Marketing Assistant

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is seeking a Marketing Assistant to support pursuit teams from strategy to proposal delivery. You will collaborate with operations and project managers, develop materials, edit content, and convert narratives into visual responses for client presentations.

Required: a Bachelor's degree in Marketing or Communications and proficiency in InDesign, Photoshop, and MS Office; occasional travel (1–3 days).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing or Communications.
• Proficient with Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and MS Office.
• Willingness to travel occasionally (1–3 days).

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with operations to determine best strategy in responding to RFQ / RFP.
• Developing relevant proposal materials (firm profile, resumes, project sheets, etc.).
• Editing content to ensure quality, accuracy, readability, etc.
• Transforming text-heavy narratives into visual/graphical responses.
• Preparing teams for client presentations.
• Performing market research.

Skills

Editing

Proposal development

Market research

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or Communications

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Office 365

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

Please note: Applying for positions in multiple locations will result in a longer vetting process. The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including the disabled and veterans.

The marketing assistant is responsible for working with the operations groups, project managers through senior vice presidents, in their pursuits to get work. The marketing assistant participates in all stages of the pursuit, from strategy to proposal preparation to presentations, in a deadline-driven environment.

Some of the marketing assistant's duties for project pursuits include:

• Collaborating with operations to determine best strategy in responding to an RFQ / RFP.
• Developing relevant proposal materials (firm profile, resumes, project sheets, etc.).
• Editing content to ensure quality, accuracy, readability, etc.
• Transforming text-heavy narratives into visual/graphical responses.
• Preparing teams for client presentations.
• Performing market research.

The majority of the position is working with:

• Adobe InDesign.
• Microsoft Office 365 including PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Adobe Photoshop (an extensive knowledge of the program is a plus, but not a requirement).
• Company opportunity management software.

The successful candidate must have a bachelor's degree in Marketing or Communications and should be proficient in the software mentioned above. Sporadic travel is required, generally occurring 1-3 days at a time.