Sr. Analyst, Marketing Management

About the role

Print and Promotional Products Buyer

Bring ideas to life. We’re looking for a detail-driven Print and Promotional Products Buyer to source, and manage the production of everything from marketing collateral and large-format displays to branded merchandise and promotional products. You’ll work closely with designers, marketers, and vendors to ensure every project is delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest quality.

What You’ll Do

• Assist in the buying and production of printed materials, branded merchandise, and specialty promotional items, balancing quality, cost, and deadlines.
• Review proofs, product samples, press checks, and final output to ensure quality standards are met.
• Keep projects on track with clear timelines, accurate budgets, and strong vendor communication.
• Explore new printing technologies, promotional product trends, and sustainable sourcing options, and ways to leverage AI for the role.

What You Bring

• Ideally some experience in print buying, print production, promotional products sourcing, or a related procurement role.
• Familiarity with of offset, digital, and large-format printing, as well as promotional product purchasing and production processes.
• Vendor management and project coordination skills.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and proactive, with the ability to manage multiple projects at once.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A strong eye for quality, brand consistency, and execution.

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Work on high-profile, creative projects.
• Competitive pay + full benefits.
• Collaborative, creative team culture.

Apply now — send your resume and a quick note about your favorite print or promotional products project.

This hybrid position is based in Columbus, OH. Candidates located near a Nationwide campus will collaborate in office 3 days per week.

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Assists in the development and execution of plans that ensure long term sustainable growth of the business. Synthesizes data and uses this understanding to help support identification and innovation of business building solutions.

• Assists with implementation of digital and traditional marketing tactics and media, including creative development process, planning, and execution.

• Collaborates and assists others on team on creative development and provides specific feedback on look and feel.

• Assists team by using customer insights and analytics and tools to understand and forecast market, competitor and customer needs and behavior, to help team define appropriate target audiences, evaluate sufficiency, and help effectively get results with data-based decisions.

• Under supervision, ensures timelines are met to keep programs on schedule.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationship: Reports to Manager/Director. This is an individual contributor role.

Typical Skills and Experience

Education: Undergraduate studies in marketing, communications, journalism, advertising or related field preferred.

Experience: Typically, three or more years of related professional experience in the marketing, research or development; experience with life/health/annuity, property/casualty insurance or financial services products a plus.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Demonstrated understanding of basic marketing practices and procedures. Knowledge of two more marketing fields such as database management, research, marketing campaigns. Prefer familiarity with applicable products/distribution systems. Insurance and/or financial services products and terminology a plus. Command of all skills necessary for verbal and written communications to explain complicated analyses and quantified information. Proven ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative information and external factors. Ability to set work priorities that conform to established objectives, time frames and accomplish a task in the most effective manner. Validated ability to lead projects and define administrative methods and procedures to attain office objectives.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (Not eligible)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Extended work hours may be necessary during work periods of heavier volume of work. Travel required as necessary.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some associates assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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