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Status:                 12-month Contract

Location:              Mississauga, ON

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the preparation of Annual Plan and quarterly updates.
• Manage consumer advertising budget to ensure goals are met within budget.
• Participate in monthly finance reviews.
• Define, manage and track marketing strategy and promotional plan for the consumer channel (DTC, digital, social strategies) and pharmacy channel.
• Interact with external partners such as creative agency, media agency, digital marketing firms and internal resources (local and international).
• Assure Division Websites strategic direction and consistency and drive implementation.
• Determine social media direction, align internally, launch and manage the brands engagement through community.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required, in Marketing or related field.
• Five to eight years of marketing/product management experience.
• For example; knowledge of brand and market dynamics, knowledge of financial processes, familiarity with GCP/SOP, etc.
• Experience or training in consumer marketing, advertising, PR, online marketing or similar field.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Deep understanding of the web, social media environment, blogging and community participation.  Demonstrated ability to map out a marketing strategy and then drive that strategy proven by testing and metrics.
• Provides customer service excellence.
• Excels at research, possesses excellent writing skills and the ability to build editorial content and technical writing.
• Experience sourcing and managing content development.
• Ability to jump from the creative side of marketing to analytical side.
• Possesses functional knowledge or some experience with HTML/CSS.
• Knowledge of search engine optimization-think including basic keyword research.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to work individually on a project or in a team environment.
• Outstanding organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to communicate results to management and in a fast-paced environment.
• Possess strong business acumen and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Independent thinking and problem solving.

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We strongly believe that a diverse workforce fosters more creative and innovative thinking throughout the organization. Creating an inclusive environment, where everyone is respected and valued, enables us to leverage our diversity as a business driver and strengthens our position as a global leader.

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