The National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) is seeking a versatile, creative leader to be the next Senior Director of Marketing, guiding innovative marketing for programs, products, and services. This is an exciting opportunity to bring a new marketing perspective to the NWPCA’s lean, inspired staff pursuing the association’s vision, focused on the ongoing expansion of the NWPCA as the thought, information, and advocacy leader for wooden pallets and wooden transport packaging solutions. The new Senior Director will continue to fuel NWPCA’s extraordinary organizational growth, having doubled in size in the last five years.

NWPCA, with a budget of over $5 Million and staffing up to 18 team members, is the largest organization of wood packaging professionals in the world. The association has more than 800 company members in 40 countries who manufacture, repair, and distribute pallets and wood packaging in unit-load solutions, or who supply products and services to the industry.

The Senior Director of Marketing will work to innovate NWPCA’s marketing strategies further to deliver value and to better tell the story of the organization’s impact on the industry. NWPCA seeks to extend brand recognition and influence in the communities it serves. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, the Senior Director will serve as a key member of the team, significantly influencing the organization’s growth through the development and execution of NWPCA’s strategic marketing, branding, and content activities. This individual is the central hub for all marketing initiatives, collaborating across all functions of the organization to strengthen NWPCA’s brand and position.

If you have an entrepreneurial spirit with a strategic mindset and tactical capability, this is an organization in which you will thrive. If you are passionate about data and use it to inform your decision-making and drive sustainable results, you are ideal for this role. You are the perfect fit if you possess the drive to accomplish great work and flourish in an environment with talented, bright, and ambitious team members. This role supervises a small team. 

NWPCA is based in Alexandria, VA, and operates on a hybrid schedule.

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