Sector Marketing Manager (SMM), Airports, Civic, Arts & Culture

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$123K/yr – $184K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own cross‑sector brand leadership and integrated marketing campaigns that blend strategy, awards, digital, and thought leadership to grow key client relationships.

  • Brand and Promotions: Shape sector positioning, annual plan, collateral, and website presence with Marketing FST and Corporate Marketing.
  • Pursuits and Events: Drive win strategies, Go/No Go decisions, and sector events with the Pursuits team, PR, and Corporate Comms.
  • Content and Analytics: Coordinate photography, video, thought leadership, and market insights to inform BD and campaigns across targeted audiences.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the sector’s brand positioning and promotional strategies
  • Develop annual marketing plan, in support of the sector business plan, and execute on it in collaboration with Marketing FST and Corporate Marketing partners
  • Lead awards strategy for the sector, including identifying important programs, and coordinating with the team to complete award submissions and related presentations
  • Lead photography strategy for the sector, including identifying high value projects, and coordinating with the practice and the Marketing FST team to secure photography assets
  • Responsible for sector representation on Stantec.com, including quarterly review and regular refresh of material
  • Create sector-specific marketing collateral to help sell our team and services, including but not limited to capability brochures, look books, PowerPoint decks – with all materials made available on our internal network for easy distribution and sharing
  • Provide sector marketing strategy for targeted publications, social media, digital campaigns, thought leadership, webinars, paid and organic ads, promotional material, etc., working closely with Marketing FST and Corporate Marketing partners
  • Lead tradeshow/conference presence and marketing strategy for the sector
  • Partner with Public Relations to elevate the sector and Stantec brand through external communications
  • Partner with Corporate Communications to create sector-specific communications to be shared via our intranet and other internal resources as needed
  • Collaborate with Buildings Digital Practice to represent the sector on the Buildings Information Center (BIC)
  • Promote the consistent use of Stantec MCPR tools – i.e. SMKC, Pipeline, etc., regularly contributing and updating sector-specific materials and content
  • Contribute to sector-related video initiatives
  • Evaluates client survey feedback and incorporates insights into ongoing marketing/positioning activities.
  • Track market trends, conduct competitor analysis, and disseminate insights for business development strategies, in partnership with our Market Research partners.
  • Supports pursuit decision-making, including Go/No Go processes, and contributing to win strategies for high value opportunities, in partnership with the Pursuits team
  • Supports client engagement strategies, tracking key client pursuits, and targeting “must-win” projects, in partnership with the Pursuits team
  • Supports Pipeline data integrity, tracking, and reporting
  • Work in partnership with the Pursuits team to ensure sector key clients are represented and appropriately staffed (Account Manager, Sponsor, and Marketing Support) through our Account Management program
  • Participates in firmwide and multi-sector initiatives beyond marketing and business development – i.e. branding and promotional campaigns
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Stantec

Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before. We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more. Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible. Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.

Founded in 1954
Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
30K employees (3,458 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
552.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$4.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
51.7%
Direct
36.1%
Referral
8.3%
Social
2.5%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~31.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
565 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
16.5 years
Median Tenure
5 years

Funding

Total Funding
$809.3M
Last Raise
$309.3M
Post IPO Debt, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • May 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $309.3M
  • Nov 2023
    Post IPO Equity • $250M
  • Jun 2023
    Post IPO Debt • $250M

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