Growth Marketing & Partnerships Specialist

Emerald Design Works; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

Paid Sick Time

Company Holidays

Cell Phone Reimbursement

Professional Development

Collaborative Culture

Job summary

Emerald Design Works is seeking a Marketing & Business Development Specialist to plan and execute marketing efforts, manage HubSpot, and support partnerships for growth. The role involves coordinating campaigns, creating materials, and optimizing the sales pipeline across marketing and business development functions in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

The team values craftsmanship and client-focused delivery, offering comprehensive benefits and opportunities to contribute to a national

Qualifications

• 3+ years in sales enablement, business development support, sales or marketing operations, or B2B sales.
• Experience creating proposals, presentations, or sales content that helped win business.
• Strong writing and presentation skills; you can turn complex offerings into clear, persuasive material.
• CRM (HubSpot) administration experience, including workflows, pipelines, reporting, and data management.
• Experience coordinating marketing, including newsletters, social media, events, and website updates, and comfort managing outside agencies and partners.
• Exceptional attention to detail, especially with contracts such as MSAs and SOWs; organized and able to juggle several priorities at once.
• Experience in design, creative, or professional services, or supporting strategic partnerships or channel programs, is a plus.
• Basic design skills (Canva, PowerPoint, Figma) and familiarity with e-signature and contract tools such as DocuSign or PandaDoc are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all marketing activity through a shared marketing calendar, including the e-newsletter, social media, website updates, and conferences and events from registration and logistics to booth materials and follow-up
• Create marketing material using Canva, Photoshop or similar software
• Coordinate with third-party marketing partners on scope, timelines, deliverables, and budget
• Support the CEO and the Director of Strategic Partnerships with research, meeting prep, and follow-up on prospects and partners
• Prepare proposals, presentations, pitch decks, and tailored materials for client and partner pursuits
• Track pipeline and partnership activity, keep next steps moving, and flag opportunities that need attention
• Create and maintain collateral (case studies, proposals, one-pagers, and email templates) in an organized HubSpot content library, keeping messaging and positioning consistent across sales and marketing
• Document and refine the business development process, qualification criteria, and pipeline stages, and train new interior designers on how we win work and their role in it
• Serve as the HubSpot administrator: users, permissions, properties, pipelines, workflows, and integrations
• Keep CRM data clean and complete, set standards for how deals, contacts, and activities are logged, and train the team on HubSpot
• Build dashboards and reports on pipeline, win rates, and marketing results, and report findings to leadership
• Manage all Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work, and Procurement Proposals from draft to fully executed, checking every document for accuracy in scope, pricing, terms, dates, and client details
• Track signatures, follow up on outstanding agreements, and keep an organized contract record
• And because we’re an intentionally small team, you’ll step in where needed to keep the business development engine moving

Skills

Sales enablement

Business development

Sales operations

Marketing operations

CRM administration

HubSpot

Proposal writing

Presentations

Content creation

Project management

Tools

Canva

PowerPoint

Figma

Job description

Emerald Design Works is seeking a Marketing & Business Development Specialist to plan and execute marketing efforts, manage HubSpot, and support partnerships for growth. The role involves coordinating campaigns, creating materials, and optimizing the sales pipeline across marketing and business development functions in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

The team values craftsmanship and client-focused delivery, offering comprehensive benefits and opportunities to contribute to a national