The Regional Marketing Manager executes Marketing strategies and channel plans that support Divisional Retail business priorities. The incumbent serves as a communications/channel expert that develops, manages, and executes regional, customer-directed campaigns to increase brand awareness and market share. The Regional Marketing Manager leads Publix sponsorship/special event marketing activities to drive sales, build brand equity and engagement. The incumbent serves as the primary management contact for external suppliers, agencies, sponsors, etc. for Retail Marketing. The Regional Marketing Manager is an advocate of innovation and continuous quality improvement. The Regional Marketing Manager executes Marketing strategies that align with Divisional Retail business goals. The incumbent serves as a communication channel expert that develops, manages, and executes regional, customer-directed campaigns. The Regional Marketing Manager leads Publix sponsorship/special event marketing activities in an effort to drive sales and build brand equity. Primary Responsibilities: • Developing custom and leveraging corporate strategic and communications plans for local marketing campaigns, including Grand Openings, reaching target customers with relevant and timely messaging to meet campaign objectives and goals. • Prospecting, analyzing, evaluating, negotiating and securing local sponsorships through legal agreements that are aligned with Publix Marketing strategic priorities, including but not limited to food and wine festivals, sporting events, art/music festivals, and runs/races. • Hiring and effectively managing third-party suppliers and activation agencies, and assigning tasks to the Corporate Marketing Communications Coordinator, to carry out our sponsorship strategies and objectives. • Marketing SPOC for the Retail business partners, managing all Marketing support requests. • Fiscally responsible management of allocated budgets for assigned campaigns. • Assist in the annual Marketing planning process (i.e., communicating resources needed to support Retail business partners during Playbook planning). • serves as primary management contact for external partners as it pertains to sponsorship/special event marketing • provides regional input for divisional communication planning to increase brand awareness and market share • advocates marketing innovation and quality improvement and • manages special divisional marketing-related assignments