Senior Marketing and Communications Manager

M. A. Mortenson Company - Milwaukee, WI

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Milwaukee, WI

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

About the position

The Senior Marketing and Communications Manager will play a crucial role in driving the growth of the Milwaukee office by leading marketing initiatives, managing a team, and collaborating with various stakeholders to create impactful marketing content. This position requires strong executive communication skills, a passion for storytelling, and the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with work acquisition leaders to establish content calendars, set goals, and deadlines.
• Produce a variety of marketing content including stories, posts, emails, and presentations.
• Create and develop differentiated communication tools such as infographics and customer presentations.
• Oversee the proposal and content creation processes, ensuring high-quality deliverables are produced on time.
• Facilitate meetings with various teams to develop proposals that meet target audience requirements.
• Act as the principal editor on all proposals and implement a structured review process.
• Guide the team in refining strategies for the proposal process and content best practices.
• Develop and implement the marketing strategy and plan, measuring results and making adjustments as needed.
• Manage the career development of two team members and ensure balanced workloads.
• Optimize the marketing budget and leverage resources to achieve business development objectives.
• Generate insights for thought leadership and brand building strategies.
• Deliver content across various mediums and formats to drive action.
• Collaborate with customer marketing teams on project-level marketing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications Studies, Technical & Scientific Communications, Journalism, Marketing or a related field.
• Minimum of seven years of experience in business development, marketing, B2B writing, content marketing or sales enablement.
• Demonstrated proficiency in writing content for business-to-business audiences.
• Experience managing team performance and career progression.
• Strong ability to create PowerPoint messages and visuals.
• Agility to lead a fast-paced team and manage multiple assignments.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a professional services industry (versus product companies).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite with a good understanding of graphic layout and visual hierarchy.
• Experience in Salesforce.com, OneNote.
• Experience with best practices in writing for digital mediums.

Benefits

• Affordable, premium medical and dental insurance.
• Paid sabbaticals.
• 401k match.
• Industry-leading parental leave policies and family planning/fertility benefits.
• Employee giving match.
• Modern office with a fully-stocked kitchen and snacks.
• Team outings to sports games, happy hours, and more!