Marketing Coordinator

Lynker Technologies Marketing Coordinator Overview

Lynker Corporation is a leading provider of innovative solutions in weather and climate science. With a commitment to excellence and a passion for innovation, Lynker leverages cutting‑edge technologies and scientific expertise to support the creation and delivery of improved operational weather forecasts. As part of our ongoing growth and expansion, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Marketing Coordinator to join our growing team.

The Marketing Coordinator will be responsible for leading the development and tracking the implementation of a marketing and market expansion incentive program for Lynker's grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) entitled Hawaii‑Grown Partnership for Agriculture with the Award Identifying Number: . This project will allocate direct financial support to agricultural producers in Hawaii with the purpose of supporting the production and marketing of Hawaii‑grown agricultural and forestry products, including but not limited to avocado, beef cattle, breadfruit, coffee, timber, tropical fruit and vegetables.

We anticipate at least 6,500 acres of implementation and $26,000,000 of direct financial assistance for the adoption of conservation practices and marketing incentives to at least 150 producers over the lifetime of the award. The Marketing Coordinator will liaise with project partners, including producer stakeholder organizations, marketing consultants, and agricultural producers to understand existing market channels and limitations to provide effective producer support and assess the economic benefits of the enrolled commodities' marketing efforts.

The Marketing Coordinator will promote the program‑wide efforts publicly and alongside project partners will network with institutional purchasers, and support linking producers to existing and potentially new markets.

Duties of the Marketing Coordinator will include the following:

• Create and administer a marketing and market expansion incentive program framework.
• Coordinate with a local software company subaward (Natural Resource Data Solutions Inc.; NRDS) the set up of project‑wide data management dashboards that adhere to federal privacy standards while delivering actionable transparency to participating agricultural producers.
• Coordinate the collection, validation, and stewardship of federally required reporting data, ensuring accuracy and impact assessments of marketing efforts.
• Co‑develop producer contracting, track invoice submission and eligible costs verification for the marketing and market expansion incentive program, oversee distribution of funds and spend‑down in liaison with the Technical Coordinator and Lynker's program management team.
• Liaise with subawardees and other local food system stakeholders to understand the various marketing efforts happening around the state and use that insight to guide, mentor and inform agricultural producers participating in the marketing incentive program (as well as to iterate the marketing incentive program annually or as needed).
• Provide high‑level partnership alignment with statewide stakeholder organizations marketing efforts, policymakers, food system and marketing experts, and buyers to assess market opportunities and incorporate their feedback into the development of the marketing and market expansion incentive program.
• Showcase and promote the Partnership's diverse marketing efforts publicly (e.g. via website, social, email, in person / digital events and reporting).
• Collaborate with key stakeholders in various market segments to disseminate consumer education about Hawaii‑grown commodities; e.g. liaise with other agencies and organizations dedicated to institutional purchasing of local food, facilitate producer participation in commodity trade shows and industry conferences to aid in the expansion/development of Hawaii‑grown commodities markets for specialty crops, etc.

The Marketing Coordinator selected should have the following:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, communications, agriculture or similar field and at…