Sr. Marketing Strategy Manager

At Five Below our growth is a result of the people who embrace our purpose: We know life is way better when you are free to Let Go & Have Fun in an amazing experience, filled with unlimited possibilities, priced so low, you can always say yes to the newest, coolest stuff! Just ask any of our over 17,000 associates who work at Five Below and they’ll tell you there’s no other place like it. It all starts with our purpose and then, The Five Below Way, which is our values and behaviors that each and every associate believes in.

It’s all about culture at Five Below, making this a place that can inspire you as much as you inspire us with big ideas, super energy, passion, and the ability to make the workplace a WOWplace!

Position:

Sr. Marketing Strategy Manager

Location:

Philadelphia, PA Hybrid - This role will be in office weekly

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Five Below is hiring for a Sr. Marketing Strategy Manager to be a part of the Digital Marketing team reporting to the Director, Digital Marketing. While Five Below has a hybrid work culture, the candidate will preferably be based in our headquarters in Philadelphia or be able to come into the headquarters on a regular basis to collaborate and support key business meetings.

As the Sr. Manager you will be the Marketing Leader for two retail category verticals and be the point person to support the development of media campaigns and media strategies for those categories. Your experience in creating compelling brand stories and familiarity with retail industry trends will be crucial in driving the marketing strategy for the categories, positioning Five Below appropriately in that vertical, extracting the stories to be told in the categories and bringing them to life in media platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the marketing storytelling vision and execution for the category verticals you own
• Develop strong cross functional partnerships with Merchandising and embed yourself in the functioning of those categories to be their key marketing partner.
• Extract compelling and differentiated marketing stories that align to merchants’ assortment and product strategy as well as drive the strategic brand vision.
• Align key merchandising stories and initiatives to the appropriate customer segments and larger marketing communication plans.
• Analyze campaign performance metrics and provide regular reporting and recommendations to cross functional partners.
• Support the creation of the marketing calendar to plan key brand, seasonal and evergreen messages across our marketing channels.
• Collaborate with agency to ensure alignment on marketing strategy and execution.
• Assist Director in writing thoughtful creative briefs that facilitate the production of impactful, customer-focused creative content.
• Partner with creative team to bring stories to life in channel appropriate form factors for your category.
• Partner with eCommerce merchandising to prioritize key stories and ensure a cohesive customer experience between marketing and digital experiences.

Qualifications

• 6 - 8 years of hands-on experience in a retail and digital setting, with a focus on product and the customer.
• Strategic and creative customer centric marketing leader who can understand customer needs and connect with the brand’s offering.
• Experience driving the brand story telling process and bringing them to life by creating comprehensive creative briefs.
• Solution and results oriented, comfortable using data to measure success, iterate and optimize.
• Comfort and depth of experience in using data to measure marketing performance and make decisions.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex concepts and strategies to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• High EQ and interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate across a variety of leaders in the organization to balance different needs in the organization.
• Ability to anticipate needs, innovate, adapt and flourish in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly organized and process driven with strong attention to details.
• Preferred experience in paid media strategy and awareness of dynamics of digital media.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Five Below is an Equal Opportunity Employer.