Digital Marketing Specialist

  • Location: Somerset, Wisconsin
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53079

Digital Marketing Specialist

Calling all toy, collectibles, gaming, anime, and pop culture enthusiasts! We’re partnering with a leading ecommerce company in the collectible toy space to hire a Digital Marketing Specialist to help bring campaigns to life across a portfolio of brands!

This is an exciting opportunity to combine your digital marketing skills with a passion for the products and communities you love. From coordinating campaigns around highly anticipated product launches to managing social content and supporting vendor partnerships, you’ll play an important role in connecting a passionate collector community with the latest toys, collectibles, and pop culture products.

This is great opportunity for someone who is organized, detail-oriented, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. You’ll work closely with the Digital Marketing Manager and broader Marketing Team to coordinate campaigns, manage social publishing, support vendor and partner initiatives, and help ensure marketing efforts are delivered accurately and on time.

The ideal candidate is proactive, comfortable juggling multiple priorities, and enjoys bringing all the moving pieces of a campaign together.

What You’ll Do

Campaign Execution

  • Manage the day-to-day publishing of approved content across company-owned social media channels.

  • Support paid campaign setup, launch coordination, asset management, task tracking, and other day-to-day digital marketing needs.

  • Coordinate campaign logistics for vendor and co-marketing partnerships, ensuring creative assets, product information, promotional details, campaign requirements, and other supporting materials are collected and shared with the appropriate teams.

  • Help maintain marketing dashboards and performance summaries.

  • Support recurring campaign reporting and performance reviews, identifying executional insights and opportunities to improve future campaigns.

  • Conduct quality assurance reviews to ensure campaign details and assets are accurate before launch.

  • Stay current on platform updates, digital marketing tools, and industry best practices.

What We’re Looking For

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

  • 2–4 years of experience in digital marketing, ecommerce marketing, campaign coordination, project management, social media management, or a related discipline.

  • Experience supporting campaign execution across multiple digital channels.

  • Familiarity with social media publishing platforms, digital analytics tools, and marketing project management tools.

  • A basic understanding of digital marketing analytics, campaign tracking, and performance measurement.

  • Experience in ecommerce, retail, gaming, collectibles, hobby, or enthusiast-focused industries is a plus.

  • Ability and willingness to travel to the company’s Somerset, Wisconsin office on an occasional basis. The ideal candidate will be based in Minnesota or Wisconsin.

Skills & Qualities

  • Exceptional organizational and time-management skills.

  • Strong attention to detail and a commitment to quality.

  • Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities at the same time.

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

  • Excellent follow-through and proactive problem-solving abilities.

  • Comfortable collaborating across teams and with external partners.

  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, launch-heavy environment.

  • A passion for collectibles, gaming, anime, pop culture, or enthusiast communities is a plus.

What’s Offered

  • Health insurance

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Employee product discount

  • 401(k) retirement program with employer match

  • Paid holidays and paid time off

Compensation

The anticipated salary range for this position is $60,000–$75,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

Influencer & Community Manager

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53078

Influencer & Community Manager

We’re partnering with a leading toy and collectibles brand to find an Influencer & Community Manager who will help shape the way the brand connects with creators, fans, and enthusiast communities!

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives at the intersection of influencer marketing, community, fandom, and brand. The right person will be equally comfortable thinking strategically about the big picture and rolling up their sleeves to execute. You’ll join a small but mighty marketing team where collaboration, adaptability, and a true player-coach mindset are essential.

What You’ll Do

As the Influencer & Community Manager, you’ll serve as a key bridge between the brand, content creators, and its passionate collector community. You’ll lead and grow influencer and affiliate programs, build meaningful creator partnerships, monitor community sentiment, and help turn customer feedback and emerging trends into actionable insights.

You’ll help expand an existing influencer program while identifying new opportunities across gaming, anime, collectibles, and other enthusiast communities. This is a highly cross-functional role that will partner closely with marketing, customer service, and product teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute influencer, creator, and community engagement strategies.

  • Build, manage, and grow relationships with content creators, influencers, affiliates, and community partners.

  • Lead the day-to-day administration of influencer and affiliate programs, including creator records, agreements, tracking, deliverables, compliance, and payment coordination.

  • Identify opportunities to expand the brand’s presence within gaming, anime, collectibles, and other enthusiast-driven communities.

