Creative Marketing Specialist

Are you a design-savvy wordsmith with a love for marketing?

Do you dream in color palettes, scroll social media for inspiration, and secretly judge font choices in public?

Can you write a killer caption and make it look good too?

If you answered “yes” to all the above, we want to talk to you!

We have an OUTSTANDING opportunity in our Sterling Heights, MI location for a Creative Marketing Specialist. This person will make KBC Tools, Inc. look and sound amazing, Monday – Friday (8:30 a.m. - 5p.m.).

What You’ll Do:

• Plan and execute initiatives to bring ideas to life across digital and print – social media, email, flyers, brochures, web, and more.
• Create eye-catching visuals, scroll-stopping content, and sharp copy that’s on-brand and on-point.
• Keep our website and ecommerce platforms fresh and fabulous.
• Research and keep up to date on current market trends, industry activity, and audience insights to track what’s working.
• Maintain our brand across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and wherever else we show up. Monitoring performance and KPIs for open rates, CTR, and conversions to provide ideas for optimization.
• Help optimize our content for SEO, so we shine in Google’s spotlight.
• Team up with marketing, purchasing, and other departments to make magic happen.

What You Bring:

• A degree in Marketing, Communications, Graphic Design—or equivalent work experience that makes us say “Wow!”
• 3+ years of hands-on marketing experience.
• Solid computer skills, including Adobe Creative Cloud (especially InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and MS Office. Bonus if you know Epicor Prophet 21 ERP software—if not, we’ll teach you.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work in a team environment.
• Familiarity with email platforms, Google Analytics, Meta Ads, and SEO.
• A multitasking mindset—you juggle projects like a pro.
• Integrity, curiosity, and a healthy appreciation for deadlines.

Perks of the Job:

• Collaborate with a fun, passionate team
• Opportunity to shape how the world sees our brand
• Work on a wide variety of projects

Ready to make some marketing magic?
Send us your resume, a link to your portfolio (we love seeing your work), and a short note telling us why you’re the creative genius we’ve been waiting for.

Let’s do something awesome together.

We Are:

KBC Tools, Inc. - we are a team dedicated to getting our clients what they need, when they need it, and keeping the USA manufacturing one tool at a time. We've been in business since 1965, and we have tens of thousands of clients in the M.R.O. industry with a specialization in metalworking.

Our clients rely upon us every day, and we give them what they need with great prices and fast & friendly service. It's easy with over 100,000 industrial items in stock, and online. KBC is a one stop shop for those in the metalworking and M.R.O. world with a full offering of: Abrasives, Cutting Tools, Carbide Tooling, Fluids, Measuring & Inspection, Toolroom Accessories, Hand Tools, Shop Supplies, Power & Air Tools, and Industrial Machinery. Whether you are looking for a ¼-20 Tap, Ball End Mill, Reversible Air Drill, Machinist Clamping Set, Lathe Chuck, Drill Chuck, Fly Cutter, Vises or a new Lathe, Grinder, or CNC Milling Machine – KBC has got you covered for all your industrial needs – ALL METAL…ALL THE TIME!

We compete in the industrial world with local competitors like PTS, E&R Industrial, as well as national houses such as Fastenal, MSC Direct, and Grainger with a strong combination of in-depth inventory of name brand and world class products and a huge commitment to customer service so that our clients know that they can rely upon us day in and day out.

We take care of every order to ensure that we do what we say and say what we do. Our business is not based on getting that one BIG order but ensuring that our clients keep on coming back...and they do! That's why we've been doing what we've been doing now for over 60 years.

We look forward to you joining our team.

Monday to Friday - in office. 8:30am - 5:00pm