Senior Marketing Associate

About the role

Avison Young is seeking an experienced Senior Marketing Associate to support the firm’s real estate business development efforts with marketing, graphics, research, and communications skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Capital Markets team developing presentations, collateral, and sales tools
• Coverage of client engagement activities, events, PR/media
• Support as-needed regional and departmental marketing initiatives
• Create marketing materials including but not limited to BOVs, OMs, brochures, flyers, direct mail, client updates, proposals, and presentations
• Create web-based marketing tools and communications, manage and update contact lists for multiple eblasts per week
• Act as a steward of the firm’s brand and visual brand standards
• Create signage for properties and oversee their installation to maximize visibility to passing viewers
• Create, modify, and format PowerPoint presentations, word documents, and excel charts by incorporating graphic elements such as pictures, logos, infographics, excel charts, floor plans, etc.
• Create or coordinate the creation of custom maps, site plans and building stacking plans for use in proposals and presentations
• Mark up sites with local roads and highways, points of interest, retailer logos etc.
• Create and update market surveys using CoStar, LoopNet, and other listing services
• Direct drone operators to shoot still photographs and video and oversee video creation
• Basic color and contrast editing in Photoshop
• Social media presence with regular updates on LinkedIn
• Manage and maintain the market/region’s graphic files, including the firms’ stock and custom created photos and illustrations
• Collaborate with research on market reports and newsletters; statistical graphs, charts, and tables; white papers and PowerPoint presentations
• Collaborate with the PR/communications team on developing media-worthy content, e.g., new hires, closed deals, research reports, market-specific and regional news, trends, and stories
• Remain abreast of Avison Young’s new technology and innovation initiatives within the marketing organization and identify areas of use 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
• Expertise with Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Working experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (editing in Photoshop, charts, and logos in Illustrator)
• Experience in Adobe Spark is a plus
• Experience with email marketing and CRMs (HubSpot experience preferred)
• Strong knowledge of print and web design and production
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Excellent organizational skills, with attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to proofread for spelling and grammar
• Ability to work effectively both independently and in teams
• Understanding of and commitment to client service
• Able to prioritize tasks to meet established and arising deadlines

Requirements

• College degree in Arts, Graphic Design, Marketing/Communications or other related fields, or 5 years of relevant marketing experience in a corporate environment

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented, direct, enjoys being collaborative and working on a team
• Curious about the industry, likes the challenge of working on multiple properties concurrently, sometimes under time constraints, and doesn’t need someone standing over your shoulder to direct you
• Knows how to schedule your time, when to ask questions, how to prioritize, and understands deadlines

Skills

• Adobe InDesign
• Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Adobe Creative Cloud (editing in Photoshop, charts, and logos in Illustrator)
• Adobe Spark
• Email marketing and CRMs (HubSpot experience preferred)

Benefits

• Traditional and Roth 401k with generous employer match and immediate vesting
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave after one year of tenure
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Company paid Short & Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Critical Illness and Accident Coverage
• Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter & Transit Pre-Tax Benefits
• Wellness program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Competitive paid vacation days
• 2 personal/wellness days
• Paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays
• Annual volunteer day for Day of Giving