Amazon Marketing Specialist - North America

Company Description
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Job Description
The Amazon Channel Marketing team is looking for a highly motivated, analytical, and out-of-the-box thinking marketer. Come join a fast-pace team that drives sales and marketing activities across one of the most influential and prominent e-tail sites in the channel. Learn how to navigate through Amazon's maze of programs and tools to build best-in-class marketing exposure in a highly competitive environment. Candidates should be comfortable launching products, optimizing detail pages, running Amazon DSP and SEM advertising campaigns, measuring ROI from data metrics while collaborating with other functional teams to promote, expand, or create new product portfolios. You will succeed by creating marketing plans around targets, executing activities around a budget, look for new opportunities both on/off Amazon, and compete with other brands for site traffic on Amazon.
Qualifications
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create and maintain product listings including full set-up and detail page maintenance
• Proactively solve Amazon account listing issues
• Strategize, review, and provide detailed feedback on graphics & copy to improve quality
• Develop and execute marketing plans on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca
• Manage and optimize Amazon Sponsored Ads / AMS campaigns against goals and KPIs
• Collaborate with media account executive to develop DSP campaigns generating awareness for focal product lines
• Support major seasonal events with on and off-site marketing initiatives
• Manage MDF budgets and accrual programs
• Develop a close working relationship and coordinate key channel objectives with multiple business orgs (e.g. Sales Managers, Business Marketing Leads, Product Marketing Owners, etc.)
• Develop a close working relationship with brand partners
• Manage daily operations (e.g. submitting claims, monitor balance reports, capture POP, submit progress reports)
• Report metrics, trends, and learnings to business stakeholders

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3-5 years of experience in a related role, ideally in the consumer products or retail industries
• Experience in Amazon Vendor or Seller Central and Amazon product listings
• Proficient creating, strategizing, and executing Amazon Sponsored Ads and DSP campaigns
• Familiarity with Amazon Live, Amazon posts, and Amazon brand store management
• Excellent written communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Developing analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis and reporting
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent working experience
• Experience with Pacvue and Stackline SaaS tools a plus
• Interest in photography, graphic design, and/or gaming nice to have

Additional Information
Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person's gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal" poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.
Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.
Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 12/08/2024 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.
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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee's pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.