Marketing & Sales Manager
Job Description
Join a mission-driven organization in a full-time hybrid role based in Pompano Beach, FL. OneHope, Inc supports international collaboration and an environment where marketing, publishing, and audience engagement work together to advance strategic and missional goals.
The Marketing & Sales Manager will plan and execute integrated marketing, sales, publishing, and audience initiatives for SPERO’s publishing portfolio. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and partners, keep major efforts on time and on budget, and ensure growth is aligned with OneHope’s mission, theological commitments, and global vision.
What you’ll do
- Develop and execute comprehensive marketing strategies for SPERO titles, campaigns, initiatives, and brand growth across ministry, church, retail, education, and digital channels.
- Create integrated launch plans for frontlist and key backlist titles, including audience targeting, positioning, messaging, and promotional timelines.
- Lead digital marketing across email campaigns, social media strategy, influencer engagement, paid advertising, and content marketing.
- Build marketing collateral and sales assets including sales materials, metadata, promotional copy, presentations, and retailer-facing resources.
- Analyze market trends, reader behavior, competitor activity, and campaign performance to improve strategy and optimize outcomes.
- Develop and manage sales strategies across Christian retail, ministry networks, churches, nonprofits, educational organizations, distributors, and direct-to-consumer channels.
- Identify and evaluate new sales opportunities, market segments, partnership channels, and global distribution pathways.
- Project-manage SPERO’s participation in industry conventions, trade shows, ministry gatherings, author events, and partner meetings, including logistics, budgets, vendors, promotional materials, communications, schedules, and follow-up.
- Support forecasting, inventory planning, pricing strategy, and sales performance reporting in partnership with operations and finance.
- Build strategic relationships with churches, denominations, ministry organizations, educational institutions, influencers, and mission-aligned partners.
- Collaborate with OneHope leaders and external stakeholders to create contextualized engagement strategies that fit audience needs and missional reach.
- Assist in developing scalable campaigns and audience engagement models that support both ministry outcomes and commercial sustainability.
- Lead end-to-end project management for campaigns, launches, sales initiatives, events, and partnership activations, from planning through evaluation.
- Create project plans, timelines, budgets, milestones, and accountability structures while coordinating teams and partners.
- Manage competing priorities, risks, dependencies, and resources while tracking performance, communicating progress, and driving continuous improvement.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, publishing, or related field (advanced degree preferred).
- 5-10 years of experience in marketing, sales, audience development, or business development within Christian publishing, ministry media, or faith-based organizations.
- Demonstrated success managing integrated marketing campaigns and sales initiatives with measurable growth outcomes.
- Strong understanding of Christian retail and ministry distribution channels, church networks, and publishing ecosystems.
- Experience working with authors, content creators, ministry leaders, and strategic partners.
- Deep knowledge of audience engagement, brand positioning, and digital marketing best practices.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for relationship-building at all levels.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills using market insights and performance data to guide decisions.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Familiarity with publishing workflows, metadata management, and title lifecycle marketing preferred.
- Passion for Scripture engagement, discipleship, and mission-driven publishing.
Tools you’ll use
- Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, CRM systems, email marketing platforms, project management tools, Monday.com, Zoom, Dropbox, Google Drive, cloud platforms
- Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva
Work style and logistics
- Hybrid schedule; Monday–Friday during business hours with some flexibility.
- Occasional evening and weekend work required.
- Business travel required for industry events, conferences, partner meetings, and ministry engagement opportunities.
- International work may require flexibility across multiple time zones.
Additional skills
- Experience in public speaking, presentations, and relationship management.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.
- Experience with digital marketing analytics and campaign reporting.
- Ability to manage budgets, timelines, and vendor relationships.
- Strong organizational skills to manage multiple concurrent initiatives.