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Marketing & Communications Manager

Marketing & Communications Manager

CompanyEnergy Solutions
LocationChicago, IL, USA
Salary$85000 – $115000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior

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