Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunities? Gilbane is seeking a Marketing and Proposal Specialist in Philadelphia, PA to lead production and development of sales and marketing deliverables companywide including qualifications, proposals, presentations, and marketing campaigns that align with our business and organizational objectives and support the continued growth of Gilbane. Our flexible work arrangements will allow for various hybrid work opportunities in this role.

What’s in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through many resources. While managing your responsibilities to deliverables, you can enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership, construction-related, and marketing-focused technical skills. In addition, you will work with a team of highly skilled marketers that allow you to learn new skills every day.

• Lead production and coordination of multiple sales and marketing deliverables simultaneously, while ensuring deadlines are met
• Plan and execute action plans identified in presell, capture plan and proposal strategy meetings
• Create proposals and presentations to ensure they address the unique issues of each client/project
• Interview operations project team members to identify solutions and value adds to include in sales and marketing materials
• Manage and develop content as well as layout for articles, proposals, publications, awards, etc.
• Lead strategic revisions on proposals to meet sales and marketing criteria
• Use independent judgment and professional writing skills to enhance the features, advantages and benefits of Gilbane’s capabilities across each sector - locally and nationally
• Partner with business development and lead presentation production, as appropriate
• Develop and implement strategic local/divisional events
• Assist planning and implementation of local business unit events such as trade shows, dinners, golf or other charitable activities, open houses, groundbreakings
• Oversee mitigation planning to account for unforeseen time constraints in deliverables
• Balance short-term proposal priorities with long-term divisional/national marketing initiatives
• Support training and mentoring of junior staff where applicable
• Lead maintenance of critical data for projects, team members, and market sectors utilizing our data management systems
• Represent Gilbane at tradeshows or industry events
• Bring “best-in-class” knowledge to markets or a focus area (design-build, VDC, P3, etc.)

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices, including a brand-new office in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the country's most reputable construction management firms, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on time. At Gilbane, you’ll work with clients like the University of Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Drexel University, Reebok, AstraZeneca, CBRE, and U.S. Squash.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who are you?

You are someone who acts inclusively, showing empathy and treating others with respect and dignity to uphold Gilbane’s core value of Caring and a “People First” workplace culture. You listen to understand and can convey information clearly. You’re a strong problem solver who can identify, prioritize, and implement alternatives for solutions, and you demonstrate adaptability by collaborating with others and supporting team members to achieve excellence. A self-starter who shows passion, commitment, and ownership, all while delivering on business outcomes and driving results. You’re someone who identifies opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value-add solutions.

Your core values match Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications or related field
• Minimum of 2-4 years of relevant experience in the marketing and/or AEC industry
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• You are accountable and comfortable rolling up your sleeves. You are highly organized, work smart, possess strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines, and thrive on getting things done.
• You communicate and work effectively in a virtual team environment. You will be leading pursuits from a variety of markets across the country requiring flexible work styles - supporting others, coordinating and working independently.
• You bring an appreciation for, and familiarity with, data management systems and bring a drive to support, maintain and interpret data as needed.
• You prioritize and manage time effectively to lead multiple ongoing responsibilities.
• You are proficient in MS Office and Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign.
• You are creative and a visual thinker that will look for ways to create graphics from words; helping our proposal messaging stand out.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.

Gilbane is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.