Senior Marketing Manager - Lamar Johnson Collaborative

About Us

Lamar Johnson Collaborative (LJC) is a team of high-energy professionals. We share a passion for design, a collaborative approach, and a casual culture. We solve challenges by leveraging the collective expertise and ingenuity of the best and brightest minds across development, design, and construction. Lamar Johnson Collaborative attracts a dynamic and diverse group of people who work together to realize our clients’ vision. LJC is a growing firm and is recruiting top Marketing Talent to join our growing team.

The Role We Want You For

As a Senior Marketing Manager, you will lead, coordinate, and produce quality RFQ/P responses as well as presentations that meet the staff and pursuit needs. You will be vital to the office, collaborating directly with market leaders and office leadership to pursue new business. In this position, you will enhance and assist the market leadership team, helping to grow and expand LJC’s presence and portfolio through intentional project pursuits and client relationships. The Marketing team is collaborative with colleagues and will work across LJC disciplines and parent company Clayco’s construction and real estate arms to complete projects that are vertically integrated in the enterprise.

The Specifics of the Role

• Manages and produces high-quality, on-time and effective submittal of proposals, qualifications, and presentations.
• Provides input and collaboration with market leaders and the marketing team to establish priorities and protocols for responding to RFPs and other marketing related inquires.
• Partner with market leaders, design staff, and consultants across a variety of sectors to design, write and produce marketing content.
• Manage other local marketing efforts as they arise, including but not limited to award submissions, internal newsletters, and LJC’s design annual publication.
• Manage business development activities including the maintenance and accuracy of CRM, Knowledge Management Database, and Marketing Drive.
• Collaborate with designers, architects and other professionals on other projects as needed.
• Maintain LJC brand across all marketing channels.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in design, Marketing, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience working in marketing in a professional service field, preferably in the built environment (architecture, engineering, construction, development, and/or real estate)
• Ability to coach, lead, and mentor a team.
• Expert in leading and producing high-quality RFP responses.
• Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign.
• Ability to multi-task and work effectively in a creative environment with multiple deadlines.
• Strong Graphic design knowledge in layouts, typography and marketing language.
• Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills.

Some Things You Should Know

• Our clients and projects are nationwide – Travel will be required
• We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs across the United States.
• The pace is fast!

Why LJC and Clayco?

• 2024 Best Places to Work – Chicago Business Journal, St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, and Phoenix Business Journal.
• 2024 ENR Midwest – Midwest Contractor (#1).
• 2024 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms – Design-Build Contractor (Top 5).
• 2024 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors – Green Contractor (Top 5).

Benefits

• Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!

Compensation

• The salary range for this position considers a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for the role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The LJC Nationwide salary range for this position is approximately $90,000 - $110,000 +/- annually (not adjusted for location).