Position Summary

S B James Construction is looking for a hands-on, collaborative, and passionate Marketing Manager to assist our Southern Region with a variety of marketing activities. Responsibilities will include development of qualification, proposal, and presentation materials; technical writing; graphic design; event planning; and database management. This position will work closely with the regional Marketing and Business Development team to support the development of client relationships and competitive procurement of major construction projects.

Key Responsibilities

 Coordination of Proposal and Presentation Production Process

• Creates presentations for interviews with InDesign, PowerPoint and other marketing tools.
• Develops written materials including brochures, project lists, project information sheets and personnel resumes, often engaging teammates throughout the company to update and maintain information.
• Creates and maintains proposal graphics in Adobe Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator or PowerPoint
• Updates and maintains finished project and employee photography
• Manages the project qualification and proposal process including: coordinating the collection of project-specific information and developing proposal content and other requirements to meet RFP guidelines and target assignment dates
• Manage quality control for all marketing deliverables
• Assists in strategy development for project pursuits including client research, messaging, and design
• Leads final proposal production including printing, binding, delivery, etc.
• Manage progress and final professional photographs of projects for use in marketing.
• Manage marketing staff, including training for marketing processes, programs, and development.
• Maintain internal communications program to facilitate information sharing within the firm; inform and involve principals and technical staff regarding marketing efforts
• Assist in identifying metrics to track strategic initiatives and marketing success; present findings to leadership
• Manage development and ongoing implementation of corporate brand

Provides Expertise in Marketing Tools and Graphics

• Maintains marketing database including maintenance and data integrity of opportunities, projects, employees, clients, text library, project references and contacts along with mailing and special events information
• Conducts database reporting (resume and project updates, project set-up, marketing opportunities and others).
• Gathers information regarding S B James Construction projects and employees to include in proposal content.
• Coordinates events including trade shows/conferences, client appreciation events, golf tournaments and community service projects.
• Assists with public relations activities including creation of press releases and submittal of both internal and external awards for S B James Construction projects and people.
• Develops posts for social media outlets and writes stories for monthly company newsletter.
• Manage selection and implementation of marketing vendors and consultants, including videographers

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, English, Graphic Design or a related field required.
• 3 years of marketing experience, preferably in the A/E/C industry.
• Previous experience preparing technical documents, including development of graphics to support messaging.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite software, especially InDesign.
• Desktop proficiency in all Microsoft applications, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of A/E/C terminology and project delivery methods and begin to understand firm and company structure, general accounting reports, and financial metrics and reporting
• Familiarity with CRM database management a plus. 

Strengths and Talents:

• Positive attitude, team player with strong work ethic
• Ability to work under pressure, excelling at meeting tight deadlines
• Exceptional attention to detail and organization skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage workload; juggle multiple projects
• Exceptional written and verbal skills
• Graphics capabilities with a good eye for design
• Flexible and able to learn quickly, particularly new technology.
• Provide different, creative solutions to help sell S B James Construction’s services