Marketing Specialist (Central Texas; North Austin)

About the role

KBR is seeking a Marketing Specialist to support our SPARC Program for KBR’s Science and Space division. We provide solutions for NASA, federal-civilian agencies, the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial customers. Our services include astronaut training, health and human performance as well as a wide range of spacecraft and satellite development, operations and support services. In this role, you will be part of a groundbreaking opportunity to support research and treatment studies for brain health for our military and Veteran community.

Responsibilities

As the Marketing Specialist, your role will be to provide strategic and tactical guidance to create and implement a comprehensive marketing and outreach campaign within the overall program objectives and strategies. The Marketing Specialist will be responsible for implementing community outreach and collaborating with the project team to develop local approaches and strategies to achieve the program’s objectives related to brain donation and increasing awareness of this research study.

• Develop weekly, monthly and quarterly scheduling assignments and activities for your team as well as evaluating effectiveness and generating real-time insights into team performance.
• Expect to be in the field with direct partner engagement at least 75% of your time and field work daily.
• Track the team’s performance goals to achieve outcomes associated with our brain donation initiatives.
• Build community relationships, especially within the end-of-life partners within the geographic region and state.
• Research, assess, develop, design, assign, and coordinate and conduct outreach initiatives with other team members to achieve program objectives in the assigned region.
• Support all outreach initiatives by coordinating program scheduling, materials management, and event planning necessary to implement all outreach efforts.
• Coordinate across regions with peers to build a cohesive and standard approach.
• Plan and coordinate outreach events as well as participating in community events/conferences as requested.
• Implement promotional strategies with a strategic mindset.
• Support the marketing initiative’s administrative tasks.
• Support overall program objectives through directed activities to achieve its mission.

Requirements

Must have a bachelor’s degree in the field of Marketing, Communications, or a field related to our customer intimacy needs, and 3-5 years of engagement and outreach experience in a relevant field. An additional 4 years of directly related Field Marketing experience will be accepted in lieu of degree.

• Prior experience implementing and coordinating outreach initiatives in medical sales, end-of-life sales/marketing, law enforcement, civic leaders, military/veteran partners or similar roles.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing and managing complex Customer Relationship Management systems, tools and processes.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing marketing and outreach tools, i.e. print, presentation, audio, video.
• Reliable transportation and current driver’s license due to daily use of personal vehicle.

Qualifications

Preferred experience includes prior experience working in end-of-life and/or military environments, ability to speak, read, and write in Spanish, and thorough knowledge of relevant regional partners.

Benefits

KBR offers a wide range of benefits for their employees, including medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability benefits, retirement 401k, travel benefits, PTO, holidays, flexible work schedules, parental leave, military leave, education assistance, and more. We also support career advancement through professional training and development.