Sr Associate, Marketing/Business Development

Job description

Position Summary

JLL seeks a business development associate in our Portland, OR office to partner with internal stakeholders to create sales materials (e.g., pitches, proposals, presentations and RFP responses) to position JLL competitively when pursuing new opportunities in commercial real estate. This role will work across service lines to identify potential cross selling opportunities and become an expert in the positioning and use of JLL technology tools. Qualified candidates should possess demonstrated expertise in balancing sales messaging, technical writing, and production graphic design. This individual must have a strong project management background to ensure the delivery of quality materials in a timely manner and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

·  Innovate and drive the creation of new business pitch materials that reflect the brand while addressing specific clients’ needs.
·  Initiate and lead discussions with internal clients to drive a strategic approach to new business opportunities.
·  Create client-facing sales enablement deliverables that help brokers exceed client and prospect expectations.
·  Drive the presentation development process; includes synthesizing a high volume of stakeholder inputs, defining a story framework, mapping content to key messages and creating strong and compelling graphic outputs.
·  Organize, attend and contribute to preparation meetings with partners, principals, senior-level brokerage professionals and subject matter experts to ensure alignment and responsiveness.
·  Develop proposal content through original writing and the adaption of pre-formulated content.
·  Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders and other marketing team members against strict deadlines.
·  Perform document creation, formatting and presentation design.
·  Manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimal direction to the satisfaction of internal clients
·  Maintain an internal best-in-class library of creative marketing materials/approaches.
·  Track the results of and collect feedback for new business pursuits.

Qualifications

·  Minimum of 3 -5 years of directly applicable experience
·  Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent
·  Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Suite
·  Ability to convey thoughts, ideas, recommendations and technical information in a clearly understood and concise manner
·  Ideal candidate has knowledge of commercial real estate (desired, but not required)
·  Strong project management skills
·  Upholds the highest standards in spelling, grammar, syntax and style
·  Ability to organize use of time in a fast-paced environment, completing multiple projects simultaneously
·  Ability to listen in a way that builds and maintains rapport with internal and external clients

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