About You
You are a high achiever looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You take pride in your own work but are comfortable collaborating with a team of highly motivated individuals. You can communicate clearly and concisely with teammates and clients, and you enjoy strong company culture and camaraderie. You can navigate multiple corporate functions, including global lines of service and corporate centers of excellence. You possess strong interpersonal skills and are willing to take on diverse tasks to achieve the team’s common goal. You value personal and professional growth and are ready to take the next step in advancing your career.
If this sounds like you, well, then you will love the culture at Avison Young!
About Us
Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.
Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives - and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people. Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.
We care about each other and we have each other’s backs. This makes Avison Young a great place to be a client, and a great place to work. We support the whole person and their complete wellness - economic, mental and physical - because what’s best for our business comes from our people bringing their whole selves to work.
Of course we love it here, but outsiders think we’re pretty great too! Avison Young has been recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the 13th year in a row, with a Platinum Club designation!
As a Senior Marketing Associate, you are a highly motivated and strategic individual with strong interpersonal skills, who supports Avison Young’s marketing and business development efforts in Ontario. You can manage a high-volume of projects in a fast-paced environment, have solid design skills and enjoy an entrepreneurial environment where strategic and proactive solutions are celebrated and rewarded.
This specific role supports the brokerage and service line operations from the Toronto office with marketing, graphics, research, and communications. You will support the strategy and production of campaigns that drive our marketing and communications goals. You’ll also build and sustain a strong relationship with our Market Intelligence team, sales teams, and business leaders while you focus on quality control and process improvements. Integrity and resourcefulness are essential for this position.
- Edit and create a high volume of marketing materials including but not limited to brochures, flyers, newsletters, invitations, banners, proposals and presentations
- Develop compelling, high impact content (written, video and graphics) across multiple channels ensuring it is purposeful and tailored for target audiences
- Act as ambassador of the firm’s brand voice and visual brand standards
- In partnership with brokers and graphic designers, create and manage property marketing programs, custom deliverables and campaigns
- Collaborate with graphic designers in the development of custom design work, maintain vendor relations, video content creation and distribution, as needed
- Manage and maintain the market/region’s graphic files, including the firms’ stock and custom created photos and illustrations
- Collaborate with the Market Intelligence team on market reports and newsletters; statistical graphs, charts and tables; white papers and presentations
- Collaborate with the PR/communications team on developing media-worthy content, eg. new hires, closed deals, research reports, market specific and regional news, trends and stories
- Champion the use of Avison Young’s new technology and innovation initiatives within the marketing organization and ensure adoption in the local market; commitment to evolve skills with changing needs
- Participate in the firm’s strategic marketing and communications best practices meetings, conference calls and strategy sessions
- You have at least 4-7 years of experience working in a corporate environment, real estate experience is considered an asset
- You are skilled with Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator); and expertise with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- As a creative thinker, you understand graphic design, print and web applications
- You thrive under pressure and are comfortable with tight deadlines
- You are self-motivated and can prioritize and manage multiple projects with little guidance; you work effectively both independently and in teams
- You have excellent organizational skills, with attention to detail
- You are a proficient writer with the ability to adapt tone, voice and style to meet established needs, and strong verbal communications skills
- You understand business objectives and can translate them to effective marketing messages
- You have a college degree in marketing, communications, graphic design, or other related field, or five years of relevant marketing experience in a corporate environment
On-Site
Avison Young practices as an equal opportunity employer in all services locations around the world. We are committed to building and maintaining a workforce diverse in experience, skills and knowledge with uniformity in service excellence, commitment and integrity.
The firm maintains a strict policy to ensure employment opportunities are equal and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, protected veteran or military service status, or any other elements protected by law.
Avison Young welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates during the recruitment process. For those requiring assistance, information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.
Avison Young is committed to employing the best talent with the most fair and equitable recruitment practices. Apply with us TODAY!