If you think your skills, experience and aspirations make you a good match for this position, we encourage you to apply. This position may be filled anywhere in the United States. Preference may be given to candidates that can work in one of the CannonDesign locations.
Facility Optimization Solutions, LLC (FOS) a business entity within CannonDesign, a multifaceted design solutions firm. At FOS, it’s all about the people. We’re constantly growing, and that’s where this opportunity comes in – for a Marketing Specialist with a focus on writing. In this position, you will be heavily relied upon to write comprehensive proposals and marketing collateral that attract the ideal client, grow our market base, and further develop our brand. In conjunction with the Marketing team, you will help identify, pursue, and track target clients and opportunities.
The ideal candidate will have strong writing skills and experience. In addition, familiarity with the fields of architecture/engineering/facility management/construction and/or proposal creation, journalism, or grant writing is a plus but not required.
As part of the application process, candidates are required to submit 1-2 writing samples (i.e. published articles, marketing collateral, research papers, project profiles, employee bios, proposal cover letters, etc.). Please redact proprietary/confidential information as needed.Note: We understand that the process of developing these items is very collaborative, we are looking to see samples that you held the primary role in creating. Candidates that progress to the interview stage will be expected to present details on work samples.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Written market-specific content, including narratives for proactive and reactive (RFP-driven) marketing pursuits and collateral.
- Written copy for project approaches and scopes of work in coordination with the marketing and operations workgroups.
Provide:
- Client, market, and opportunity-based research.
- Support for preparation of project interview teams.
- Support for sales-to-service transition meetings.
- Project meeting minutes during the onboarding process.
Engage:
- With operations and software sales teams to understand market forces and client value propositions.
- With clients to understand their needs and challenges in order to build appropriate proposals for solutions.
- With sales and marketing teams to inform internal firm strategies.
- With CannonDesign BMBD team and marketing specialists.
Ensure:
- Best outcomes for top pursuits, including approach, staffing, subject-matter guidance, and content development.
- Overall quality of all marketing deliverables and communications and complete conformance with proposal and submittal requirements.
- Growth of the practice with written materials to promote, introduce, and implement new market-responsive service lines.
Maintain:
- A growing proposal content library in our RFX software, Loopio.
- In-house marketing analytics.
- Opportunity data and tasks in CRM platforms.
Other
- Participate in FOS Leadership strategic planning efforts.
- May perform other duties as required.
What you'll love about us:
- Competitive benefits package, including a generous paid time off policy
- Flexible work schedules! We offer a hybrid model, so you can work from home and/or work from the office
- An inclusive work environment that encourages employees to demonstrate their strengths and passions in achieving personal and organizational goals
- Coaching with leadership that enables professional growth for future career pathing
- The opportunity to work for a growing team with proven success
Here's what you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communications or a related field required.
- A minimum of 3 years of related work experience required.
- Related experience working in a marketing or communications role for a professional services firm preferred.
- Related experience working in the Architecture, Engineering, and/or Construction industry preferred.
- Must be proactive, self-driven, organized, detail-oriented and have an enthusiasm for innovation.
- Strong time and project management skills are essential, along with the ability to work in a deadline-driven environment.
- Superior verbal, presentation, and graphic design skills are desired but not required.
- Strong proficiency with MS Suite and Adobe Suite required; proficiency in InDesign preferred.
- Familiarity with Deltek CRM Vision, Salesforce and Miro is a plus.
The salary range for this position is $56,430 to $70,490 annually. This salary range is the range we believe is the anticipated range of possible base compensation at the timing of the posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the anticipated salary range for the position. Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses. We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage and flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances. We have paid time off, flex-time summer hours, remote work options and a 401k plan and employee perk programs. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at https://www.cannondesign.com/careers/benefits. Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.
FOS of CannonDesign is a multidisciplinary professional services and software consultancy founded on the core value that clients are our most important partners.
FOS began with a good idea – seeing the need to help facility managers identify what they own, the condition of their facility, and how best to use this data for future capital planning. FOS started as a small operation in 2009 and has grown into a major, multi-office practice that is ranked #1 world-wide for facility-related services by World Architecture 100.
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As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct.
CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from any and all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is therefore the firm’s policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicant, CannonDesign employee, vendor, contractor, or client on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by law. It is also CannonDesign’s policy to prohibit any and all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, or participated in a firm or agency investigation into such complaints.
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