Chicago, Illinois
Job Title: Marketing Specialist
Job Description Summary: The Marketing Specialist is responsible for business development pursuits from start to finish. This includes managing and assisting with the overall coordination, collaboration, and preparation of marketing and business development content, collateral, proposals, and presentations. This position is virtual and works with teammates and business partners across the Americas (U.S. & Canada).
Job Description Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage business development process for proposals and presentations from commencement to material completion.
- Interface with business leaders and fee earners throughout the process as well as partner with graphic design teams to produce highly compelling sales support tools.
- Find existing content and edit, as applicable, to tailor to pursuits.
- Write original content where required, using business knowledge and working with subject matter experts.
- Coordinate draft reviews and updates, make edits and updates on proposals and presentations.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate with the entire project team throughout the process to keep milestones on schedule.
- Elevate issues to problem-solve in real time.
- Deliver final, clean pitch and presentation content.
- Assist in coaching and providing feedback to presentation delivery teams in rehearsals.
- Ensure best practice sharing and adoption across pitch and proposal collateral.
- Support collection of post-pitch feedback and incorporate into future efforts.
- Use tools to input and track pursuit data to enable comprehensive reporting and decision support.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, English, communications, marketing, or public relations.
- 3+ years of experience.
- Background in B2B proposal writing, pitch development, business development marketing, or comparable experience.
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
- Strong time management, organizational, and prioritization skills. Must have the ability to balance multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Self-motivated approach with the ability to take initiative but works well in a group environment.
- An eagerness to learn new skills and subjects.
- Understanding of the commercial real estate industry a plus.
- Proficiency in Microsoft suite (including PowerPoint), knowledge of Adobe applications also preferred.
Compensation: The compensation for the position is: $63,750.00 – $75,000.00
Cushman & Wakefield provides equal employment opportunity. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated. Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.
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