Marketing Communications Specialist

Job Profile

Marketing Communications Specialist

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Summary:? Sustain the marketing function for Spartech Corporation at our corporate office in St. Louis, MO.?

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Essential Functions include the following.? Other duties may be assigned.

????????? Marketing Materials?Coordinate marketing, promotion and advertising materials for publication (print & electronic).Publications?Design, develop and produce company literature such as:

????????? Advertising

????????? Product Family Brochures (Sign, Packaging)

????????? Data Sheets

????????? Product Summary, Product Transformation (Updates)

????????? Annual Report

????????? Spartech Journal (Semi Annual)

????????? Marketing Support?Assist in market segment research, trend data, building of data bases and procurement of promotional items.Show Coordinator?Assist in the coordination of ?meetings:?

????????? Shareholders

????????? Trade Shows

????????? Technical Conferences

????????? Sales

????????? NPEAdministration?Support Corporate Office with administrative activities such as presentations, press releases, correspondence, intranet/internet administration, etc.Spartech Corporate Based Printing System?Review and analyze our printing needs to determine sources.?

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Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education?Bachelor?s degree or equivalent and one to three years experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.? Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.? Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.? Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to work well with all levels of the organization.? Self motivated, well organized, creative, detail-oriented and analytical individual. ?Working knowledge of MS Office or equivalent productivity suites currently in use by Spartech.? Must be web savvy.? Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.? Ability to develop and utilize graphs and charts to analyze and focus on developing systems/programs to help drive positive change.

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Company Profile

Spartech Corporation is a leading producer of engineered thermoplastic sheet materials, polymeric compounds and concentrates, and engineered product solutions. The Custom Sheet and Rollstock segment processes a variety of materials into single/multilayer sheets or rollstock, cell cast acrylic and specialty film laminates or acetates on a custom basis for end product manufacturers. The Color and Specialty Compounds segment manufactures custom-designed plastic alloys, compounds, color concentrates and calendered film for utilization in numerous applications. Engineered Products segment manufactures a number of proprietary items, including injection molded products, complete thermoplastic wheels and tires and profile extruded products.

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Spartech?s principal executive office is located in St. Louis, Missouri.? The Company was incorporated in 1968, succeeding a business which had commenced operations in 1960.? In late 1983, Spartech began a restructuring program, focusing on its plastics processing business (Alchem Plastics) and disposing of its non-plastics operating businesses.? Since 1983, Spartech has expanded its plastics business primarily through acquisitions.?

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Spartech Corporation is a publicly traded Company on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol:? SEH).? The Company has 41 facilities located throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe which recently reported fiscal year 2005 sales of $1.4 billion.