Marketing Associate

About VVA – Part of Drees & Sommer:

VVA – Part of Drees & Sommer - Project & Cost Management is a consultative, service‐driven management firm focused on representing ownership, across many development sectors, through the design and construction process. Founded in 1994 with offices around the country, VVA manages over $5B annually in construction volume across the US. VVA’s business, relationship-base and team has grown exponentially, offering us the opportunity to extend our services and regional relevance across the United States. We support and collaborate with experienced CRE’s, owners and leadership teams in delivering environments that best represent their long-term vision and business goals.

For more information, please see https://www.vvallc.com/

Overview
VVA - Drees & Sommer is looking for an individual that is passionate about business-to-business marketing and ready to join our dynamic team as a Marketing Associate! In this role, you will be at the forefront of developing and executing innovative marketing strategies that drive brand awareness, engagement, and growth. You’ll collaborate across departments to craft compelling content, optimize digital campaigns, and analyze performance metrics—all while honing your skills in a fast-paced, creative environment. This position offers an exciting opportunity to grow your expertise in multichannel marketing and make a tangible impact on our success.

Role Responsibilities:

• Works directly with marketing manager and management to help support our marketing efforts to write/develop statements of interest, qualification packages, proposals, presentations, other business development materials and responses through original writing and the adaptation of pre-formulated content.
• Work closely with managers and subject matter experts to identify and execute proposal strategies.
• Collaborate with teams and take direction to curate and incorporate information into materials.
• Build and maintain a working knowledge of service offerings.
• Write resumes for new employees and make updates as needed.
• Create and customize templates to improve the efficiency and look of our marketing materials.
• Assist with creating social media posts, including creating graphics in Canva and Adobe Creative Cloud and writing the post.
• Assist with creating Ads with Adobe Creative Cloud for event sponsorships.
• Assist with developing company email blasts using Adobe Creative Cloud and Hubspot
• Assist with scheduling social media posts and email blasts.
• Contribute to team efficiency by organizing and filing updated marketing materials and useful information.
• Work on creation/cataloguing of Project Experience Examples (Photos, Descriptions, Updating Project Lists)
• Assist in the planning and coordination of office and business development events.

Required Qualifications:

• 1–5 years of experience in proposal creation, marketing, communications, sales support, or a related role
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to communicate clearly and work collaboratively across teams
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• High proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop and Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Strong writing, editing and proofreading skills, able to take a brief and expand it based on information provided by project managers.
• Strong document formatting, page design and layout skills
• Education: Bachelor’s degree; Journalism, Graphic Design, Communications, or Marketing experience a plus
• Strong self-management and organization skills to balance workload, and conflicting priorities
• Ability to convey thoughts, ideas, recommendations, and technical information in a clearly understood and concise manner.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with collaboration tools (e.g., Teams, SharePoint, Asana, Hubspot)
• Familiarity with Canva
• Experience with Real Estate/Construction Management proposal writing.
• Strong desire to learn and take on new challenges.
• Strong PPT, Word, and Excel formatting skills.
• Experience with social media content creation, managing company social media accounts, and social media scheduling.
• Familiarity/Interest in creating video content a plus.

Programs/Applications:

• Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator) required
• Microsoft Word, PPT, & Excel required
• Asana (or other similar software)
• Canva
• HubSpot (or similar email marketing software)

Salary commensurate with experience.

Please note this description is not designed to include a comprehensive listing of actual activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

VVA/Drees & Sommer LLC is diverse company, and an equal opportunity employer and affords equal opportunity to all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws. Successful candidates must be able to work in the U.S. for other than practical training. Nothing in this job posting should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.

Pay: $60,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person