Fashion Marketing Coordinator

The Company: 

Historic, Canadian garment manufacturers, Freed & Freed International Ltd. is a 100-year-old company, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Today, Freed & Freed stands as one of the few remaining Canadian, 4th generation, and family run businesses in the garment industry. Long known for creating Ladies’ & Men’s fine apparel, Freed & Freed uses its depth of experience and its unique understanding of design, construction, and manufacturing to position itself as a high-quality maker both domestically and internationally across many categories. From outerwear to home goods, the result is always beautifully crafted, and of the highest quality.

The Position:

Freed & Freed is in search of a dynamic, detail oriented, and highly organized Fashion Marketing Coordinator to join our high-performing brand team. Reporting directly to the Senior Management team, the marketing coordinator will play a key role to support in all areas related to bringing product to life from concept to consumer.

You support the planning, coordination, and delivery of brand-related assets, including product photography, linesheets and e-commerce management (in depth social media knowledge considered an asset). The marketing coordinator is a passionate communicator and organizer who thrives on working cross-functionally to manage projects to meet deadlines. This unique role will reward you with growth and development across all channels in fashion and apparel manufacturing and marketing.

Objectives & Responsibilities:

• Works closely with the senior management team for daily business and marketing operations
• Ownership of sample management including inventory management, shipping of samples and organization of samples for meetings, media requests and photoshoots
• Assist in the coordination and execution of marketing plans
• Organize creative assets, photoshoots, and product calendars
• Help manage department workflow, keeping track of task dependencies to ensure projects are executed on time
• Manage sales and inventory in alignment with previous sales and seasonal buying plan
• Manage customer relationship and communicate with buyers on product requirements, development, and orders
• Owner of wholesale sales account - maintaining product updates and buyer communication
• Input style information and maintain updates in global line sheets & look book catalogues
• Responsible to update creative imagery in digital software programs
• Assist in website, e-commerce, and stockist platform updates
• Create graphics, resize/update images to support Shopify, NuOrder and related accounts
• Source suppliers and place purchase orders for specific marketing materials
• Partner with shipping department to ensure e-commerce and wholesale orders are fulfilled
• Provide customer service for all e-comm platforms and communicate product knowledge
• Manage project tracker to ensure all deadlines are achieved
• Additional tasks as required

The Ideal Candidate:

• Post secondary education in business management or fashion marketing/merchandising
• 2+ years experience in similar role in marketing coordination
• Excellent organizational skills, quick learning, and collaboration skills with a keen eye for detail
• Strong communication skills - both written and verbal 
• Able to collaborate fluently with cross-functional partners and departments
• Multi-tasker who’s able to juggle a large volume of requests and prioritize effectively
• Quick learner and thrives in a fast-paced environment where change is the norm
• Positive attitude with a solution driven mind set
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite, Internet, and e-platform Applications
• Experience and current practice in Adobe Creative Suite software
• Some sales or relevant customer service experience is an asset
• Knowledge of Shopify & NuORDER sales platforms considered an asset
• Understanding of Social Media Advertising platforms (including paid advertising) – Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.
• Capacity to work both independently and proactively and in a small team environment

Job Specifics:

• Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm
• This position is required to work from the office
• No remote work available

We offer:

• A family-like environment – we are a small but mighty team that works hard together!
• A business-casual dress code - our dress code matches our laid-back but professional work environment
• Market competitive wages
• Benefits coverage including health and dental
• Continuous improvement and development - we always look to our employees for ideas to improve efficiency and grow with our team

Application Process:

We value diversity and welcome all applications. Please advise us if an accommodation is required for reason of disability for the application and/or interview process.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted for an initial interview process.

In order to be considered for a position please send your resume and cover letter to: customerservice@freedgroup.ca