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Marketing Manager (Fixed Term), Marketing & Communications
Ankura is a global expert services and advisory firm seeking a Marketing Manager to join our global Marketing & Communications team. You’ll work with key stakeholders across the Firm, serving as a trusted strategic advisor to develop and execute a marketing and communications strategy designed to elevate our brand, drive awareness, fuel new business opportunities and support strategic goals to deliver measurable results.
We are looking for an experienced MarCom professional who can provide immediate value and strategic insight to the Firm, with the ability to quickly understand business goals, set a strategy and plan that aligns with them, and manage the day-to-day tactical execution to achieve them. You will be responsible for strategy, planning, execution, and measurement of integrated campaigns, which could include events, webinars, content, ABM, PR, email campaigns and social and digital marketing programs designed to help position Ankura as a leading advisory and expert services firm. To be successful in this role, you need to manage multiple complex priorities within demanding time frames, collaborate with multiple business partners and provide leadership, strategic insight, vision, direction, and execution for the Marketing team.
Role Overview
This position is part of the Global Marketing & Communications team within Ankura Business Services, our internal firm services function, and reports to the Executive Director of Marketing & Communications. A growth mindset is required for success in this role to find innovative ways to drive awareness and build on the Ankura brand. Our highly collaborative consulting Firm supports high profile global clients. A strategic thinker, communicator, writer, and storyteller with an eye for creative marketing and communications is required
This role will be based in Chicago, Washington DC, or New York City. Other locations may be considered on a case by case basis. The position will be a hybrid schedule with approximately 1-2 days in the local office.
This is a 6-month fixed-term position with the potential to transition into a permanent role.
Planning & Development
The Marketing & Communications team priorities include, among others:
- Work with fellow Global Marketing & Communications team members and Firm leadership to set the go-to-market strategy and plans for specific business groups and practice areas within the Firm. Develop and own campaign management from end-to-end, working with fellow team members and business partners to ensure timely and high-quality content for brand and targeted marketing and communications programs.
Collaborating
- Work closely with key stakeholders and manage relationships across the Firm to ensure objectives are met. Partner with Global Marketing & Communications team members to successfully deliver comprehensive campaigns and maximize ROI.
Co-creating
- Work with executive-level subject matter experts to drive strategy and develop marketing materials for both internal and external audiences.
Implementing
- Work with integrated team to develop and drive impactful content, messaging, and collateral to targeted audiences.
- Create and develop new opportunities, including events, campaigns, webinars, and technical seminars.
- Manage and execute digital, email, social and traditional media and ABM campaigns.
- Review and ensure quality deliverables for all marketing and communication activities.
Measuring
- Use Google Analytics, Salesforce, Hubspot, and other data metrics to define and measure campaign and overall program success.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent, preferably in marketing, public relations, communications, journalism or business studies combined with 7+ years of professional experience.
- Experience in marketing for professional services/consulting firm or agency experience in an account service/account management role strongly preferred
- Demonstrated track record of enabling growth through innovative and strategic marketing solutions.
- Excellent communication skills – both written and oral for both internal and external audiences
- Demonstrated track record of enabling growth through innovative and strategic marketing solutions
- Experienced in campaign planning, creation, execution and reporting
- Proven ability to manage expectations and feedback from multiple stakeholders on multiple concurrent projects
- Excellent critical thinking, interpersonal, and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven mindset
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines
- Experienced in reporting, analyses, and KPI measurement
- Public relations and communications experience (agency or client side) a plus
- Able to make quantitatively oriented recommendations to solve business problems, based on real customer information and trends
- Digital marketing expertise, including social media strategy and measurement
- Brand guardian who is experienced in and understands the importance of consistency across all brand touch points
- MS Office Suite, Adobe Suite, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Hubspot, SmartSheet, SharePoint
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