Senior Marketing Manager, Strategic Pursuits

About You  You are a high achiever looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You take pride in your own work but are comfortable collaborating with a team of highly motivated individuals. You can communicate clearly and concisely with teammates and clients, and you enjoy strong company culture and camaraderie. You can navigate multiple corporate functions, including global lines of service and corporate centers of excellence.

You possess strong interpersonal skills and are willing to take on diverse tasks to achieve the team’s common goal. You value personal and professional growth and are ready to take the next step in advancing your career.
About Us  Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization. Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives - and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people.

Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people. We care about each other and we have each other’s backs. This makes Avison Young a great place to be a client, and a great place to work. We support the whole person and their complete wellness - economic, mental and physical - because what’s best for our business comes from our people bringing their whole selves to work.

Of course we love it here, but outsiders think we’re pretty great too! Avison Young has been recognized as one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for the 13th year in a row, with a Platinum Club designation!
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
Manage the RFP response/proposal development process; includes assessing requirements, acquiring content from subject matter experts and team members, formulating clear and effective responses and complying with all solicitation requirements
Drive the presentation development process; includes synthesizing a high volume of stakeholder inputs, defining a story framework, mapping content to key messages and directing data visualization
Organize, attend and contribute to preparation meetings with principals, managing directors, 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
Develop customized presentation content to support key messaging at the new business pursuit level
Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders, consulting, innovation, research, and marketing team members against strict deadlines
Perform advanced document formatting and presentation design
Manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimal direction to the satisfaction of internal clients
Ensure strict adherence to quality control processes required to produce quality work product and timely delivery of submittals/deliverables
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 7+ years of directly applicable experience in professional writing, business development or sales strategy
Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, and experience in technical writing, English, journalism, or related profession
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
Proficient in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint; working to strong knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite
Experience managing the sales pursuit process (i.e., RFPs, presentations)
Ability to convey thoughts, ideas, recommendations and technical information in a clearly understood and concise manner
Upholds the highest standards in…