Marketing & Proposals Manager – AEC / Power & Utilities
Somerset, NJ (Hybrid)
Posted 12 days ago
Job Summary
Own and lead CARIAN's marketing, communications, and editorial program while coordinating proposals and pursuits, shaping thought leadership, and managing external deliverables.
- Own marketing and content program
- Direct proposals and pursuits
- Coordinate external marketing resources
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Marketing & Communications
- - Own and execute CARIAN's marketing, communications, and editorial plan
- - Establish and maintain a consistent cadence of market-facing content
- - Partner with executive leadership and subject-matter experts to develop thought leadership, articles, white papers, client insights, executive commentary, and other content
- - Turn project experience, technical expertise, and measurable results into compelling case studies and client-facing stories
- - Develop and maintain capability statements, service-line materials, presentations, one-pagers, brochures, and other marketing and business-development collateral
- - Manage CARIAN's company LinkedIn presence and support executive thought-leadership activity
- - Own and maintain CARIAN's website content, including service pages, project experience, case studies, thought leadership, company information, and routine content updates
- - Coordinate external website, graphic design, photography, video, printing, and other marketing resources as needed
- - Support company announcements, awards, rankings, speaking opportunities, sponsorships, and other industry visibility initiatives
Requirements
- 8+ years of progressive experience in marketing, communications, proposals, pursuits, or business-development support
- Experience within an AEC, engineering, utility, energy, infrastructure, construction, consulting, or related professional-services organization strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience independently owning a marketing program, regional marketing function, proposal/pursuit workload, or comparable area of responsibility
- Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate technical information into clear and compelling client-facing content
- Experience coordinating professional-services proposals, RFQs, RFPs, qualifications packages, or similar submissions
- Experience developing professional B2B content such as case studies, capability materials, presentations, website content, thought leadership, or executive communications
- Experience managing professional social-media content, particularly LinkedIn
- Strong Microsoft PowerPoint and Word skills and working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or similar design and production tools
- Strong organization, judgment, initiative, and follow-through, with the ability to work confidently with executives, technical professionals, project leaders, and outside vendors
- Ability to work on-site at CARIAN's Somerset, NJ office three days per week; this is not a fully remote position
Preferred
- Experience with an engineering, architecture, construction, infrastructure, utility, or power-sector professional-services firm
- Experience supporting electric or gas utility, power delivery, transmission and distribution, energy, or infrastructure markets
- Experience interviewing technical subject-matter experts and converting their expertise into finished market-facing content
- Experience with Adobe InDesign
- Experience with CRM, proposal-content, digital-asset-management, or professional-services platforms such as Unanet, NetSuite, Deltek, OpenAsset, SharePoint, or similar systems
- CPSM certification or involvement with SMPS is a plus
- Fluency with modern AI-enabled productivity and content tools and the judgment to use them effectively in a professional environment
- Prior people-management experience is helpful but not required
Benefits
- competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, holidays, and 401(k) participation with company match.
Power is All We DoTM.CARIAN is a purpose-driven, woman-owned consulting and advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the power sector. We partner with leading electric and gas utilities to deliver the infrastructure that powers communities. Our work combines trusted advisory, disciplined execution, and deep expertise in program management, program controls, and field oversight.We support capital programs, PMO operations, data-driven reporting, digital program intelligence, and energy efficiency portfolios. Our teams help utilities strengthen operations, improve cost and schedule performance, and meet growing reliability and customer requirements.CARIAN operates solely within the power ecosystem. Our focus includes utilities, data centers, grid modernization, power generation, renewable integration, and power-sector M&A and integration.Power is All We DoTM and we are built to deliver.
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$75K/yr – $120K/yr
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