  • Track influencer performance, affiliate revenue, engagement, and overall program effectiveness.

  • Serve as a primary voice across social and community channels, engaging with comments, questions, and reviews while partnering with customer service on escalations.

  • Monitor brand sentiment, reputation, and emerging conversations across social platforms, reviews, forums, and community channels.

  • Act as the voice of the collector by identifying trends, feedback, and opportunities that can inform customer experience and marketing strategy.

  • Partner cross-functionally to translate community insights into meaningful action.

  • Bring both strategic thinking and hands-on execution to the role — helping shape the direction of the program while staying deeply involved in the day-to-day work.

What We’re Looking For

  • 5+ years of experience in influencer marketing, affiliate marketing, community management, or a related discipline.

  • Experience building and managing influencer partnerships and creator relationships.

  • Experience working on a small, high-performing team where you’ve had the opportunity to own both strategy and execution.

  • A true player-coach mindset — someone who enjoys thinking big while also getting into the details and making things happen.

  • Strong experience with social and community channels, including platforms such as Reddit, Meta, X, YouTube, Google Business, and Discord.

  • Experience within ecommerce, retail, gaming, collectibles, anime, hobby, or other enthusiast-focused industries is preferred.

  • Experience with influencer management tools such as Sprout or Klear is a plus.

  • Exceptional relationship-building, communication, and networking skills.

  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.

  • A highly collaborative approach with the ability to work effectively across internal teams and external partners.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Location

The ideal candidate will be based in Minnesota or Wisconsin and able to travel occasionally to the company’s Somerset, Wisconsin headquarters.

Benefits

  • Health insurance

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Employee product discount

  • 401(k) retirement program with employer match

  • Paid holidays and paid time off

Chief Financial Officer

  • Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53066

Location: Open to remote talent – periodic travel to Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Compensation: Total compensation of $350,000 – $420,000

SkyWater is thrilled to be partnering with a growing financial institution looking for an experienced Chief Financial Officer to serve as its senior financial leader and a key member of the executive leadership team. Reporting directly to the CEO, this highly visible role will lead the finance organization and serve as a strategic partner to executive leadership, ownership, and the Board.

The CFO will play an important role in supporting the organization’s next phase of growth, with responsibility for strengthening capital planning, liquidity and balance-sheet management, forecasting, performance analytics, and business-line profitability. This leader will also help modernize the finance function, leveraging technology, automation, data, and AI-assisted tools to create more forward-looking financial insights and improve decision-making.

The organization operates across traditional consumer and commercial banking while also offering a broader range of specialized and technology-enabled financial products and services. This creates a level of complexity beyond that of a traditional community bank and requires a CFO who can balance strong financial discipline with an entrepreneurial, growth-oriented mindset.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned banking finance executive with deep technical expertise, experience operating within a larger or complex financial institution, and a proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams. This individual will be proactive, solutions-oriented, and comfortable partnering across the organization to help the business scale responsibly.

Senior Credit Analyst

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53064

Opportunity to join a fantastic financial institution in the Twin Cites — if you are currently in the Personal, SBA, C&I or CRE lending space and desire an organization that can open a multitude of career pathways and options for you in the future, this is something you should consider. The organization will hire at multiple levels, so all candidates with 2+ years of experience are encouraged to apply.

This organization has a strong track record of promoting internally, rewarding top performers, and allowing people to pursue internal opportunities. Strict no-ego policy and picky with the personalities they hire — very protective of their culture.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in credit analysis or comparable lending experience.

This role is hybrid and located in the Twin Cities. Relocation candidates with ties to Minnesota will be considered. 
 

Account Manager

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53056

Account Manager | Experiential Agency | Fully Remote

We have partnered with a fast-growing, independent experiential agency on their search for an Account Manager! This person will lead day-to-day client business for a growing portfolio of well-known brands across diverse industries. This role is ideal for a strong communicator and relationship builder who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative agency environment.

As an Account Manager, you will serve as the primary liaison between clients and internal teams—driving impactful work, fostering strong partnerships, and identifying opportunities for business growth. You’ll play a critical role in shaping strategy, guiding creative output, and ensuring exceptional delivery across all projects.

