Marketing Specialist

$79,000 - $79,000/Yr

Nbbj Lp - Seattle, WA

Full-time

Seattle, WA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm that emphasizes a culture of collaboration and a purpose-driven approach to create healthy places, strong communities, and a resilient environment. As a Marketing Specialist in our Seattle office, you will play a crucial role in supporting our Practice Marketing Directors and Marketing Managers in producing qualifications, proposals, and interview presentations that not only attract potential clients but also enhance our relationships with existing clients. This position is ideal for highly organized team players who thrive under tight deadlines and possess a relentless attention to detail. In this role, you will be engaged in all phases of the sales cycle, including lead generation activities, client relationship management, and prospect management. You will generate well-coordinated and compelling proposals, brochures, and presentations that address client needs while articulating the fundamental design challenges and opportunities for innovation. Your contributions will be vital in participating in challenging strategic pursuits that align with our clients' goals. As a Marketing Specialist, you will also maintain a robust library of materials and serve as a knowledge expert for project teams. Your responsibilities will include managing prospect data, collaborating with pursuit teams, and ensuring best practices for workflow throughout the proposal process. You will work closely with the Communications team to coordinate event logistics and assist market leaders with collateral needs. This position offers an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact within a dynamic and creative environment.

Responsibilities

• Produce well-coordinated and compelling responses for qualifications, proposals, and interviews utilizing InDesign.
• Organize project team content from strategy to final proposal production, including editing narrative, gathering images, and coordinating sub-consultant information.
• Ensure best practices for point-of-sale workflow through each phase of the process: prepositioning, proposal, shortlist/selection, interview, and post-pursuit responsibilities.
• Build consistent content accuracy, relevancy, and thoroughness through active engagement with the Content Management System.
• Identify opportunities to utilize thought leadership in lead generation and pursuit efforts.
• Assist content development and final production of custom brochures and lead generation collateral.
• Organize and execute internal business development and market-focused client relationship meetings.
• Assist in growing a culture of proactive marketing and client targeting and prepositioning.
• Work closely with the Communications team for event logistics centered around business development and lead generation.
• Assist market leaders with collateral needs prior to or after any client engagements.
• Regular reporting and updates to CRM data management and content organization.
• Utilize proposal tools available for an efficient pursuit process.
• Collaborate effectively with pursuit teams by utilizing collaboration tools: Adobe Editor, MS Teams, MURAL.
• Manage process for collecting and entering accurate prospect & project data into databases such as MS Dynamics CRM, Deltek Vision, and OpenAsset.
• Maintain a robust library of narrative for proposals and update marketing workload and tracking tools.

Requirements

• 4-year degree in Marketing, Communications or other applicable discipline; a focus in English or journalism is a plus.
• Minimum of 4-6 years of industry/relevant experience.
• Intermediate/Expert understanding of the Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator).
• Understanding of basic layout and graphic design principles.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Exceptional time management, project management, and organizational skills.
• Experience in proposal development for professional services firms (examples or portfolio requested).
• Ability to work efficiently under multiple deadlines.
• Good interpersonal communication skills.
• Knowledge of Deltek Vision, OpenAsset, CRM, and other databases is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $72-$79K based on skills, qualifications, and experience.