Market Engagement Lead

Position Overview

Kolar, located in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, is an award-winning team that specializes in bridging best‑class interiors, brand experience, and spatial design—built on measurable insights that spark positive change.

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In this role, you are expected to embody our core values

• Be Transformative. We are innovators driving meaningful change in the way people build relationships with space and with one another. We lead with an open mind.
• Make Quality Personal. We are humans who create beautiful experiences for other humans. We engage with empathy.
• Be Curious and Dig Deeper. We are opportunity finders, bringing diverse perspectives to the table to learn together. We stay curious.
• Succeed as a Team. We are collectively inspired and individually motivated to bring results to life. We deliver on our commitments.
• Make a Positive Impact. We are connectors of ideas, influencers of our industry and contributors to our community. We drive positive change.

Role:
Market Engagement Lead

The Market Engagement Lead creates visibility, engagement, and business opportunities for Kolar Design and KXI by leading marketing operations, event strategy, brand execution, and client engagement initiatives.

This role serves as the operational connector between marketing, business development, leadership, and external partners. Success requires exceptional organization, strong project management, and the ability to execute multiple initiatives while ensuring every interaction reflects the Kolar brand and supports business growth.

Because this is a remote role, the successful candidate must be highly proactive, organized, collaborative, and capable of managing priorities with minimal oversight.

• Lead planning and execution of conferences, trade shows, workshops, speaking engagements, and client events.
• Develop event strategies aligned with marketing and business development objectives.
• Coordinate logistics including registration, travel, shipping, vendors, booth assets, schedules, and budgets.
• Facilitate event planning meetings and post‑event debriefs.
• Ensure timely follow‑up and lead handoff after events.
• Measure event performance and recommend continuous improvements.

• Coordinate integrated marketing campaigns across digital, email, social, and event channels.
• Manage relationships with agencies, designers, web partners, and external vendors.
• Ensure consistent brand execution across all marketing materials and communications.
• Coordinate development of case studies, thought leadership, presentations, newsletters, and marketing assets.
• Support website content management and ongoing updates.

• Serve as primary administrator for Hub Spot and marketing technology platforms.
• Maintain CRM integrity, dashboards, campaign tracking, and reporting.
• Produce performance reports and marketing analytics.
• Support lead routing, campaign measurement, and sales enablement activities.

• Coordinate workshops, client events, and executive engagement initiatives.
• Support leadership preparation for conferences, presentations, and strategic meetings.
• Facilitate communication across marketing and business development initiatives.
• Maintain supplier diversity certifications, memberships, and strategic partnerships.

• Marketing operations and campaign management
• Project management and execution
• Event planning and logistics
• CRM administration (Hub Spot preferred)
• Vendor and stakeholder management
• Marketing analytics and reporting
• Strong written and verbal communication

• Demonstrates exceptional ownership and follow‑through.
• Anticipates needs before they become…