Marketing Director
Company: RJN Group
Location: Downers Grove
Posted on: November 20, 2023
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Job Description:
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accommodation by visiting the following page:Interested in working
for the industry leader? Interested in having a substantial stake
in an employee-owned firm? Looking to help your neighbors and
impact your local community? RJN Group employees can answer yes to
all of those and more! Currently we are seeking an experienced
Marketing Director to join the RJN family.Position Summary:
The Marketing Director at RJN Group will oversee the development
and execution of marketing strategies, products, and services. You
will drive the overall marketing, branding, and communications
strategy in alignment with our business objectives. Strengthening
connectivity with staff across regions and divisions is crucial to
maintaining core brand values and understanding the unique needs of
different communities. Join us to lead our marketing efforts and
contribute to our growth as a national firm.Position
Responsibilities:
Team Leadership and Support - Guide and balance team priorities;
provide resource planning for marketing team members; coordinate
with multiple consultants and vendors; help guide individual and
team skill development, seek opportunities to meet short-term
department needs and longer-term individual career
goals.Communication - Strong verbal and written communication
skills as well as the ability to persuade, inspire, influence, and
engage with a variety of leadership staff and client audiences.
Direct development of internal communication platforms. Each area
encompasses strategic and forward-thinking leadership, as well as
ensuring excellence of execution.Marketing Strategy - Work closely
with the Vice President of Client Services, project and account
managers, geographic leaders, and department colleagues to
strengthen supporting systems, processes, and tools; identify
innovative marketing opportunities and approaches; and outline
priorities to elevate our stature, strengthen our business base,
and provide outstanding support services.Proposal Development and
Management - Develop standards and workflows to ensure effective
communications between all firm stakeholders for business
opportunity proposals. Ensure consistent messaging in line with the
firm's brand is consistently communicated throughout the proposal.
Responsible for overall quality control to ensure messaging and
proposal documents meet all client requirements and are submitted
on time. Requires strong organizational and written skills.Brand
Positioning Programs - Advance the firm's thought leadership
through print and digital publications, videos, and direct
marketing; lead continuous growth of the firm's visual identity
through our digital, social, print, and video materials and ads;
work with individual offices to bolster our impact through
conferences, events, and speaking opportunities.Marketing
Technology Platform Management - Continue to evolve the firm's
marketing technology infrastructure with tools and platforms for
all outbound communications; continuously review and assess
technology-based platforms that can enhance marketing and business
development performance through greater audience engagement,
improved internal efficiency and effectiveness, and greater
competitive differentiation, including the following:
--- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools to track business
opportunities, manage a strong contact base, and enhance proposal
and marketing materials.
--- Direct Marketing Applications - Develop, manage, and analyze
tools for direct marketing outreach that promotes the company
brand, webinars, and events.
--- Digital Asset Management - Provide corporate-wide accessibility
to standardized and branded graphics, images, and digital and print
media.
--- Website and Social Communications - Facilitate initiatives to
leverage existing content into direct and social
marketing.Experience Database and Proposal Generation - Oversee the
continued development and maintenance of the firm's centralized
repository of case experience descriptions, bios, and other
marketing-related descriptive text, which also encompasses our
proposal generation tool and repository of final
proposals.Tradeshow and Professional Organization Involvement -
Oversee the corporate tradeshow process, including working with
individual offices to determine level of involvement at conferences
and trade shows. Oversee the management of tradeshow booth graphics
and equipment, sponsorships, giveaways, and overall branding and
exposure at professional events.Editorial - Continue to elevate the
firm's thought leadership, as well as proposals and collateral
materials; ensure quality excellence in internal and external
communications.Minimum Skills & Experience:
Candidates for this position should have the following
certifications, skills, and experience:
--- A bachelor's degree in marketing, public relations, journalism,
or a related field from an accredited institution is required.
--- A minimum of 10 years of experience in marketing roles within
the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is
preferred (professional services environment at a minimum).
--- A minimum of 5 years in a management position with direct
reports.
--- Proposal process management experience, including delegating
responsibilities, managing team workload, assisting in go- / no-go
process, proposal strategy development, and meeting deadlines.
--- Strong technical writing and proofreading skills.
--- The ability to provide a strategic link between marketing
communications activities, brand, and business outcomes.
--- Management experience, including:
o The ability to achieve goals by leading with influence in a
non-hierarchical and collaborative culture.
o The ability to lead a team of professionals to their best
potential by providing timely and constructive feedback for team
and individual growth and development.
--- Experience leading corporate branding, digital marketing, and
corporate thought leadership development.
--- Ability to understand and deal with complex material and
concepts; demonstrated intellectual curiosity and interest in
learning the firm's work.
--- Proficient in Word, Excel, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop,
and PowerPoint required.
--- General technology proficiency.Preferred Skills and
Experience:
--- The obtainment of a postgraduate degree or certificate such as
a master's degree is preferred.
--- A minimum of 15 years of experience in marketing roles within
the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is
preferred (professional services environment at a minimum).
--- Experience using Power BI, Teams, Canva, and other marketing
and graphic design tools preferred.
--- Experience with customer relationship management (CRM)
software, direct marketing applications, and website tools.
--- Membership and active involvement in professional
organizations, either related to career path or company
industry.Direct Reports:
Marketing staff, including, but not limited to proposal
coordinators, tradeshow coordinators, and summer interns.Physical
Demands & Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
--- Physical demands: Typical indoor office environment
requirements.
--- Work environment: Standard indoor office environment with
minimal to moderate noise levels.
--- Personal Protective Equipment: None required in office.RJN is
an employee-owned professional engineering and specialty field
services firm providing sustainable collection system solutions for
infrastructure owners. RJN is an ENR Top 500 Design Firm and Top
200 Environmental Firm as well as a Top 50 Trenchless Technology
Design Firm.Since 1975, RJN Group Inc. has provided our customers
with value-driven engineering solutions to enable them to meet
their service demands. Our employee-owned firm is capable of
tackling projects of almost any scale; from small studies to
multi-million-dollar, total plant rehabilitations.Our customers are
also our neighbors. We have offices from as far West as Colorado to
the East Coast. This means that our staff are supporting the
communities they live in. We are locals and take pride in keeping
our communities and sister cities running. Those we work for have
come to associate our name with trust, creativity, reliability and
quality.We let innovation take the lead. We perform unique services
for water, wastewater, and stormwater systems, by investing in
leading technologies to differentiate us, while keeping costs down
and efficiency upRJN provides a very competitive benefit package
including:
--- Company-funded employee stock ownership plan
--- Medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term
disability insurance benefits
--- 401K matching retirement plan
--- Flexible work arrangements and schedule
--- Tuition assistance including student loan repayment
--- Professional development opportunities
--- Wellness programs
--- Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick time off
--- Holiday time off
--- Casual dress codeQualificationsEducationPreferredBachelors or
better in Marketing or related field.Equal Opportunity
Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe
contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate
against employees or applicants because they have inquired about,
discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another
employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the
compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part
of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other
employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have
access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in
response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an
investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an
investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the
contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
RJN Group, Inc. proudly Employee-Owned since 1995
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