Commercial Content Marketer

At a Glance

BDS is looking for an experienced, passionate, and inspiring Commercial Content Marketer to develop content that helps executives, sellers, and customers understand and ultimately care about Microsoft's industry investments and efforts--creating a better connection between companies, sellers, customers, and Microsoft's mission. Reporting to our Content Editor, you will manage and develop content concepts, strategy, and solution-oriented stories across various industries. 

 

The ideal candidate for this position is resourceful, enthusiastic, and creative. They have a strong pulse on how learners want to be engaged and is constantly bringing new ideas on content delivery. They are born problem-solvers who work easily on their own but excel in team environments. Most of all, they’re excited to create impactful, creative and engaging experiences that resonates with Microsoft commercial trainers and sellers across industries.

 

Take a look at our video showcasing Why You Belong at BDS! Apply today and embark on a new career journey!

Compensation

Salary range of $70,000/year - $75,000/year USD with bonus potential

Overview

WHAT WE OFFER

• Weekly pay schedule
• Health and wellness benefits plans  
• Flexible vacation and holiday policies 
• Paid parental leave  
• 401(k) with employer matching  
• Technology allowance
• Referral bonus 
• Tax savings with flexible spending accounts for parking, transit, dependents, and healthcare costs 
• Opportunity to work with a growing company that actively rewards and promotes its employees 

 

WHAT YOU'LL DO 

• Day to day client partnerships include extracting and delivering training content needs for various commercial products and industries 
• Content creation across various platforms, including but not limited to social, blogs, ghost-writing, scripting, Adobe suite authoring software, PPT, digital and more 
• Storytelling across different channels and to a commercial audience (Longer-form narrative, Short-form narrative, social, experiential, demo) 
• Understanding of adult learning theory and how to incorporate it into content and storytelling 
• Maintain editorial calendar and project manage individual tasks from assignment to delivery 
• Responsible for working within a set of assigned hours for client projects & campaigns as assigned by management and logging time effectively 
• Develops an understanding of the commercial business and goals 
• Research product key features and benefits. Apply learning to field content for executives, sellers, and commercial representatives 
• Develops a thorough understanding of the entire marketing and communications landscape to support integrated programs 
• Other duties as assigned by management 

 

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

Experience and Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Journalism, English, Communications, or another related field preferred 
• 3+ years of previous experience writing content for education, learning, or sales enablement 
• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft products and services such as Windows, Office, Surface, Xbox, Commercial, etc. preferred 
• Experience with research and planning; content strategy identification, implementation, and execution 
• Experience developing demos and skill-building assets 
• Experience managing multiple projects and coordinating priorities among multiple stakeholders across multiple teams 

 Skills and Attributes:

• Maintains awareness and understanding of new learning and delivery technologies and techniques 
• Excellent problem solving, strategic, and critical thinking skills 
• Excellent time management 
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal, and communication skills 
• Excels at researching opportunities and trends within the organic and paid social media landscape 
• Ability to manage conflicts and difficult situations both internally (project-based) and externally (client-based) 
• Excellent presentation and written communication skills 

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to: 

• Regularly talk, sit, stand, walk and bend over, repetitive use of hands/arms, repetitive use of legs and grasp 
• Frequently lift and car