Job Description

Material Bank is seeking a Brand Marketing Manager, who will lead integrated brand marketing initiatives that bring the Material Bank brand to life across events, experiential activations, creative campaigns, and brand sales marketing efforts. This role is focused on delivering high quality brand expression across both sides of the marketplace, with an emphasis on creative execution, physical brand presence, and cross functional project ownership.

This is a cross-functional role for someone who combines strong creative judgment with exceptional execution and project management skills. You will work closely with Creative, Events, Brand Sales, and Marketing teams and play a meaningful role in strengthening brand awareness, partner engagement, and marketplace growth. This position is hybrid based out of Boston, MA and will require occasional travel to support trade events, photoshoots, and onsite brand activations.

What you’ll do:

• Creative briefing and feedback
  • Develop creative briefs for events, merchandise, experiential initiatives, and brand marketing campaigns.
  • Partner with Creative teams and external vendors to provide clear, actionable feedback across print, digital, video, social, and experiential assets while ensuring work remains aligned to brand standards and business objectives.
  • Lead communication and coordination across creative workstreams to keep projects moving efficiently from concept through execution.
• Physical brand and experiential
  • Own swag and merchandise programs from sourcing and creative direction through production and logistics for events, gifting programs, and other high visibility brand moments.
  • Lead merchandising and prop curation for photoshoots and oversee physical brand touchpoints across print, signage, and experiential activations to ensure a cohesive and elevated brand experience.
• Events marketing
  • Lead marketing creative and execution for major trade events, including signage, print materials, email campaigns, social promotion, and onsite brand presence.
  • Partner closely with the Events team to manage timelines, vendor coordination, asset delivery, and onsite execution while creating cohesive experiences that drive engagement and brand awareness.
• Brand sales marketing collateral
  • Support the development and execution of brand sales marketing collateral that reaches both designers and Brand Partners across the marketplace.
  • Own briefing, feedback, and delivery for case studies, benchmark reports, LinkedIn content, presentations, and email campaigns after strategic direction is established.
• High visibility brand special projects
  • Own cross functional, high visibility brand initiatives spanning multiple teams, channels, and priorities.
  • Manage project intake, timelines, stakeholder communication, and execution details while proactively identifying gaps, tracking open items, and driving accountability across stakeholders.

What you’ll bring:

• 5+ years of experience in brand marketing, integrated marketing, experiential marketing, or a related field.
• Experience managing creative projects across events, print, digital, experiential, and physical brand environments.
• Demonstrated ability to brief creative teams, provide actionable feedback, and manage projects from concept through execution.
• Strong communication, organizational, and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• A working style that reflects ownership, creative judgment, collaboration, adaptability, and proactive problem solving.
• Comfort operating in fast paced, highly collaborative, and evolving environments where priorities may shift quickly.
• Ability to build strong relationships with cross functional partners, creative teams, external vendors, and stakeholders across the business.
• Willingness to travel occasionally for trade events, onsite activations, photoshoots, and company initiatives.