BKF Engineers
BKF Engineers is seeking an enthusiastic and organized Marketing Manager to join our growing team. We are looking for a candidate who is organized, is self-driven, efficient with deadlines, and is able to work effectively with diverse teams of engineers, marketers, and design staff to lead the development of persuasive and standout deliverables. In this role you will be a marketing leader collaborating with peers within the marketing and business development team. The Marketing Manager will be responsible for developing, updating, and up-leveling the platform and resources our marketers use to develop winning proposals and interviews. Additionally, you will be collaborating with the team to develop and execute compelling written and visual content that promotes BKF’s services.
Join a team that is regularly recognized for its leadership and creativity in our industry; for example, BKF’s marketing team is a recipient of the 2023 Marketing Excellence Award. As marketers, we focus on procuring civil engineering, surveying, and grants and funding contracts by way of leveraging the largest portfolio of projects along the West Coast. BKF Engineers is known for our ~110 years of experience designing the most iconic projects across the West Coast. With multiple offices and over 450 staff, BKF has a unique team environment that fosters collaboration and innovation for marketing professionals.
Responsibilities may include:
- Manages and trains BKF’s exceptional, dynamic, and award-winning marketing team
- Conducts regular updates for training materials
- Identifies and manages ongoing subject matter training
- Manages Firm-Wide Proposal and Interviews
- Prioritizes multiple concurrent high-quality pursuits, proposals, and presentations by assigning workload for and including:
- prime and sub-consultant proposals and interviews,
- layout, formatting, proofreading, coordinating graphics, and editing/reviewing
- Ensures RFP compliance/requirements and that QA/QC is completed on all marketing-generated materials before submission
- Serve as the primary point of contact for proposal coordinators and teams
- Ensures timely proposal production and delivery for all marketing proposals and qualifications packages
- Identifies and leads the develops creative assets to uplevel pursuits
- Reinforces best practices to marketing, BD, and technical team members
- Maintains and improves marketing team efficiencies and increases competitiveness in Market Sectors
- Manages, identifies needs, develops, and maintains marketing assets, including project descriptions, photos, references, graphics, and other data
- Regularly trains team members on the use of materials.
- Manage and maintain BKF’s organized filing system for proposals, including databases
- Gather, format, and maintain accurate, up-to-date firm marketing information
- Manages and leverages marketing to maintain record integrity in Deltek, Open Asset, and Hubspot
- Plan and execute various marketing campaigns in support of the firm’s strategic plans
- Coordinate and produce award and recognition submittal packages in collaboration with Communications Team member
- Collaborate on marketing and communications campaigns as needed
- Assist with special projects as needed
- On occasion, may require flexible hours
- Travel between BKF offices and other off-site locations may be required
Knowledge and experience required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or English Degree or equivalent demonstrated experience.
- 7 years of experience with the proposal process and proposal production, preferably with an A/E/C firm
- Compensation and title commensurate with experience
- Exceptional interpersonal, organizational, written and verbal communication skills
- Must have the ability to work well with others especially department managers, project managers and anyone involved in business development efforts
- Prefer strong Graphic Design eye, but not required
- Experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
- Deltek Vision experience a plus
Location & Salary
BKF supports a healthy work-life balance and utilizes a hybrid model of home and office work. This position will be based out of any of the following offices: Newport Beach, Walnut Creek , or Santa Rosa.
The salary range for this position is anticipated to be $100,000 – 142,000 and may vary based on education, experience, qualifications, skills, geographic location, and performance.