Marketing Specialist, Great Lakes

CannonDesign has an exciting remote opportunity for a Marketing Specialist. Take a look at the description below. If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we'd love to hear from you. We’re looking for creative, curious, empathetic people to join our Living-Centered Design movement. This position may be filled anywhere in the United States but will be supporting our Great Lakes region, including our Chicago, IL, Buffalo, NY, and Pittsburgh, PA offices. 

As part of the application process, candidates are required to submit a cover letter and 2-3 work samples showcasing relevant technical and/or creative skills in any area. During interviews, you'll have the chance to present and explain your work as we understand that the process of developing some content can be very collaborative. As appropriate make sure to redact confidential information. 

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Marketing Specialist, you’ll be part of our Marketing team, which sits within the Brand, Marketing and Business Development (BMBD) team. You will work with a hub of marketing peers led by a Regional Team Leader. You’ll work in partnership with our Markets, Regions, Offices and Services, who rely on marketing support to advance their message and win pursuits. You’ll collaborate across the BMBD community—with fellow Marketing team members, Graphics, Communications, Operations, Client Engagement, Market Strategy and Business Development—to deliver marketing excellence across proposals, presentations, collateral, local brand-building efforts and more.   HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO

PURSUIT MARKETING

• Lead and/or support the development of proposal materials including coordination and production of deliverables across all stages of the process.
• Assist with production tasks on complex pursuits in collaboration with pursuit team.
• 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.

BRAND MARKETING

• Support local/regional marketing activities, such as sponsorships, award submissions, events and photography, that align with our PR/Communications objectives and increase our brand visibility.

FIRM KNOWLEDGE & SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE

• 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.

MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS

• Provide peer review and oversight for accuracy and quality of content.
• Self-review all work for accuracy and quality of content.
• Maintain and update Salesforce for clients and pursuits.
• Properly and accurately maintain a proposal filing system.
• Internalizes marketing best practices. 

OTHER

• Establish highly responsive, trusted relationships with pursuit leaders.
• May participate in external marketing activities.
• May perform other duties as required.
• Travel may be required to CannonDesign offices in the Great Lakes region, including Chicago, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh.

  HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications or a related field required.
• A minimum of 3 years of related work experience working in a marketing or communications role for a professional services firm/company required.
• Related experience working in the Architecture, Engineering, and/or Construction industry preferred.
• Must be proactive, self-driven, organized, detail-oriented and have an enthusiasm for innovation.
• Strong time and project management skills are essential, along with the ability to work in a deadline-driven environment.
• Fundamental abilities in strategy, design, and writing, with demonstrated capacity for advancement in at least one of these areas.
• Proficiency with InDesign, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with Deltek Vantagepoint, Sharepoint, Open Asset, and Miro is a plus.

  The salary range for this position is $52,600 to $72,000 annually.  This salary range is the range we believe is the anticipated range of possible base compensation at the timing of the posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the anticipated salary