Marketing Manager

Dewberry is currently seeking a Marketing Manager based in our Richmond, Virginia office to support our MidAtlantic Marketing Team. Our Marketing Team supports local offices, strategic pursuits, and collaborates with other marketers to develop strategy and submit winning proposals to our targeted clients. Our team’s mission is to build office collaboration, leverage team members’ key skillsets, and drive strategy for our regions. This position would be backed by a team of experienced marketers who successfully collaborate, promote individual strengths, and support each other's professional growth. The ideal candidate is a dedicated, market-focused professional who understands deadline-driven work and is a self-starter who can work both independently and within a team environment.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• The Marketing Manager will work in tandem with client managers and technical leads to determine go/no-go decisions, pursuit win strategies, craft sales messages, assemble pursuit teams, manage the proposal process, and develop proposal responses.
• Responsible for full life cycle of the proposal preparation process, including state and local proposals, design-build proposals, technical proposals, qualification packages, and oral presentations.
• Manage and develop strategic marketing plans to grow in market areas.
• Manage, develop, and maintain capture plans for critical pursuits.
• Manage, develop, and maintain client action plans for high priority clients
• Comply with our corporate standards to present a consistent appearance/style for all presentation graphics, proposals, resumes, and collateral materials.
• Support Client Managers in market research, competitor analysis, and client intelligence.
• Manage a team of marketing coordinators and assistants to complete proposal demands.
• Manage multiple proposal efforts and teams simultaneously within diverse markets and service offerings.

• A.S. or B.S. in Liberal Arts or equivalent experience required.
• 10+ years’ experience personally producing proposals and managing proposal efforts.
• Extensive experience with state/local proposal formats.
• Must have extensive MS Word, PowerPoint and Adobe InDesign experience. Other graphics software and CRM database experience is also desired.
• Exceptional time management and written and oral communications skills.
• Effective proposal management skills, including planning, organization, problem identification and resolution, and resource management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and prior experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and working in a collaborative environment.
• Prior web research experience.
• Must be available to work overtime as necessary in order to meet business requirements.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*All recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.