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This role serves as an account manager and marketing strategist for our small business clientele. We are seeking driven individuals to join our team of Marketing Success Managers - extensive training provided. While this position features a $30K guaranteed base, it is highly incentivized for growth. Most managers see a first-year average of $55,000–$60,000, but with uncapped commissions and performance bonuses, your total compensation is ultimately in your hands.

At Madwire, we believe that when small businesses grow, their local communities glow. We provide the technology and the talent to help entrepreneurs compete in a digital world. As a Marketing Success Manager, you are the bridge between our proprietary Marketing 360 technology and the small business owners who rely on it to grow. You aren’t just managing accounts; you are a digital marketing strategist helping businesses make their first sale, hire their first employee, and scale their dreams.

Our office is located in Fort Collins, CO. This is an in-office position where you'll be working in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment.

• You are a self-starter who thrives on making a difference
• You are an Independent Problem-Solver - You thrive when given the autonomy to solve complex problems and drive results independently. While we provide world-class coaching and mentorship, you are the CEO of your book of business.
• You are resilient - You understand that digital marketing involves constant testing and learning. You have the confidence to view failure as a data point and conflict as an opportunity to build a stronger client relationship.
• You love to sell, communicate, and strategize - You can take complex marketing data and explain it in a way that is clear, actionable, and inspiring for a business owner. You know how to talk to people, manage expectations, and build trust.
• You enjoy constant learning - You don’t mind a steep learning curve, and want to learn cutting edge marketing techniques and strategies
• You are organized - You thrive in an environment where there are several moving parts and can leverage your strengths to consistently balance multiple priorities and deadlines while delivering high quality work.
• You are Financially Driven - The pay structure for this role rewards performance and encourages team members to take control of their financial future.

• Madwire is a world class digital marketing company that focuses on growing small to medium-sized businesses across the United States through a single, powerful platform.
• Marketing360 is our powerful all-in-one software, backed by professional marketing talent from the Madwire team
• We are a collaborative group, and everyone has some kind of talent that fits into our greater puzzle. We believe that consistently operating as a team empowers us to leverage our collective strengths to achieve our mission of “Making a Difference.”
• This is a fast-paced environment focused on staying ahead of the game in order to bring the best possible strategies and technology to our customers.
• We invest heavily into the personal and professional development of our team members because we know that Making a Difference goes beyond our customer base and starts within our peers.

We are looking for resilient, highly driven individuals who view challenges as fuel. This role is a masterclass in business leadership. Key details on this position include:

• You will own your numbers and work directly with business owners.
• You will leverage the Marketing 360 platform to architect and execute marketing strategies for a portfolio of 30+ businesses across an array of industries.
• You will gain a wealth of knowledge and be trained on marketing technology, processes, automation, digital advertising, SEO/AIO, social, and how to run a business as you work along seasoned marketing teams.
• You will consult internal teams of designers and specialists to bring a vision to life.
• Accounts are provided to Marketing Success Managers by our sales teams, and are distributed systematically
• Inside Sales: As part of the responsibility to help achieve a business’ growth goals, MSMs consistently conduct consultancy-based sales, where they propose supplementary services that can further enhance sales and marketing effectiveness. This is how MSMs grow their book of business.
• You will use platforms, like Marketing 360®️, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Bing Ads, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Websites 360®️, WordPress, Shopify and more, to effectively implement digital marketing strategies.

Timeline:

• Initial Training Period (60-90 Days) -
  • Comprehensive Training: Complete our structured training program focused on core digital marketing principles, Madwire-specific growth strategies, and the Marketing 360 ecosystem. By proving their ability to learn and provide value to clients, the best of the best MSM trainees earn the opportunity to be promoted to marketing teams where they will manage their own book of business.
  • Begin Building a Book of Business: Take ownership of your first set of accounts with training manager support, learning to manage client communication and campaign execution.
• Portfolio-Building (3 months - 1 year) -
  • Full Portfolio Ownership: Manage a robust book of business, consistently achieving high client retention and account growth through data-driven digital marketing.
  • Expert Digital Consultation: Become a trusted advisor on digital marketing trends, budget allocation, and platform performance, ensuring your clients are maximizing their ROI.
  • Operational Leadership: Efficiently delegate to and collaborate with our internal teams of ad specialists and designers to ensure your clients' creative and technical needs are met with precision.

Compensation & Growth Potential

We believe in rewarding performance, not tenure. We offer a transparent, uncapped compensation structure designed for those who want to be rewarded for their direct impact.

• Foundation & Scale:
  • Base - A $30,000 base salary plus an uncapped commission structure.
  • Commissions - MSMs receive commissions based on the size and services of each account managed. Earnings therefore scale directly with the size and performance of your book of businesses, and are inherently uncapped
    • Marketing Success Managers make an *average of ~$55,000 to $60,000 in their first year and generally experience $20,000 in income growth each year thereafter. *Averages are based on 2024-2025 MSM payroll.
• Bonuses: Monthly bonuses are awarded for those who exceed growth and retention targets (max out at $5k/month).
• Career Evolution: This role is a foundation for leadership. We invest heavily in upskilling our team because we want you to put down roots here.

Employee Health Benefits

Healthcare coverage is available through UMR. Ancillary coverage options provided by Guardian for accident, life, critical illness, long term disability, and hospital indemnity. Madwire also has ancillary coverage options provided by Metlife for vision and dental. Additionally, Madwire provides employer paid life through Guardian for Colorado employees and employer paid life and short term disability for Non-Colorado employees. Eligibility to enter Madwire’s plan is effective on your first day of employment.

401(k)

Madwire offers a 401k plan through Nationwide. Eligibility to enter the plan is first of the month following 60 days of employment. Madwire will match 50% of employee contributions up to 6% effective after one year of employment.

Paid Time Off

Madwire offers unlimited vacation, with eligibility beginning 90 days after employment. In addition to vacation, employees are eligible immediately upon hire for 5 paid sick days and 10 paid holidays per year.

What are the opportunities for growth?

MSMs that seek to eventually build their own team will have opportunities to take their knowledge of account management and be selected for internal leadership roles. We have had MSMs start out in this role that are now Chief Operations Officer, Chief Marketing Officers and Directors. As the organization grows we look to our MSM teams to fill these and many more leadership opportunities.

How are the teams structured?

Marketing Success Manager teams are led by a Lead Marketing Success Manager, who reports to the Director of Marketing over their team.

What else makes the position notable?

Our hours are 7-4pm MST Monday through Friday. There is no travel, no weekend work, and accounts are assigned to you (you do not have to generate your own clients). We invest heavily in advertising and marketing to generate accounts and the same strategies you are using for customers are what we use to drive new business for ourselves.

We Don’t Discriminate

Madwire is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practice laws. Madwire strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. All Madwire employees, other workers and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits and termination of employment.

Madwire complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable state or local law. Consistent with those requirements, Madwire will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability, if such accommodation would allow the individual to perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.