Marketing Manager
North York - Canada
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Job Summary
Shack Shine is a premium exterior home services brand with a growing franchise network across North America. Weve built something exciting and now were building the marketing infrastructure to scale it.
This is the most senior marketing position in the business. Youll report directly to the Managing Director own key marketing decisions and steward a dedicated ad fund on behalf of our Franchise Partner network. Our immediate mandate is highly focused and budget-efficient but designed for rapid scale. To achieve this we expect this role to aggressively leverage modern AI workflows to multiply output and maximize our reach.As our network grows the fund grows your scope expands and your career trajectory accelerates alongside the brand.
Our ad fund is continually evolving to maximize impact- focusing on foundational brand-level marketing functions: website SEO/AEO/GEO creative national campaigns and vendor management. Because transparency is central to our culture you will collaborate periodically with our Franchise Advisory Council to review fund performance. The ideal candidate is a true hybrid leader equally comfortable presenting growth strategies to a room of passionate business owners as they are briefing a freelance designer or auditingor auditing AI-driven search performance.
In this role you are simultaneously the strategist the executor and the stakeholder manager. As our network scales toward ambitious growth targets you will build the track record and the platform to elevate your career right alongside the brand.
- Ad fund stewardship Manage the annual budget present actuals and plans to the FAC and be accountable for what is being spent.
- Website End-to-end ownership of our digital front door. Hosting maintenance UX and conversion optimization through external vendors. You notice when somethings off and you fix it; you also own the vision and the roadmap for the future.
- SEO AEO & GEO Set the strategy source the right vendors and hold them accountable to output. You understand that the search landscape has fundamentally changed; you will optimize our digital footprint not just for traditional search engines but for AI answer engines (AEO) and generative search experiences (GEO). Local visibility matters directly to Franchise Partners.
- Creative Brief manage and quality-control freelancers across campaign creative local assets and brand collateral. Work with Operations to ensure brand compliance in the field. You will actively integrate AI tools to streamline content production scale localized creative and maintain brand compliance in the field without multiplying costs.
- National campaigns A focused awareness budget that will set the foundation for how we will operate at scale.
- Vendor and access management Central authority over preferred vendor relationships Google Ads and Analytics structures and access control across the network.
- Franchise Partner communication Primary marketing contact for our FP network FAC and Operations team. You build trust through transparency regular communication and results.
- You come from an agency or startup where you built moved fast and did more with less. You understand that building a national brand takes time and youre energized by the early stages of that work not frustrated by them.
- You are an AI-native practitioner. You dont just experiment with AI occasionally; you genuinely integrate AI tools into your daily workflows to automate the mundane and supercharge your strategic output. You stay ahead of where AI is heading in marketing and bring that innovative thinking to everything you do.
- You have an instinctive sophisticated eye for brand. You understand how positioning visual identity and messaging work together to build long-term brand equity and you care about getting it right at every touchpoint even when the budget is lean.
- Youre commercially-minded to connect brand investment to business outcomes but your focus is top-of-funnel building the awareness and brand trust that makes everything downstream work better.
- You hold your own in a room full of franchise owners with strong opinions and real money on the line. You dont fold under pressure but you know how to listen and bring people with you. You dont wait to be briefed or managed you own the outcome.
- 5 years in marketing agency startup franchise or multi-location brand environments all relevant
- Managed a marketing budget with real accountability for spend and results
- Owned website operations at a practical level not just strategy
- Proven understanding of the evolving search landscape with experience building or managing SEO AEO and GEO programs through external vendors with enough mastery to hold them accountable.
- Hands-on experience embedding AI tools into marketing operations (e.g. content generation workflow automation campaign planning or data analysis).
- Managed freelance creative talent while maintaining brand standards
- Worked with Google Ads and Analytics at an operational level
- Communicated regularly with franchisees clients or advisory committees with real stakes in the outcome
Youll stand out if:
- Youve worked in a franchise system and understand the franchisor-franchisee dynamic
- You can point to a specific period of significant revenue growth and explain your role in it
- Youve managed a budget requiring external stakeholder approval and built the credibility to get it done consistently
ð COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
- Salary: $100000 - 120000 per annum (The actual salary offered will be commensurate with education experience and internal parity).
- Health & Dental: The Total Compensation Package includes Extended Health and dental coverage.
- Professional Growth: We focus on your development through our professional development programs.
- Wellness: Enjoy a variety of health and wellness initiatives including access to gym facilities at our corporate head office.
- Transparency: Speak to us to learn more about the full details of what we offer.
ð HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Our Model: We have created a hybrid work model that helps us get together to Collaborate Celebrate and Connect while enjoying flexibility.
- Office Presence: For this roles duty and responsibility we anticipate that you will come into the office three days a week Tuesday through Thursday.
ð THE HIRING PROCESS
- Pre-Screen: Lets talk about your experience goals and excitement for this role.
- Interviews: Our process is designed to be both engaging and transparent as we know this is as big of a decision for you as it is for us.
- Verification: We conduct reference and background checks as part of our final steps.
- Modern Practices: We use audio recording transcription for our interview practices ð.
ð ABOUT US
- Award-Winning Culture: O2E Brands has been named one of Canadas Best Workplaces 14 times.
- Global Recognition: We made Newsweeks top 100 list of Most Loved Workplaces at #14the only Canadian company on the list!
- Social Presence: Check out our culture on YouTube and social media to see what life is like here.
- Inclusivity: We value diversity and inclusivity; accommodations are available upon request.
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Required Experience:
Manager