Key Responsibilities

Client Leadership & Communication

  • Translate client briefs into clear, actionable direction for internal teams

  • Develop compelling presentations and narratives that align with client objectives

  • Communicate key updates and information proactively across cross-functional teams

  • Evaluate creative work through the lens of business goals and provide strategic feedback

  • Build strong, trust-based relationships with clients, partners, and internal stakeholders

  • Confidently present and advocate for strategic and creative ideas

Business Strategy & Account Growth

  • Anticipate client needs and identify opportunities for organic account growth

  • Leverage data and performance metrics to inform recommendations and measure success

  • Manage multiple projects and priorities while maintaining high-quality standards

  • Lead account planning efforts and contribute to long-term business strategy

  • Guide teams to balance big-picture thinking with detailed execution

Team Leadership & Collaboration

  • Motivate and manage cross-functional teams to deliver best-in-class work

  • Foster a positive, collaborative, and high-performing team environment

  • Provide clear direction, feedback, and support to ensure team success

  • Navigate complex situations with professionalism, urgency, and sound judgment

Operational Excellence

  • Maintain accurate documentation of project details, decisions, and approvals

  • Ensure timely communication and organization across all workstreams

  • Uphold a high standard of professionalism in all interactions

  • Stay organized and adaptable in a fast-moving environment

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in an agency account management role

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or related field (or equivalent experience)

  • Proven ability to manage client relationships and lead integrated projects

  • Strong presentation, storytelling, and writing skills

  • Excellent problem-solving, organization, and time management abilities

  • Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to inspire and align teams

  • Experience working with data and performance metrics to guide decisions

What We’re Looking For

  • A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset

  • A confident communicator who can influence and inspire

  • Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage shifting priorities

  • A collaborative team player who can also work independently

  • A desire to learn, grow, and take on new challenges

Additional Details

  • Remote role (U.S.-based preferred)

  • Must be available during Central Time business hours (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CST)

  • Flexibility to travel as needed

Lead Hydrogeologist

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #53038

An established, multidisciplinary science and engineering consulting firm is seeking a Lead Hydrogeologist to support a growing portfolio of complex groundwater projects, with significant near-term work in natural resources.

This is a technical leadership/SME role rather than a traditional people-management position. The successful candidate will serve as the senior hydrogeology SME on multidisciplinary projects, determining the technical approach, directing project-level staff, reviewing results, and owning the hydrogeology workstream from investigation through analysis and reporting.

The role can be based in Minnesota or Wisconsin with hybrid flexibility, with remote consideration for exceptionally strong mining-hydrogeology candidates.

Expected ravel is approximately 10–15%.

Base compensation is targeted at $100K–$150K

Public Finance Attorney

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52976

SkyWater Search is partnering with a municipal law boutique firm to add a real estate public finance attorney to its busy practice. This is a great opportunity to work with dedicated municipal law attorneys in a supportive environment. 

An ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in municipal bonds, public finance, tax exempt finance, project finance, and related federal and state laws. Must be passionate about a career in municipal bond financing. 

The culture at the firm is great, with an emphasis on work life balance. The office is hybrid in downtown Minneapolis. Comp range is $150-200k depending on experience, with generous benefits.

If you’re interested in learning more, please apply or reach out to Kelsey Quarberg directly (kquarberg@skywatersearch.com).

Investment Banking Associate/VP

  • Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52958

Our client, a highly regarded financial institution in the Twin Cities, is seeking Investment Banking Associates/VPs — this is a fantastic opportunity for someone at a smaller lower-middle-market or boutique to step up to an upper-middle-market shop, or for those at bulge brackets to step into better culture/work like balance.

Compensation will be top-range of middle market investment banking comp and the pedigree of people this firm hires is second to none. Whether you plan on staying in investment banking the rest of your career or will eventually seek exit opportunities into PE/Corp Dev/Corp Finance this is the place to be.

Candidates looking to relocate from other markets are welcome to apply — relocation assistance can be provided. Our client is not offering visa sponsorship at this time.

Executive Recruiter- Engineering & Operations

  • Location: Minnetonka, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52956

Step into an established book of business- Warm clients, a real pipeline, and a desk that’s yours to run.

SkyWater Search Partners is looking to add an experienced Recruiter to our Engineering & Construction practice. This is a unique opportunity to step into an evolving market with an existing book of business, while having the autonomy to build, grow, and shape your own niche within the Engineering & Construction space.

