Asher + Rye is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced marketing leader to join our team! As the Retail Marketing Manager, you will primarily be responsible for overseeing all marketing campaigns, implementing strategies, handling budgets, empowering retail team on the sales floor, maintaining inventory, solving customer complaints, and organizing meetings. All these responsibilities work towards driving sales for Asher + Rye as we grow. This role enjoys leading people, a confident self-starter, and takes pride in what we do, working together towards the success of the shop.

Marketing management is a great career for professionals passionate about advertising, user experience, social media trends, market research, and data analytics. This role enjoys working with a diverse group of business management and marketing professionals daily.

Retail marketing creates a constant flow of information between the market, consumers and manufacturers. Each helps encourage the other to produce higher quality and finding the best match to products & services.

WHO WE ARE:
Mixing well-loved Scandinavian brands with artisans from around the world, Asher + Rye is a lifestyle brand bringing curated products that never sacrifice function for design and always have one goal in mind: to make you love where you live. Established in 2015, we are a growing team of aesthetically minded, creative and driven people. Asher + Rye, founded by the owners and designers at Rethink Studio, is rooted in interior design and furniture services.

WHY WORK WITH US:
Asher + Rye is a fun and creative environment located in Savannah's Downtown Design District. We intend to expand to more locations in the coming years, which may include opportunities for relocation. We strive to match our team’s skill sets to what they do best. Celebrating people by positioning them properly in the right roles for success. Every employee is supported and encouraged to become a master in their role and area of expertise. While we value excellence, we are not corporate. As a smaller team, we embrace collaboration, a family mindset, and adaptability. As a perk, we provide great discounts on Asher + Rye products. After all, being a brand ambassador is fun too.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead all marketing endeavors through planning, coordinating and implementation
• Create a marketing strategy to increase in-store and online customer leads through brand awareness
• Refine our brand and build brand awareness
• Create customer relationships
• Identify and retain high-value customers
• Increase conversation rates
• Refine understanding of customer journey
• Develop strategies and tactics to spread awareness of Asher + Rye by driving qualified traffic to our brick-and-mortar and online shop
• Engagement of customers and sales associates through sales floor experience
• Learn sales associate role
•  Be available for weekend events, marketing opportunities, etc.
• Deploy successful marketing campaigns: implementing from ideation to execution successfully
• Experiment with a variety of organic and paid acquisition channels such as:
• content creation and curation, pay per click campaigns, event management, publicity, social media, lead generation campaigns, copywriting, performance analysis
• Lead website direction and updates
• Producing valuable & engaging content for our website and blog that attracts and converts our target groups
• Build strategic relationships and partner with key industry players, agencies and vendors
• Oversee and approve marketing material, from website banners to hard copy brochures and case studies
• Prepare and monitor the marketing budget on a quarterly and annual basis
• Oversee sales team to make sure the marketing and sales goals are being meet
• Manage the marketing schedule 
• Run the marketing meetings
• Responsible for all imagery, branding and social media direction
• Planning, coordinating and executing photoshoots
• Lead and assist in visual design of shop
• Be the “voice” of Asher + Rye through creating copy for social media, communication and campaigns

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4+ years’ experience in marketing
• 2+ years’ experience in management
• Confident, assertive, in-charge leader
• Firm understanding of the sales process
• Ability to assess and understand buyer needs
• Self-starter, critical thinker and problem-solver
• Creative idea generator
• Consistent collaborator, bringing key team members together
• Motivator, seeks to empower others
• Great communicator with the ability to network
• Adaptable
• Fantastic organizational and planning skills
• Proficient in Adobe software
• Genuinely enjoys people
• Malleable and receptive to direction from leadership
• Passion for interior design/furniture or at least beautiful spaces (not necessarily a requirement but it is a big plus) 

BENEFITS

The position at Asher + Rye is a full-time, salaried position with benefits:

• Paid vacation, holidays & sick leave 
• Health Insurance
• Potential bonus structure
• Employee discount

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WHO WE ARE:
Mixing well-loved Scandinavian brands with artisans from around the world, Asher + Rye is a lifestyle brand bringing curated products that never sacrifice function for design and always have one goal in mind: to make you love where you live. After opening in December of 2020, we are a growing team of aesthetically minded, creative and driven people. Asher + Rye, founded by the owners and designers at Rethink Studio, is rooted in interior design and furniture services.

WHY WORK WITH US:
Asher + Rye is a fun and creative environment located in Savannah's Downtown Design District. We intend to expand to more locations in the coming years, which may include opportunities for relocation. We always want to match our team member skill sets to where they fit best, celebrating people by positioning them properly in the right roles for success. While we value excellence, we are not corporate. As a smaller team, we embrace collaboration, a family mindset, and adaptability. Great discounts on our products is a lovely perk. After all, being a brand ambassador is fun too.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support Store Manager in daily sales activities and daily operations.
• Greeting customers and help guide them through the store and determine specific needs while provide excellent customer service.
• Provide accurate product information.
• Keeping the sales floor clean/organized, well merchandised and stocked.
• Ring sales and understand the POS system and its functions.
• Support and coordinate stock checks as needed.
• Proactively support marketing department and cultivate a community to increase brand awareness.
• Help implement and maintain all merchandising directives and ensure execution of effective merchandising strategies.
• Lead team by example using effective communication.
• Demonstrate integrity, honesty, accountability, and team spirit.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2+ years of retail experience preferably within a lifestyle, home decor, boutique, interiors, etc.
• Be able to have a flexible schedule to work weekends and holidays (on rotation with the shop manager).
• Knowledge of Shopify POS is a plus.
• Demonstrate outstanding customer service.
• GREAT communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to troubleshoot.
• Show strong styling and merchandising skills.
• Be a team player.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Must live in the Savannah area and have a dependable car.
• Ability to lift and mobilize large items, up to 50 lbs. while utilizing appropriate equipment and safety techniques.