Marketing & Proposal Manager

Grand Rapids, MI (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own regional marketing pursuit strategy and messaging, from proposal development to oral interviews, plus regional content and events that drive local visibility and wins.

  • Regional brand and pursuit: craft win themes, qualification statements, and presentation materials for local opportunities.
  • Collaboration and enablement: guide pursuit teams, coach on interviews, and coordinate regional marketing plans with corporate partners.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create strategy and win themes for project pursuit deliverables including qualification statements, proposals, and presentation materials by leading pursuit teams and writing, editing, and graphic layout of the documents meeting all requirements, deadlines, and delivering the highest level of quality.
  • Guide, coach, and manage the strategy and development of teams preparing for oral interviews as well as the materials used in delivering the presentations.
  • Lead the development, writing and creation of custom marketing materials and deliverables such as brochures and other collateral materials to generate client focused messaging, visibility and brand awareness for the company in the local marketplace.
  • Write regional marketing strategic plans, schedule and coordinate goals/objectives/tactics, work with regional teams and corporate integrated marketing representative to identify strategic markets, raise brand visibility and increase profitable wins.
  • Lead and create marketing deliverables as identified in the regional marketing plan by crafting custom content for each local initiative, which can include social media, video content, press releases, on-site story generation, photography, signage, award submissions, web development (including regional pages) and more as identified, that meet the marketing directives defined in collaboration with the regional stakeholders.
  • Engage clients serving as the local marketing expert by planning and delivering a variety of marketing experiences in the region including corporate events, project events, thank you gifts, client correspondence and proof of outcomes (storytelling to span construction and project completion).
  • Make recommendations on the appropriate marketing strategy and deliverables to meet the needs of the region, using creativity and a strong knowledge of the marketplace.
  • Using similar strategies and skills as outlined above, demonstrate a commitment to each project and work effectively to get the job done under all circumstances; ensuring that deliverables meet or exceed expectations and agreed-upon deadlines.
  • Participate in corporate strategic planning, marketing department strategy, and marketing-team based initiatives as appropriate to support corporate objectives of growth, brand awareness and message consistency.
  • Work within the marketing department to engage corporate marketing in establishing a unified brand look/feel, corporate messaging and shared storytelling, especially partnering with integrated marketing representative to balance regional presence with other company and regional campaigns.
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The Christman Company

The Christman Company, in operation since 1894, is one of the nation’s foremost commercial construction management firms. Partnering with leading organizations, The Christman Company is known for “Uniting Great People in Great Achievement.” With 8 offices across the country, our major markets include public, government, healthcare, historic preservation, office, education, parking, science/technology, cultural/religious, hospitality, sports/recreation, transportation and industrial/power. We define excellence as the ability to add value to each project through delivery of expertise, leadership and—above all—partnership.

Lansing, Michigan, USA
575 employees (15 in marketing)