Senior Marketing Specialist

Terracon•Chicago, IL

12d

About The Position

The Senior Marketing Specialist supports marketing and business development across Terracon’s Midwest Division, which covers 11 states. The role collaborates with technical, marketing, and client development professionals to win new business and create an outstanding client experience. The ideal candidate is based in the Chicago market and brings strong content-writing skills, initiative, organization, self-motivation, and editorial ability. The position leads and supports proposal and qualification-submittal efforts, market research, communications, and client and business development. It also develops marketing collateral and digital content, coordinates events, maintains proposal and visual asset libraries, supports CRM data entry, and works with regional and corporate marketing teams. Locations listed are Downtown Chicago, Glendale Heights, or Lombard, Illinois.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, or a related field and 4 years of marketing and communications experience, or at least 8 years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign.
Excellent writing and proofreading skills.
Ability to work well with people with varied personalities and work styles.
Strong understanding of the go/no-go process.
A valid driver’s license with an acceptable violation history may be required.

Nice To Haves

Marketing experience in engineering, architecture, or construction.
Experience responding to proposal requests and/or statements of qualifications.
Emphasis or experience in proposal management, market research, communications, and/or client and business development.
Participation in mentoring and attendance and participation in relevant industry workshops.

Responsibilities

Establish relationships and strive to provide an excellent client experience for clients and regional office teams.
Schedule and conduct proposal kick-off meetings with project champions, project managers, and proposal team members to develop proposal and presentation strategies.
Research, gather, and edit proposal materials, including project experience, corporate content, resumes, and boilerplate narrative; verify and format proposals, including SF 330 forms.
Ensure proposals and marketing materials meet requirements and are accurate, timely, and well-written, including brand line, key messages, technical scope, staff qualifications and experience, and biographical data.
Monitor lead-generation services and other media sources for information relevant to specific pursuits.
Generate business intelligence reports using internal and external resources.
Partner with client development professionals and pursuit teams to develop strategies and project or client capture plans.
Lead editing and customization of marketing collateral.
Plan and coordinate events, trade shows, and conferences, including collateral and promotional items.
Lead regular marketing meetings with office teams and support execution of client development plans.
Develop written content for print, digital, and social media.
Capture photography and curate and manage a visual asset library.
Collaborate with marketing professionals in the Central Operating Group and Corporate Marketing team to share best practices and information and balance workload.
Maintain quality standards on all projects.
Follow safety rules, guidelines, and standards; participate in pre-task planning and report safety issues or concerns to management.
Support identification and completion of prequalification forms, research project opportunities, create statements of qualifications and proposals, and prepare interview presentations.
Develop and maintain a library of proposal resources, including resumes, project descriptions, visuals, and boilerplate narrative.
Create local and regional marketing collateral, develop and post supporting social media content, coordinate trade shows and conferences, and support CRM system data entry.