Overview:

We are looking for an experienced marketing manager who has client side experience.  This person will work with our team to provide marketing management services for our clients. You can expect to be part of an engaging intellectual challenge, work alongside smart, capable and fun team members, while assisting our clients in creating positive and actionable organizational change.  Your role will be to step into the client organization as a temporary member of their marketing team, a mix of onsite and remote presence.

EMM Group (http://www.emmgroup.net/) is team of experts helping companies grow by harnessing the power of marketing.  We are a marketing and strategy consulting firm who serves a variety of clients spanning global Fortune 50 clients to smaller, start-up companies.  We help drive real client growth using strategic marketing expertise through Go To Market Strategy, Customer Insights, Customer Experience Assessment and Design, and Marketing Leadership Services. We employ a fact-based approach using primary and secondary research; we focus on helping our clients understand their customer's real needs and pain points; we utilize a unique participatory process which involves engaging our clients to drive clarity and consensus and generate actionable opportunities. 

Persona Qualities for a Marketing Manager: 

  • Confident and able to work independently
  • Compelling and persuasive when communicating complex material
  • Thrives on problem solving
  • Excudes a contagious positive attitude
  • Can manage ambiguity, complexitity, and unknowns
  • Operates with unquestioned integrity; does what he/she says, is honest, doesn't cut corners

Skills and Experience for a Marketing Manager:

 
Must have strategic marketing experience:
  • Minimum 5 years in a strategic marketing role, e.g. brand manager, product manager, marketing manager (not marketing communications)
  • Real world experience with VOC, Segmentation, Value Propositions, Go-to-market strategy
  • Understands strategic marketing organizations and roles
  • Has worked in mid-market and/or Global 100 environment
  • Category expertise in healthcare, IT, B2B industrial, is beneficial

Able to create analytical solutions based on facts and findings

Expert at communicating complex material verbally, in writing, and PPT design

Beneficial to also have consulting experience in marketing:

  • 2 to 5 years with a global firm
  • Interfaces effectively with clients, internal teams, and SMEs
  • Understands the consulting process

Additional Information:

This will be a project based opportunity.   In this role you can expect to spend time on site with the client. We operate in a distributed model, with our teams working from home offices when not with the client.  Compensation is competitive commensurate with experience.

Posted February 2017; looking to fill position immediately upon meeting the ideal candidate.

Please email your resume and a short cover letter describing why you are this Persona to: Betsy Farner (BetsyFarner@emmgroup.net)