Senior Marketing Associate

Title: Marketing Associate

Department: CRC Creative

Start Date: January 2026

Location: Arlington, VA (Hybrid)

Are you looking to further your career while applying strategic and creative thinking to business? Do you want to grow in a fast-paced environment among an innovative, entrepreneurial, and forward-thinking family of firms? If so, the Marketing Associate position with the Creative team at CRC might be a great fit.

We’re seeking a full-time Marketing Associate with 1-3 years of full-time experience in marketing and communications—including digital analytics and/or business development—to join our never-boring, team-oriented work environment. You’ll lend your background and insights to day-to-day projects involving marketing strategy, online/print/social media, internal and external communications, awards/rankings, media relations, events, proposals, presentations, and other property and company promotions. This is an exciting opportunity to expand your skills across a broad set of marketing functions and multiple industries.

Essential Duties

Wondering what the day-to-day looks like? As a Marketing Associate, you could be:

• Conceptualizing, drafting, implementing, and optimizing online advertising campaigns to support leasing efforts across search engine, ILS, social media, and AI platforms;
• Performing digital data analysis and extrapolating actionable marketing insights by collecting and interpreting information, analyzing and reporting on results, identifying patterns and trends, and defining new data collection and analysis processes to maximize SEO and GEO;
• Managing proposals and presentations for business development efforts, including strategizing positioning and win themes, compiling and refining materials, managing schedules and stakeholders, and assembling high-quality, polished, and visually appealing submissions;
• Developing and implementing creative outreach and leasing campaigns for apartment properties, including guerrilla and experiential marketing tactics, influencer partnerships, referral programs, renewal strategies, and resident retention events;
• Designing, coding, maintaining, and updating corporate and property websites, as well as landing pages, community engagement sites, and other online content;
• Writing, designing, producing, and disseminating a range of print and digital communications, including award submissions, presentations, press releases, media kits, advertisements, and other brand and marketing collateral;
• Planning and managing groundbreakings, ribbon-cuttings, charity events, community festivals, recruiting presentations, and company-wide meetings;
• Soliciting, art directing, and managing project photography and associated photo/video shoots; and more.

So, Are We a Match?

We are if you’re a proud recipient of a Bachelor’s Degree or higher with 1-3 years of experience in marketing and communications, a positive attitude, a demonstrated work ethic, and a passion for learning. We are if you’re open to handling a wide range of marketing and communications responsibilities; are highly organized, detail-oriented, comfortable handling multiple high-priority tasks, and capable of interacting effectively with high-level/senior leadership; and can write well and present ideas and opinions with clarity and poise.

Though all applicants are welcome to apply, we give special consideration to candidates who have a demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit, are digital marketing or graphic/web design majors, have experience designing in Adobe Creative Suite, and have experience with platforms such as Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Looker Studio, Google Search Console, Semrush, Meta Ads, Reddit Ads, or other digital services. Familiarity with AI-powered tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and CoPilot, along with an understanding of how to use them responsibly, is valuable. Property management, real estate, construction, architecture, and/or engineering interest is also a plus.

About Us

Grounded in a 100-year heritage of assured performance, we are operations experts with deep experience in originating, running, and sustaining large assets for the long-term. Our people see purpose beyond the built environment, creating value—and improving lives—through superior execution, innovative operations, and a passion for creating positive change in communities. Our family of national, award-winning real estate, construction, and asset management firms includes CRC Property & Asset Management and CBG Building Company. Together, our teams solve complicated operational challenges and make big ideas happen across a full spectrum of services. To learn more, visit crccompanies.com, crcpropertymanagement.com, and cbgbuildingcompany.com.