The Company:
Live to Play Sports
With headquarters in
Port Coquitlam, BC, and branch offices in Toronto and Germany, LTP Sports Group
Inc., has a 50-year history and tradition of success in the Canadian and
international bicycle markets. With about 140 staff, LTP Sports Group Inc. and
our proprietary brands Norco Bicycles, Axiom, Adams, Bike Guard and 49North are
responsible for the design, purchasing, selling, and planning for over 175
bicycle models and over 18,000 SKUs of bicycle parts and accessories.
The available
Marketing
/Communication position within our Marketing Group is located at
Norco’s head office in Port Coquitlam, just south of the Mary Hill Bypass and
steps away from the Pitt River and Traboulay Trail system. Enjoy your lunch
outside of our riverfront office or re-energize on a ride, run or the
occasional group yoga session. The compensation package includes full benefits,
educational opportunity and fitness incentives.
The
Opportunity: Principle Duties
Reporting to the
Marketing Manager, our Live to Play Sports Marketing Division has an immediate
opening for a full-time Marketing/Communication (Marcom) Junior Supervisor.
This position has diverse responsibilities including marcom strategy
development and implementation, integrated media relations and content
development oversight, social media analytics, event support and community
relations for our proprietary and distributed brand portfolio. Responsibilities
also include day-to-day oversight of the marketing coordinator and integrated
web content coordinator.
This supervisory
position requires strong organizational and planning skills along with
discipline and adherence to schedules and deadlines. Knowledge of the bicycle
or sporting goods industry is an asset. Working closely with the Marketing
Manager, key activities will include:
- Day
to day oversight of two staff members - Planning,
organize, execute and manage events including product releases,
tradeshows, customer and partner events, industry events and sales
training sessions or documents. - Actively
engage, identify and oversee all media relations activities, including
coordinate product deployment for testing and review in key domestic and
international markets, arrange and entertain interviews - Create
and execute marketing materials and content for B2B and B2C environs - Oversight
and adherence to proprietary and distributed brand guidelines - Prepare
PowerPoint presentations for sales and management meetings - Constantly
explore, recommend, use and optimize communication methods, vehicles and
technologies to engage with various audiences, particularly as part of
fully integrated demand generation campaigns. - Assist
in idea generation and fulfilment of integrated media strategies - Assist
with storyboard creation for photo and video capture - Assist
with in-house photo and video content capture for distributed brands - Work
with the marketing and content coordinators to create and update
collateral, editing, presentations, brochures, product sheets, fact
sheets, story starters, web content, newsletters, sales tools with input
from key stakeholders. - Assist
in the realizing the growth, development and performance of direct report
staff
The
Candidate Should Possess:
Along with your
interests in riding or an active outdoor lifestyle, you possess diverse
creative and technical skills with proficiency and an understanding for visual
brand building. You also possess a character that demonstrates a passion for ideas,
collaboration, initiative, commitment, flexibility and pursuit of great design.
- Completed
education with a Degree or Diploma in Marketing, PR or Communications. - Some
experience managing people day-to-day in the workplace - Expertise
in PR strategy and media relations with strong marketing and
communications fundamentals - Confident
written and verbal communication skills; French or German is an asset - Proficiency
in social media reporting software and analytical ability - Demonstrate
strong relationship building capability - Compatibility;
collaboration within a team environment and desire for improvement - Comfortable
with giving and receiving constructive design feedback - Working
bicycle knowledge and mechanical skills are an asset
Posting open
until Dec 19, 2014.
Please email or
mail, your cover letter and resume to: employment@livetoplaysports.com
*Indicate your
name in the subject line of the email.
LTP SPORTS GROUP
INC. Attn: Marketing Division 1465 Kebet Way, Port Coquitlam BC, Canada V3C 6L3
Thank-you for
your submission in advance, however only candidates selected for interview will
be contacted
