for requested merchandise items.
• Ensure logo branding adheres to our brand standards on different substrates.

Brand Stewardship:

• Monitor color consistency to maintain our brand palette.
• Attend press checks when necessary to ensure quality.
• Regularly visit suppliers to stay informed about new equipment and processes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Marketing, Communications, or Graphic Design).
• Experience in print production, project management, or related roles.
• Experience with direct mail.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Familiarity with print technologies, materials, promotional products and industry trends.

If you’re passionate about print production and promotional merchandise, thrive in a dynamic environment, and are committed to upholding our brand integrity, we’d love to hear from you!

Job Description Summary

Are you ready to put your marketing savvy, communications skills and data driven approach to work for one of the top brands in the insurance and financial services industry? If you want to influence a large marketing investment spend, drive business growth and profitable results using the best in class marketing technology, we want to hear from you!

As a Specialist, you'll assist and implement the overall development and execution of marketing strategies. We'll count on you to coordinate various marketing tactics for execution and work with internal teams and external vendors to achieve business results.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists in the development and execution of strategies and plans that ensure long term sustainable growth of the business. Synthesizes data and uses this understanding to support identification and innovation of business building solutions.

• Assists with the completion of moderate to complex projects and processes within area of responsibility to deliver results with multiple target completion dates and shifting priorities.

• Assists with implementation of digital and traditional marketing tactics and media, including creative development process, planning and execution.

• Collaborates on and assists with creative development and provides feedback on look and feel.

• Uses customer insights and analytics and tools to understand and assists in forecasting market, competitor and customer needs and behavior, helps to define appropriate target audiences, evaluate sufficiency, and effectively get results with data-based decisions.

• Monitors timelines to ensure programs are on strategy and on schedule. Informs leader of any discrepancies.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Director/Manager. This is an individual contributor role.

Typical Skills and Experience:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration or related field preferred.

License/Certification/Designation: Technical insurance designations such as CPCU, CLU, ChFC, FLMI considered a plus. Additional licensing may be required to hold this position; and associates will need to acquire the required federal and/or state licenses/registrations within the designated time period. Additional licenses/registrations may be required when new products and services are implemented. If an associate fails to acquire required licenses/registrations within the time period designated by the business unit, the associate will be ineligible to continue in the position.

Experience: Typically five or more years demonstrated professional experience in marketing, strategy, consulting, financial services, or related field.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Proven marketing development and project management experience. Passionate about marketing and delivering positive customer experiences. Ability to lead multiple projects and drive forward key deliverables. Ability to influence at all levels and work effectively across functions and geographies. Ability to use analytics to draw conclusions and make recommendations. Excellent communicator, highly organized, and able to build effective partnerships across functions.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not eligible)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Ability to work extended and/or non standard hours based on project load. Travel as required.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to the principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some associates assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

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Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.