Marketing Director

Position Summary

Ball Chain Manufacturing Co., a fifth-generation, family-owned, multi-divisional U.S. manufacturer, is seeking an active, hands‑on marketing director for its three divisions: Ball Chain, ShimmerScreen, and LogoTags.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop digital marketing strategy by studying economic indicators, tracking changes in supply and demand, identifying customers and their current and future needs, and monitoring competition
• Plans and execute all web, SEO/SEM, database marketing, e‑mail, social media, and display advertising campaigns
• Design, build, and maintains our social media presence
• Contribute to marketing effectiveness by identifying short‑term and long‑term issues to be addressed
• Measure and report performance of all digital marketing campaigns and assess relative to goals (ROI and KPIs)
• Manage Rakuten budget and strategy
• Identify trends and insights
• Optimize spend and performance based on insights
• Brainstorm new and creative growth strategies through digital marketing
• Plan, execute, and measure experiments and conversion tests
• Collaborate with internal teams to create landing pages and optimize user experience
• Utilize strong analytical ability to evaluate end‑to‑end customer experience across multiple channels and customer touch points
• Identify critical conversion points and drop off points, and optimize user funnels

Qualifications

• Highly creative, with experience in identifying target audiences and devising digital campaigns that engage, inform, and motivate
• Excel at creating and maintaining client relationships
• Excel at coaching and involving co‑workers
• Highly capable of managing processes
• Self‑motivated and customer‑focused
• Proficient in marketing research and statistical analysis
• Able to develop budgets
• Familiar with financial planning and strategy

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in marketing or a related field
• Experience in digital marketing, particularly within the manufacturing industry
• Demonstrable experience leading and managing SEO/SEM systems, a marketing database, e‑mail, social media, and/or display advertising campaigns
• Experience in optimizing landing pages and user funnels
• Experience with A/B and multivariate experiments
• Solid knowledge of website and marketing analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, NetInsight, Omniture, WebTrends, SEMRush, etc.)
• Fluency in Salesforce, HubSpot, BigCommerce and similar platforms
• Working knowledge of ad serving tools
• Experience in setting up and optimizing PPC campaigns on all major search engines
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development and constraints

Salary

$90,000 – $125,000

About Ball Chain Manufacturing Co.

Founded in 1938, Ball Chain is the world’s largest manufacturer of ball chain, producing over 4 million feet of ball chain per week in Mount Vernon, NY. Ball Chain Mfg. operates several divisions including ShimmerScreen, LogoTags, and Bona Fide Masks. The company serves military, commercial, interior design, jewelry, and consumer markets worldwide.