Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CannonDesign is a design practice where strategy, experience, architecture, engineering, and social impact converge. As a Senior Marketing Specialist, you will collaborate with the Marketing team to deliver marketing excellence across proposals, presentations, and brand-building efforts, while supporting various business development initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of proposal materials including coordination and production of deliverables across all stages of the process
- Drive large, strategic, and complex pursuit process from proposal coordination through interview. May lead visual theme and strategic messaging. Able to develop creative ideas for proposals and interview content
- Collaborate with Marketing teammates, other BMBD team members and Client Leaders to develop pursuit strategies—starting with client engagement, leading to proposal then interview—to secure the win
- Create and update resumes, portfolio pages, presentations and related marketing materials using our design templates as inspiration and working within our brand standards
- Participate in the development of collateral that supports our markets, offices, and services
- Provide marketing research for overall market/office strategy, as well as for individual clients and pursuits
- Lead local/regional marketing activities, such as sponsorships, award submissions, events and photography, that align with our PR/Communications objectives and increase our brand visibility
- Develop strong, in-depth knowledge of the firm’s portfolio, personnel and offerings
- Develop subject matter expertise (across markets, typologies, services, technology or other) that adds value to our marketing initiatives and pursuit activities
- Work with Regional Marketing Team Leader to support training and ongoing development of Marketing Specialists
- Provide peer review and oversight for accuracy and quality of content
- Self-review all work for accuracy and quality of content
- Maintain and update Deltek VantagePoint for clients and pursuits
- Properly and accurately maintain a proposal filing system
- Internalizes marketing best practices
- May participate in external marketing activities
- May perform other duties as required
Skills
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communications or a related field
- Minimum of 5+ years of related work experience in a marketing or communications role for a professional services firm
- Related experience working in a marketing or communications role for a professional services firm
- Must be proactive, self-driven, organized, detail-oriented and have an enthusiasm for innovation
- Strong time and project management skills
- Must have the ability to drive large, complex pursuits end-to-end
- Solid skills in strategic thinking, writing and design
- Strong proficiency with InDesign, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- 7+ years' experience in a marketing or communications role for a professional services firm
- Related experience working in the Architecture, Engineering, and/or Construction industry
- Familiarity with Deltek VantagePoint and Miro
Benefits
- Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
- We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage as well as flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances.
- We have paid time off (PTO), flex-time schedules, hybrid work options, a 401k plan and employee perk programs.
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