2023 - Marketing Specialist

Job Description

Marketing Specialist

About Kearney

As one of the original firms, we’ve never lost sight of the fact that consulting is a people business. A global partnership in more than 40 countries, our people make us who we are. We’re individuals with different passions and strengths who take as much joy in the work we do as from those we work with.

About The Role

This role is on a small, passionate team with a startup mentality. We’re individuals with different passions and strengths. We work with consultants to surprise and delight clients with original ideas, campaigns, and events.

Kearney’s marketing team is looking for a marketing professional to support brand and practice marketing efforts. Past work includes producing and promoting global content campaigns, launching podcasts, supporting client gatherings, and executing a global rebrand centering around the work, words, and photos of our employees and alumni. This role is integral to the team and will have exposure to many projects, practices, and leaders, and offers a great opportunity to grow and develop marketing, communication, and project management skills. This role works collaboratively with our in-house creative, digital marketing, alumni, events and communications teams. As a firm, we strive to be the difference for our clients, our society, and most of all, our people

To succeed in this role, you will need to be curious, proactive, and ready to work on fast-paced projects. The role requires attention to detail, strong writing skills, and thoughtful awareness of marketing trends. This role will be based out of the Kearney Chicago office.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Develop holistic marketing campaigns for firm initiatives and content
• Support content creation as needed (including drafting, editing, and managing content)  
• Manage relationships with agencies, freelancers, and writers
• Develop social media content for external promotion. Collaborate with the digital marketing and creative team to produce high performing assets  
• Collaborate with team to develop and execute events
• Analyze/measure success of campaigns, events, and initiatives
• Work with PR agency and support coordination and assessment of media coverage
• Provide additional support to Americas marketing leads on a project-to-project basis
• Participate boldly in team meetings and brainstorms  
• Provide general administrative support to the Marketing team 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• + 5 years of relevant marketing experience or professional services experience, preferred
• Strong project management abilities
• High degree of organization and follow through, with a high attention to detail
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills including ability to conduct research and synthesize the findings for distribution
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills
• Ability to conduct research and synthesize the findings for distribution
• Ability to think strategically and apply given strategy and/or common business knowledge to recommendations and rationale
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, PPT, Excel), WebEx, social media, and online marketing campaign tools 
• Experience with CRM systems and e-marketing platforms (InterAction, Salesforce, and / or Vuture) a plus  
• Willingness to learn and develop fluency in new online platforms   
• Exceptional customer service skills and professional demeanor

Additional Info

The intent of this position description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by an incumbent of this position. Employees may be requested from time to time to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination

Kearney prides itself on providing a culture that allows employees to bring their best selves to work every day. Our people can feel comfortable, confident, and joyful to do great things for our firm, our colleagues, and our clients. That’s why, Kearney is committed to building a diverse, unbiased, and inclusive workforce.

Kearney is an equal opportunity employer; we recruit, hire, train, promote, develop, and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information or any other differences consistent with applicable laws. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for disabilities, or religious beliefs and practices. Members of communities historically underrepresented in consulting are encouraged to apply.
 

Language Requirements

English