Job Description
**Job Description: Marketing Manager**
ZGF is seeking a Marketing Manager to join our team in our Vancouver, BC office. We are looking for creative, passionate, and strategic thinkers. The current compensation range for this role is $72,000 to $87,000 annually, dependent on education and experience.
**As a Marketing Manager, you will:**
- Work closely with leadership to determine strategies on proposals and presentations; hands-on planning and development of strategic customized responses to RFPs and in the interview preparation.
- Be a talented writer and storyteller with the ability to gather complex or technical information from various sources, synthesize it, and use it as the basis to craft cohesive and compelling narratives.
- Share a love for content marketing and a passion for developing fresh and creative approaches to conveying information.
- Coordinate the preparation of statements of interest and qualifications, proposals, collateral materials, miscellaneous marketing, and marketing-oriented correspondence, etc.
- Participate in pre-interview planning and presentation rehearsal with design teams and help develop and apply the established win strategy, themes, and discriminators in presentation materials.
- Make work assignments and follow up to ensure tasks and projects are completed to the highest standards of quality, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness.
- Conduct research and compile information regarding existing and prospective clients, competitor activity, and industry or market trends to aid in the development of marketing plans, proposals, and presentations.
- Develop and maintain a network of industry contacts, i.e., consultants, contractors, architectural colleagues, clients; cultivate leads and gather intelligence through the network.
- Support those with marketing assignments to prepare for meetings, interviews, and other contacts with prospective clients, as well as for speaking engagements and other marketing activities.
- Centralize information about the business development activities of the local office and those of a firmwide nature that are orchestrated through that office, including such things as leads, contacts, and schedules of business development events.
- Ensure that information is shared in a timely way among team members; manage timely decisions and actions in business development pursuits.
- Explore ways to streamline workflow and use of technology without compromising quality.
- Attend community and industry events and conferences.
**Qualifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, journalism, or a design-related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in relevant marketing/communications, preferably within the A/E/C industry.
- Demonstrated written and oral communication skills; strong editing and proofreading skills; strong graphic design sensibilities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work with both peers and senior members of the firm.
- Experience working independently, as well as within cross-functional teams in a collaborative, professional environment.
- Strong organizational skills and an ability to prioritize and complete simultaneous projects with minimal supervision; meeting deadlines and working well under pressure while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- A collaborative and team-oriented disposition; a sense of humor and grace under pressure; persistent, tactful, and enthusiastic.
- Sound professional judgment, strong work ethic, positive and client-focused attitude.
- A detailed knowledge of marketing procedures, work processes, and tools, along with evidence of past successful management of marketing projects and teams.
- A thorough understanding of effective document and presentation production, and an in-depth understanding of proposal and presentation psychology and how to convey messages, themes, discriminators, and responses to evaluation criteria clearly and effectively.
- Experience managing teams of people (including non-direct reports) with demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, and provide constructive criticism in a team setting and one-on-one.
- Proficiency in InDesign and PowerPoint is required; working knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, and database programs such as Deltek Vision and Axomic OpenAsset is preferable.
- Able to travel to other ZGF offices and/or client project locations as needed.
**Apply With:**
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Writing Samples
