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Marketing & Communications Manager
Company | Energy Solutions |
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Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
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Salary | $85000 – $115000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, advertising, business administration, public relations or another relevant discipline
- 5-8 years of experience in marketing and communications or relevant field
- Strong writing skills, including ability to translate technical and regulatory language in clear and understandable messaging
- Exceptional communications skills including writing, editing, speaking and active listening
- Experience in and commitment to best writing and messaging practices for marketing and sales copy (consumer and business), social media, media relations, and more
- Excellent organization, project management, time management, goal setting, multitasking, and prioritization
- Drive, proactiveness, and enthusiasm to suggest and plan new solutions; a self-starter with problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- Ability to effectively engage with team members of all levels and across departments
- Strong experience with MS Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, and familiarity with email platforms such as MailChimp and social media platforms
- Familiarity with digital marketing campaigns, tactics and measurement, a plus
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Sr. Marketing Manager to develop annual marketing and communications strategy that effectively promotes the client program to engage existing program participants, acquire new participants, and inform stakeholders
- Collaborate with program team leads to understand program objectives and priorities to inform marketing and communications strategies and report program progress
- Develop marketing plan to execute to achieve objectives and priorities identified in the strategy
- Own the end-to-end program communications process—lead the strategic development and delivery of messaging (whether crafted by you or others) to ensure stakeholders and participants are informed and supported
- Develop and manage timely execution of a weekly communications and outreach calendar to inform program participants about important updates and program information
- Develop a communication channel strategy to ensure the effective dissemination of program information across multiple platforms to diverse audience segments, including email, direct mail, website, social media, and digital
- Deliver clear and effective messaging
- Bring a critical eye to written communications (whether crafted by you or others) to ensure that technical and regulatory information is communicated in a clear and understandable way that resonates with the target audience
- Engage with team members to research and develop communications content including announcements, collateral, press releases, case studies and customer testimonials, social media posts, webinars, training materials and other materials
- Strategic and operational support for virtual and in-person events and outreach
Preferred Qualifications
- Desire to help combat climate change
- Passion for teamwork, but also self-motivated
- Strong client-management skills
- Attention to detail and quality, preparation, and adaptability
- Ability to translate technical content into approachable and understandable language
- Ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines and reprioritize tasks as needed