Marketing Manager

Columbia, United States | Posted on 01/02/2026

ARK Products is a leading designer, manufacturer, and seller of innovative sensory tools and special needs products worldwide. Founded in 2000, the company provides a complete line of oral motor tools, sensory chews, feeding and drinking aids, speech therapy tools and other specialty products to customers in all 50 states and more than 50 countries. ARK designs and manufactures its differentiated, branded products in-house at its South Carolina headquarters with high-quality food and medical-grade raw materials.

Location: Columbia, SC
Job Type: Full-time, On-Site

The Marketing Manager is responsible for translating ARK Products’ marketing strategy into execution. This role owns the planning, coordination, and delivery of marketing initiatives across content, merchandising, marketplaces, and special projects, ensuring work moves forward efficiently, consistently, and on time and budget.

This is a hands-on, execution-led role with light operational oversight. The Marketing Manager manages timelines, vendors, and internal coordination while relying on agencies and partners for specialized or deep technical work. This role serves as the primary point of accountability for day-to-day marketing execution.

• Own execution of the marketing roadmap and content calendar, ensuring initiatives move from idea to completion
• Lead new product launches across all channels
• Lead select marketing initiatives per quarter (e.g., school system outreach, content digitization projects) from planning through execution
• Translate direction from leadership into actionable plans, timelines, and deliverables, escalating risks or blockers early
• Coordinate internal teams, vendors, and agencies to ensure projects are completed on time and on scope and budget
• Oversee execution of content initiatives across social, blog, website, and marketplaces (coordination and execution support; not content creation)
• Manage merchandising coordination for product launches, including photography, content, design, and site updates
• Support marketplace growth and optimization efforts by reviewing and updating listings and storefronts, coordinating with agencies, and ensuring accuracy

• Support efforts needed to keep vendors, agencies, and platforms moving (execution-focused), such as creating product sets, coordinating content needs, and ensuring agency follow-through
• Support product feed management, advertising feeds, and basic integrations primarily through coordination, troubleshooting, and vendor support
• Maintain working knowledge of the marketing technology stack and coordinate with vendors, agencies, or platforms as needed to support updates, fixes, and improvements

• Pull and review marketing performance data and surface high-level insights to leadership
• Document marketing processes into SOPs to support consistency, scalability, and onboarding
• Other projects as needed – we are a small team that wears many hats, so flexibility is a must

• Experience in digital marketing platforms, consumer product goods, eCommerce, and content workflows
• Experience in marketing execution, project management, or general marketing management
• Strong organizational and follow-through skills
• Comfort managing multiple projects and coordinating across teams and vendors
• Ability to balance structure with flexibility in a growing entrepreneurial company
• Proactive, collaborative, solution-oriented mindset

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunity to work with a dynamic team
• Professional growth and development opportunities

If you're a driven marketing professional with a passion for detail, we'd love to hear from you. Please submit your resume, along with a brief cover letter (optional) outlining your interest in this role and how your skills align with our needs.