Sandbox Solar LLC is hiring: Marketing Manager in Fort Collins

Marketing Manager As an experienced Marketing Manager, you may feel like it's time to try an industry that's fresh, innovative, green, and potentially unexplored in your profession. We're Sandbox Solar. You should already know who we are, given your profession. With the right alignment in terms of our culture, you could be the one to help be sure that everyone knows about Sandbox. And by everyone, we pretty much mean everyone. That may not be that hard to do. In the last year alone, we’ve been named: A Top Solar Contractor by Solar Power World The Reader’s Choice Best of NoCO Winner by NoCO Style A Mercury 100 Winner by BizWest (placing 5th place in Northern Colorado’s Fastest Growing Private Company competition) The Neighborhood Fave by nextdoor A Denver Business Journal Small Business Award Finalist A Summit Award winner from the International Electrical Contractors Rocky Mountain (IECRM) for leading the way in the solar industry for energy efficiency and rebates (while one of our team members was named SuperStar Project Manager of the Year at the IECRM). When you throw in that our Founder and CEO, Ian Skor, also won a Top 30 Under 30 just a few years ago, and just won a 40 under 40 award, you realize just how amazing our story is. We’ve only been around since 2015! You can find out more at sandboxsolar.com. Three years ago, our founder and CEO, Ian Skor, had a goal of being known as the best solar company in Colorado within three years. We did it. Our future is even more exciting. We’re leading the way in multiple community and commercial projects, including Solar Microgrids, Group Buying Solar Co-Ops, Agrivoltaic innovations, and of course, residential. That's what makes a Marketing career with Sandbox a lot more challenging than a a job at a more conventional solar company doing only residential roof installs. With a mission to “Increase the deployment of solar energy in our community to promote energy independence and self-sufficiency,” we’re growing in terms of employee base, number, complexity, scope and size of projects, external recognition, and a lot of other things that mark a high-performing team. It’s a lot to keep up with! Ian’s five year goal was to be known as the best solar company in the nation. That’s where you could come in. Our Marketing Manager will ensure that our brand is visible and growing. That means this position will write and edit all kinds of content, including blogs, social media posts,verbiage for our website, and other marketing materials such as Trade Show and Career Fair booths. In addition, this role will project manage in-house and outsourced work done by others as that impacts marketing - PR, graphics, and the technical part of website development. The management part of this job means that we will only consider those who have supervisory experience, specifically meaning employees and contractors. We are looking for a take charge Marketing Manager who: Possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, or a directly related field Has at least five (5) years of Marketing experience, preferably in a construction-related company, ideally in renewable energy Has demonstrated success supervising and inspiring a team of employees and contractors Has polished and demonstrable skills in written communication, with the ability to make complex information simple to understand and enticing Knows how to be extremely collaborative yet appropriately assertive with others while also being able to constructively work with others being appropriately assertive Is organized, managing time and people to take on multiple tasks coming from multiple sources with a can-do attitude Consistently demonstrates a strong work ethic and commitment to quality, while holding others on the team accountable to the same Can enlist an entire company into a team of marketers who solicit reviews and referrals,but also realize that everything everyone does in any part of the company is marketing. Will champion the professionalism and customer service we’re known for. This won’t be the right opportunity for those who: Don't have first hand knowledge of and success in leading, supervising, inspiring, and coaching a team of professionals Are a specialist in only one or two facets of Marketing...such as design, writing, social media Lack initiative, drive, and a sense of urgency to help Sandbox reach its aggressive five year goals Avoid problems or want to be left alone and uninvolved Drop the ball, make excuses, or are okay with others doing so Allow their ego to get in everyone else’s way Wing it - not thinking of the consequences of their actions on others Base pay for this position is expected to fall within the range of $66,560 - $72,800 We will be accepting applications through November 15th, 2024, with a possible extension.