Marketing Specialist

Responsibilities

• Translate financial data and concepts into clear, engaging content for audiences with varying levels of investment knowledge.
• Collaborate with GW&K Marketing Team and investment professionals to develop impactful marketing materials, including factsheets, presentations, brochures, and sales materials using the Microsoft Office Suite and the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Manage lifecycle of content creation from concept through distribution, collaborating cross-functionally with key stakeholders to develop and refine brand concepts into approved client-facing material.
• Manage and maintain marketing collateral content, automation, and data within Seismic, ensuring that materials are accurate, current, and readily accessible.
• Participate in the quarterly update process of GW&K marketing materials and ensure that materials are produced and distributed in a timely manner.
• Adhere to GW&K brand standards, style preferences, and messaging throughout all marketing efforts.
• Partner with GW&K Compliance to ensure all materials meet industry regulations.
• Apply strong design fundamentals — including typography, layout, color and visual hierarchy — to develop new template designs, investment graphics, and other brand collateral.
• Manage and maintain GW&K graphic files, including company logos, photos, and artwork.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in marketing production, creative services, financial communications, or a related field.
• Strong technical ability with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (PPT, Excel and Word), and skilled at creating graphs in Excel.
• Proficient in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop. Experience in Premier Pro is preferred.
• Experience using Seismic or an equivalent marketing automation and sales enablement platform is preferred; or ability and desire to adapt and learn new systems.
• Proficiency in WordPress and HubSpot or equivalent Content Management System (CMS) and Marketing Automation Platform (MAP), is preferred.
• Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize, and meet tight deadlines.
• Must be professional and possess the confidence to work effectively with all levels of personnel, including senior management.
• Strong attention to detail with desire to achieve high-quality standards.
• Refined design sensibility and sound creative judgment, with the ability to assess whether work meets GW&K’s brand standards and determine when further refinement is needed.
• Candidate should possess solid business writing skills to contribute and edit content as necessary during the creative process, and strong verbal communication skills with the ability to discuss business concepts with GW&K professionals.

Preferred

• Experience in financial services is strongly preferred.
• Experience using Premier Pro is preferred.
• Experience using Seismic or an equivalent marketing automation and sales enablement platform is preferred; or ability and desire to adapt and learn new systems.
• Proficiency in WordPress and HubSpot or equivalent Content Management System (CMS) and Marketing Automation Platform (MAP), is preferred.

Benefits

• GW&K provides comprehensive benefits that are designed to meet the long-term needs of our employees and their families.
• Along with competitive compensation packages, we offer health and dental care coverage, employer-matched 401k, tuition reimbursement, parental leave and a variety of other benefits that support a healthy work/life balance in a hybrid environment.