Senior Marketing Manager

Hybrid | Greater Guelph Area, Ontario

Build a Brand That Matters.

At Gateway Services, we're North America's leading provider of pet after-life care, helping veterinary partners and pet families navigate one of life's most meaningful moments with compassion, trust, and excellence.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Marketing Manager, Brand & Operations to help shape the future of our brand.

This isn't a traditional corporate marketing role where strategy gets handed off to someone else.

This is an opportunity for someone who loves bringing ideas to life.

You'll partner directly with our Vice President of Marketing to transform strategy into execution, creating compelling content, launching campaigns, supporting sales, improving marketing operations, managing projects, and building scalable processes that help our organization continue to grow.

If you're energized by creating, building, improving, and making things happen, we'd love to meet you.

What You'll Be Doing

Every day is different, but you can expect to:

Bring Marketing Campaigns to Life

• Execute integrated marketing campaigns that support business growth
• Coordinate initiatives across departments, agencies, and external partners
• Support product launches and company-wide marketing initiatives
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and with exceptional quality

Create Amazing Content

You'll be hands-on developing marketing materials that drive results, including:

• Sales presentations
• Brochures and flyers
• Product collateral
• Recruitment marketing materials
• Social media graphics
• Customer-facing communications
• Digital content and brand assets

Own Our Social & Digital Presence

• Create, schedule, publish, and monitor social media content
• Execute email marketing campaigns
• Support website and landing page content
• Analyze engagement and recommend improvements
• Help strengthen Gateway's digital presence across North America

Become Sales' Go-To Marketing Partner

• Develop customer presentations and sales tools
• Create promotional campaigns and product collateral
• Support field sales teams with high-impact marketing resources
• Collaborate closely with Product, Communications, and Operations

Build Better Marketing Operations

You'll help create the systems that keep marketing running efficiently by:

• Managing marketing requests and priorities
• Coordinating project timelines and workflows
• Improving processes and documentation
• Leveraging AI, automation, and technology to increase efficiency
• Building scalable marketing operations

Produce Engaging Multimedia Content

We're looking for someone who enjoys creating—not just coordinating.
You'll help produce:

• Graphics
• Short-form videos
• Photography
• Presentations
• Recruitment marketing content
• Brand storytelling assets

Lead and Grow Others

You'll supervise:

• Co-op students
• Freelance marketing partners
• Future marketing coordinators as our team grows

What You'll Bring

We're looking for someone who combines creativity with operational excellence.

Required Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of progressive marketing experience
• Experience working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Experience creating marketing materials using Canva (or similar platforms)
• Experience with social media, digital marketing, and content creation
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience improving processes and building operational efficiencies
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience leading rebranding or organizational change initiatives
• Marketing automation and CRM experience
• Photography, videography, or video editing skills
• Experience working with agencies and creative partners
• Experience using AI tools to improve marketing productivity
• Analytics and dashboard reporting experience

Who You Are

You might be the perfect fit if you:

✔ Love creating content as much as planning it

✔ Enjoy building processes that make work easier

✔ Are highly organized and thrive in fast-moving environments

✔ Naturally take ownership and solve problems

✔ Enjoy collaborating across departments

✔ Think creatively while staying focused on execution

✔ Embrace technology, AI, and automation

✔ Care deeply about quality, brand consistency, and delivering exceptional work

Why Gateway?

At Gateway, marketing isn't viewed as a support function, it's a strategic driver of growth.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Work directly with senior leadership
• Influence company-wide initiatives
• Build marketing programs from the ground up
• Make a visible impact on business growth
• Help tell meaningful stories that support veterinary partners and pet families across North America
• Grow alongside a company that's investing heavily in its future

Most importantly, you'll join a team that values collaboration, innovation, compassion, accountability, and continuous improvement.

What Success Looks Like

You'll know you're succeeding when:

• Marketing campaigns launch successfully and on time
• Sales teams have the tools they need to win business
• Marketing requests are handled efficiently
• Content consistently reflects our brand
• Processes become faster, smarter, and more scalable
• Stakeholders view marketing as a trusted business partner

Working at Gateway

• Hybrid position based in the Greater Guelph Area
• Occasional travel (approximately 10–25%)
• Fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Opportunity to leverage modern marketing technology, AI, and automation
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits

Ready to Build Something Meaningful?

If you're looking for a role where you can create, lead, improve, and make a measurable impact every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the future of marketing at Gateway Services.