Marketing Manager – If You Love Growing Food and Making Medicine  

(the most fun and meaningful job you’ll ever have)  

The Grow Network is the online home of a community of people who are stopping the destruction of the Earth via home grown food and medicine. We have a blog with daily posts, store, forums, newsletter, and an academy. https://TheGrowNetwork.com  

 Our company culture is of a team of rugged adventurers out to make a difference in the world. We are a distributed company with most of us based in Texas. Those with a life-attitude of being on an expedition in the back-country will like working in this environment. This is a full-time contract to hire position where you (mostly) determine your own hours.  

About you:  

You are warm, professional, detail oriented, with excellent hand eye coordination. You are highly organized and enjoy implementing efficient processes and procedures. You are technologically savvy. You value clear labelling and communication. You keep your work area spotless. You enjoy working with your hands in a light manufacturing setting. You work best on your own, but you are really good at communicating with the rest of the team. You’re willing to roll up your sleeves to do whatever it takes to get the job done. There’s no task too small and too large!  

About the role  

The Grow Network primarily sells small herbal kits, educational tools, and bulk herbs online to people who want to make their own medicine and grow their own food. Your job will be to  

Summary of Position: 

• Report to company Managing Director.  
• Responsible for the generation of online traffic and sales for all TGN properties, via direct response marketing campaigns, affiliate launches, social media, email marketing, and community building.  

• Manages and executes the promotional calendar. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:  

1. Implement high-level company objectives as determined and assigned on an annual basis. 

1. Report weekly to Managing Director and with team staff.  

1. Create sales pages, landing pages, follow up sequences, and other marketing collateral for TGN internal and external marketing campaigns.  

1. Design, implement, track, and report on marketing split tests to continually improve conversions.   

1. Manage promotional calendar, as well as give direction for content for the editorial calendar. 

1. Make quarterly projections for gross revenues: track, compare with actual results, and report. 

1. Manage sales content on product pages in the company store. 

1. Manage external affiliate management contractors.  

1. Develop products and funnels focusing on growing company recurring revenue streams via paid subscriptions and memberships.  

1.  Grow the email list size via strategic lead magnet campaigns. 

Minimum requirements  

• A passion for homegrown food and good health (you have a garden, and/or chickens, or you are growing some of your own food in some way). 
• 3 years of experience inan marketing  
• Ability to effectively work with a remote team, you communicate clearly and regularly via email, phone, and text as needed. 
• Exceptional organizational and prioritization skills. 
• Experienced with Office365 (word, excel,powerpoint) and Outlook coordinated company email and calendaring, Slack,Ontraport, Shopify, Deadline funnel, and Thrive builder 

Compensation and Benefits  

 Starting at $4K per month, initially on a contract basis and moving into a full-time team position once the probationary period is complete.  

Other benefits of working at The Grow Network include the following:  

• Being surroundeddailyby like-minded super-cool teammates who are passionate and creative about solving the world’s environmental and health crises by growing our own food, and teaching others how to do the same.  
• Access to cutting edge information about sustainable food production via our published information and our partnerships with thought-leaders in sustainable small-scale food production. 

– Up to 2 hours per week working in your personal garden or livestock is considered valid company work.  

• You’ll have access to free testing of great gardening, homesteading and health management tools and products, as part of our team reviews the products we sell. 
• Professional development is a highpriority,and we will invest in you  

To apply, send us your resume in word .docx format attached to an email to hr@thegrownetwork.com In your email use the subject line of “Marketing Director – {your name inserted here}”. There will be a series of phone interviews and then in-person interviews.