Marketing Associate Jobs

WithersRavenel is looking for people who are passionate about collaboration, community, and client success. Your reward for sharing your talent with us? OWNERSHIP. As a 100% employee-owned company, every employee is an owner—which adds a powerful and unique dimension to our vibrant company culture and purposeful work.

We know that great talent can live anywhere. While we consider North Carolina home, we have team members spread across the U.S. supporting, improving, and growing our WRLife culture. Whether you choose to work from one of our nine office locations, your home office, or a bit of both, we know you’ll fit right in with our hybrid work environment.

Simply put, we're all-in for the success of employees, because when they succeed, we all thrive.

This is a hybrid position working with our NC team. Candidates must be within a commutable distance to one of our offices.

As a Marketing Associate/Proposal Specialist, your role on the team will be to support the pursuit process through the production of on-time, brand-compliant deliverables (statement of qualifications, request for proposals, and interviews) from RFQ intake through interview completion, debriefing, and closeout. In a deadline-driven environment, you will coordinate materials with multidisciplinary teams, maintaining professionalism and attention to detail. The Proposal Specialist will report to a Pursuits Manager.

Specific responsibilities will include the following:

• Marketing administrative duties such as data entry, file formatting, general correspondence using email, etc.
• Manage multiple submittals simultaneously, ensuring that all responses are completed on time and to the highest quality standards
• Other duties as assigned or required in connection with proposals/statements of qualifications and business development
• Work with WithersRavenel’s Business Development, Marketing, and Technical teams to write and edit text, develop layouts, and coordinate graphics and text for proposals/statements of qualifications, presentations, and other marketing materials from assignment through closeout, with an emphasis on quality control
• Maintain and coordinate updated data in company systems, including images, personnel resumes, project descriptions, client contacts, and skill sets inventory
• Write non-technical text and proofread the writing of others
• Conduct research on potential clients and their needs to navigate the competitive landscape

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the position. All employees may have other duties assigned at any time.

Requirements

Required qualifications include the following:

• Thrives in a collaborative environment and comfortable interacting with staff at all levels of the organization
• Minimum of 3 years of marketing experience in the A/E/C or similar services industry
• Experience in proposal coordination, development, and delivery
• Intermediate document layout skills in Adobe InDesign
• Committed to producing deliverables following documented quality control procedures
• Detail-oriented, action-oriented, and deadline-oriented
• Excellent writing and grammatical skills
• Ability to prioritize and execute concurrent tasks with competing deadlines
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field of study
• General knowledge of printing (small and large format), binding, shipping, etc. of multiple page documents

Desirable (but not required) qualifications include the following:

• Data management/data entry using a CRM program like Deltek Vision or Unanet/Cosential
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Process management using Smartsheet or comparable project management tools
• Graphic design and/or illustration using Adobe Creative Suite
• Basic understanding of engineering projects and services

Who You Are

Because of your organizational skills and attention to detail, our technical staff can be confident that they are putting their best foot forward at every opportunity, whether it's through the digital pages of a proposal, a physical handout at a conference, or completion of an interview.

You are excited about a fast-paced work environment and possess excellent writing and research skills and a basic understanding of design principles.

You understand that priorities can shift quickly and unexpectedly. You're ready to take these changes in stride and make sure that whatever rises to the top of the list is completed with care as well as speed. Following and documenting processes is the backbone of the job, but flexibility will also be needed to handle urgent assignments.

With your help, we will be able to deliver winning proposals, connect with existing and potential clients at industry events, and track and celebrate our departmental successes.

What It's Like To Work With Us

As a 100% employee-owned company, we value active participation in our company culture. The core values of integrity, respect, collaboration, community, sustainability, and quality guide our interactions with each other, our clients, and our communities. We strive to cultivate an ownership mindset in all employees through financial literacy training, mentorship, and professional development opportunities.

Working Conditions

The assignment will require occasional evening and weekend work, infrequent job site visits outdoors, and working in collaborative, fast-paced, and client-driven environment.

Physical Requirements

The assignment may occasionally require repetitive physical tasks (such as operating a computer), standing and/or sitting for extended periods of time, extended time travelling in a vehicle, and carrying equipment and materials up to 25 pounds.