Sales Project Coordinator
Balfour
Sales Project Coordinator
Location: Aventura, FL (In-Office required: Monday - Friday)
About Balfour & Co.
Balfour & Co. is one of the world’s leading Collegiate and High School commencement services companies, offering innovative, personalized products like class jewelry, yearbooks, regalia, school uniforms and photography. With brands such as Balfour®, GradImages®, ArtCarved®, and more, we’ve been helping students celebrate life’s most meaningful moments since 1913. Balfour has around 4,000 employees and operates in 3 countries.
Why Join Us?
This role offers a dynamic opportunity to contribute to our class jewelry marketing initiatives, collaborating with a passionate team to create memorable experiences for students and alumni.
Position Summary: The Marketing Specialist will manage college marketing requests for our class jewelry business. This in-office role in Aventura FL will support our sales and creative teams by coordinating project requests, managing assets, and executing email and direct mail campaigns.
Project Management of Marketing Requests:
- Act as the central liaison for all college marketing initiatives, proactively gathering, synthesizing, and prioritizing input from the sales team to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
- Craft compelling and actionable creative briefs that clearly define objectives, target audiences, and deliverables, enabling cross-functional teams to execute with precision.
- Facilitate seamless collaboration among internal stakeholders, external partners, and creative teams, maintaining momentum and accountability throughout each project lifecycle.
- Monitor timelines, resources, and outcomes, ensuring marketing deliverables are completed on schedule, within scope, and with measurable impact.
Workflow Coordination:
- Track incoming marketing requests, monitor progress, and maintain visibility across all active initiatives.
- Provide timely, actionable feedback to the creative team, ensuring deliverables align with brand standards and project objectives.
- Coordinate multi-level approvals by facilitating clear communication between sales representatives, clients, and internal stakeholders, streamlining decision-making and reducing turnaround times.
- Maintain project momentum by proactively identifying bottlenecks, resolving issues, and keeping all parties informed through regular updates and status reports.
Creative Asset Development:
- Leverage our creative automation platform to generate assets and coordinate with the creative team for custom projects as needed.
- Ensure all assets TO MEET brand standards and align with project briefs.
Campaign Logistics and Client Follow-Up:
- Collaborate closely with clients and internal teams to gather, validate, and refine targeted email and direct mail lists, ensuring data accuracy, compliance, and optimal audience segmentation.
- Implement rigorous quality control processes to clean and standardize contact databases, enhancing deliverability and campaign performance.
- Coordinate end-to-end campaign logistics with production partners, overseeing timelines, creative assets, and distribution to ensure flawless execution and timely delivery.
- Maintain high standards of quality and consistency, aligning messaging with brand guidelines and campaign objectives across all channels
Stakeholder Collaboration and Communication:
- Maintain strong working relationships with sales, creative teams, production partners, and clients to ensure seamless project completion.
- Stay informed on industry best practices, applying insights to optimize processes.
Education/Experience:
- A college degree of BS or BA or higher.
- 1+ years in marketing and project management, with strong skills in managing multiple projects and adhering to deadlines.
- Experience and familiarity with Basecamp, Trello and/or other project management applications preferred.
- Ability to translate positioning strategy into creative strategy and execution.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to collaborate effectively with both internal teams and external clients.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to handle multiple priorities.