What You’ll Do:

  • Run a full desk split roughly 50/50 between client development and candidate recruiting
  • Hunt for new business, build relationships with Engineering & Construction leaders, and pick up new jobs.
  • Identify, source, and place top engineering and construction talent for clients across the market
  • Act as a true talent partner to clients — consulting on hiring strategy, not just filling reqs
Who You Are:

  • Recruiting experience with at least 3 years of recruiting experience under your belt
  • Open on desk type, too: corporate/in-house, half-desk agency, or full agency recruiting backgrounds are all welcome
  • Manufacturing, engineering, or construction recruiting experience is a nice-to-have, not a requirement — we care more about how you operate than which industry you’ve placed into before
  • Self-motivated and results-driven; you care about outcomes, not activity metrics
  • Excited by the idea of an established starting point with real room to build something of you
What Sets Us Apart:

  • Unlimited Earning Potential: One of the most competitive compensation structures in the market, including uncapped commission — earn as much as you’re driven to achieve.
  • Technology & Marketing Tools: Every recruiter is equipped with AI tools, a LinkedIn Recruiter license, and a fully integrated Bullhorn ATS. 
  • Training & Mentorship: Hands-on training, a structured onboarding program, assigned mentors, monthly company-wide trainings, and an open-door policy for ongoing support.
  • Referred Revenue Opportunities: Collaboration is core to our success-  earn commission on revenue you refer across the organization.
  • Flexibility: A hybrid work model with coordinated in-office days, unlimited PTO, and a high-trust environment that promotes autonomy and accountability.
  •  Culture: Authentic, collaborative, and fun-  quarterly meetings, happy hours, holiday parties, and family events. We also give back through community initiatives like Feed My Starving Children, Adopt-a-Highway, and Smile Network.

Apply online or reach out directly to Jordan McGuire, Recruiting & Development Manager — jmcguire@skywatersearch.com

 

 

Executive Recruiter- Marketing & Creative 

  • Location: Minnetonka, Minnesota
  • Remote: Remote
  • Type: Direct Hire
  • Job #52955

You’ve worked in an agency. You know the pace, the polish, the pressure of a client call gone sideways. Now build the teams that make agencies great- without the 11pm deck revisions.

SkyWater Search Partners is hiring a full desk Marketing & Creative Recruiter to own client relationships and candidate pipeline, placing account management, strategy, design, and creative talent into top advertising agencies across the Twin Cities and beyond. You’ll step into a practice with warm, evergreen client relationships and an active pipeline ready to work from day one.

What You’ll Do:

  • Run a full desk- source and screen candidates while developing and managing your own agency client relationships
  • Recruit for client-service, account management, strategy, design, and creative roles (Assistant Account Executive through Senior Account Manager)
  • Advise clients who expect polish and fast turnaround; ask smart questions and hold your own with skeptical pushback
  • Draft your own client and candidate communications – you’ll get real coaching, not a script

Who You Are:

  • You’ve worked in agency life- account services or a similar client-facing role — and while the pace was intense, you never lost your love for the industry
  • Poised, gracious, and buttoned-up under pressure-  sloppy communication isn’t in your vocabulary
  • A self-starter who doesn’t need a push to pick up the phone or chase the next lead
  • Coachable and hungry to build a long-term career here

What Sets Us Apart:

  • Unlimited Earning Potential: One of the most competitive compensation structures in the market, including uncapped commission — earn as much as you’re driven to achieve.
  • Technology & Marketing Tools: Every recruiter is equipped with AI tools, a LinkedIn Recruiter license, and a fully integrated Bullhorn ATS. 
  • Training & Mentorship: Hands-on training, a structured onboarding program, assigned mentors, monthly company-wide trainings, and an open-door policy for ongoing support.
  • Referred Revenue Opportunities: Collaboration is core to our success-  earn commission on revenue you refer across the organization.
  • Flexibility: A hybrid work model with coordinated in-office days, unlimited PTO, and a high-trust environment that promotes autonomy and accountability.
  •  Culture: Authentic, collaborative, and fun-  quarterly meetings, happy hours, holiday parties, and family events. We also give back through community initiatives like Feed My Starving Children, Adopt-a-Highway, and Smile Network.

Apply online or reach out directly to Jordan McGuire, Recruiting & Development Manager — jmcguire@skywatersearch.com
 

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