Regional Marketing Specialist (Chicago)

🚛 **About Qargo**
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**Qargo is a cloud-based (SaaS) Transportation Management Platform.** We are a scale-up with offices in London, Ghent (Belgium) and Chicago, rapidly expanding across Europe and the US. The platform is an ‘all-in-one system’, handling everything from initial order entry to final invoicing. It optimizes planning and has a built-in AI feature that automates lengthy manual tasks. Qargo is designed to help modern logistics operations run more efficiently, while increasing profitability and sustainability.

We’re looking for a **Regional Marketing Specialist** to join our team in **Chicago, USA**. If you’re looking to work in an international company in a role that offers autonomy, ownership and impact, this is the role for you!

💼 **About the Role**
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* As our **Regional Marketing Specialist in Chicago**, you will own marketing for the US, one of our key growth markets for 2027.
* You will be our first marketer in the US time zone, working closely with our growing US sales team and the wider marketing team in the UK and EU.
* Your time will split roughly 40/60 between **events** and **regional marketing**, from planning and delivering US events (such as FreightWaves and Manifest) to running campaigns that generate awareness, leads and pipeline.
* You will report to our Regional Marketing Director (based in the UK) and work with Sales, Product, Partnerships, Onboarding and Support.
* This is a **hybrid role** based in Chicago, with an ideal start date in Q1 2027.

🔑 **Key Responsibilities**
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* Own the US marketing plan collaborating with Sales, covering email, paid search, paid and organic social, SEO and content
* Plan and run US campaigns end to end, from brief to reporting, generating awareness, leads and pipeline
* Deliver US events with our Events Manager: pre-event outreach, on-site execution and follow-up
* Localize and generate new case studies, customer wins and sales collateral for US buyers, and adapt messaging by region and vertical
* Enable US Sales with competitive positioning, battlecards and partner co-marketing support
* Build Qargo’s presence with US freight and trucking associations and community events
* Report monthly on US leads, pipeline and event ROI

**Where this role can grow**

* As the US market scales, you’ll have the opportunity to launch an ABM program for top target accounts and test new channels such as PR and Meta ads.

✅ Skills & Experience
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* 3+ years of B2B marketing experience, owning campaigns and events
* Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business or similar (or equivalent experience)
* Experience running multi-channel campaigns (email, paid, SEO)
* Hands-on experience with event marketing and logistics
* Strong project management, data and reporting skills, and comfortable being measured on pipeline
* Fluent or native English
* Knowledge of tools such as HubSpot, Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, SEMrush, WordPress, Canva and ZoomInfo
* An independent self-starter who is comfortable as the only marketer in the US time zone and works well asynchronously with the UK and EU team
* Builds strong relationships with Sales and BDMs
* Happy to travel for US events
* **Nice to have:** a transport, logistics or freight tech background; B2B SaaS or TMS experience; experience with US trade shows such as Manifest or Truckload; partner or co-marketing experience

🤝 **What We Offer**
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* The chance to build Qargo’s US marketing from the ground up in a market with big growth ambitions for 2027
* Autonomy, ownership and real impact in an international scale-up
* A hybrid working setup in Chicago
* Close collaboration with a growing US sales team, plus the support of an international marketing team across the UK and EU
* Opportunities to work on cross-region campaigns and own a project for the wider marketing team