Marketing Manager

About Northwest Playground Equipment, Inc.

     At Northwest Playground Equipment, we believe play is a universal language that inspires community. The playground is where we learn resilience, collaboration, creativity, and confidence. No matter where you come from, what language you speak, or what abilities you bring, play dissolves barriers and connects us through shared discovery.
Since 1996, our family-owned and operated company has partnered with cities, schools, parks, and community organizations across Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, and Montana to design and build outdoor spaces that foster connection and belonging.
Our purpose is simple: to create spaces that bring people together through play. From playground equipment and safety surfacing to site furnishings and interactive environments, we provide turn-key solutions that transform ideas into places where friendships form, confidence grows, and communities grow stronger together.

About the Role

We are seeking a strategic, hands-on Marketing Manager to lead and execute Northwest Playground’s marketing initiatives. This role blends marketing leadership, channel management, and project coordination to ensure consistent brand storytelling and effective campaign execution across platforms.
The Marketing Manager will serve as the internal owner of marketing—translating strategic direction into actionable plans, managing timelines and resources, coordinating vendors and creative partners, and ensuring campaigns are delivered on time and on brand.
This role requires someone with a strong marketing foundation who understands multi-channel, B2B marketing and can contribute strategic input, identify opportunities, and help evolve marketing efforts over time.
The ideal candidate brings experience in a small- to mid-size agency or growing in-house marketing team and is organized, proactive, digitally fluent, capable of balancing big-picture thinking with hands-on execution, and passionate about furthering our mission of building community through play.
Responsibilities

The position includes, but may not be limited to, the following responsibilities and activities:
Marketing Ownership & Execution

• Serve as the primary internal owner of marketing initiatives.
• Translate strategic direction into internal action plans, timelines, and priorities.
• Align marketing efforts with company growth goals and sales objectives.
• Plan and manage timelines, budgets, and resources for marketing initiatives.
• Coordinate photography, videography, tradeshows, and external vendors.
• Ensure marketing deliverables are completed on time and within budget.
• Maintain organization of marketing assets and brand materials.
• Manage website content and social media accounts.
• Partner with external marketing agency to execute strategic plans as necessary.
• Regular reporting to leadership on marketing goals and efforts, insights, and performance data.

• Develop and maintain sales collateral, presentations, and marketing materials.
• Ensure brand consistency across all customer-facing touchpoints.
• Support sales initiatives with targeted marketing materials and campaigns.

• Build and document marketing processes and workflows.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, structure, and scalability.
• Help define future marketing resource needs (internal hires or agency support).
• Contribute to long-term marketing roadmap development.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field preferred.
• 5-7 years of marketing experience.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a dynamic, growing organization.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Experience with email marketing tools, social media platforms, and CRM (Salesforce a plus).
• Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, InDesign preferred).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable attending events, site visits, and occasional travel.
• Ability to collaborate cross-departmentally and work independently with minimal supervision.

• 7:30a-4:30p, Monday - Friday Hybrid
• This position works onsite out of the Issaquah office.

Salary

• $75,000-$85,000 Annually

Benefits

• Hybrid schedule after 90-day Introductory Period
• Professional growth opportunities
• On-the-job training
• 10 paid Holidays
• Paid holiday between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• 401k with 4% employer matching
• Lifestyle Spending Account
• Tuition reimbursement
• Business casual work attire
• Office snacks
• Play for a living!

All offers are contingent on the successful completion of pre-employment background checks. Relocation and sponsorship are not available.