Marketing Coordinator
Lynker
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Hawaii • United States
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Salary
💰 $75,000 - $90,000 per year
About the role
- Leading the development and tracking the implementation of a marketing and market expansion incentive program for Lynker’s grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
- liase with project partners, including producer stakeholder organizations, marketing consultants, and agricultural producers to provide effective producer support.
- Promote the program-wide efforts publicly and network with institutional purchasers.
- Create and administer a marketing and market expansion incentive program framework.
- Coordinate the collection, validation, and stewardship of federally required reporting data.
- Provide high-level partnership alignment with statewide stakeholder organizations marketing efforts, policymakers, food system and marketing experts, and buyers.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders in various market segments to disseminate consumer education about Hawaiʻi-grown commodities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communications, agriculture or similar field and at least 5 years of progressive responsible work experience.
- Fluency in cultural norms and respectful conduct when interacting with project partners, subcontractors, farmers and ranchers, and agricultural/food system stakeholders in Hawaiʻi.
- Good place-based knowledge of Hawaiʻi communities, places and agriculture and must be based in Hawai‘i.
- Demonstrable advanced skills and knowledge of Microsoft Excel, as well as other MS Office applications and Google Suite.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills and experience working with a wide range of individuals in government, private sector and agriculture.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, highly professional and demanding environment required.
- Master’s degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience preferred.
- Prior experience and success in implementing federal grant programs.
- Good existing relationships with Hawaiʻi producers, retailers and/or institutional purchasers.
- Strong understanding of the detailed workings of food retail, agricultural markets and value chains.
- Good understanding of local, national or international food labelling and branding efforts (e.g. Hawaiʻi “Buy Local, It Matters”, Certified Organic etc.).
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost
- Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision
- Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays
- Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks
- 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we’re all company owners!
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life and accident insurance
- Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year
- Spot bonuses for exceptional performance
- Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses
- Employee Referral Program
- Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace
- Personalized career growth plans for every employee
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
marketingmarket expansiondata collectiondata validationreportingMicrosoft ExcelMS OfficeGoogle Suitegrant program implementationfood labeling
Soft Skills
communicationinterpersonal skillsmulti-taskingcollaborationnetworkingcultural fluencyplace-based knowledgepartnership alignmentstakeholder engagementconsumer education