Director: Marketing, Engagement, and Business Development

at  ILLUME Advising

POSITION: DIRECTOR: MARKETING, ENGAGEMENT, AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (MEBD)

Status: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Location: Preference for Tucson or Phoenix, AZ; Madison, WI or Remote candidates considered

• Remote and Madison-based candidates will be considered and will be required to travel to the Tucson AZ office quarterly.
• The specific position title and salary range will be commensurate with the level of experience demonstrated in the application. More senior applicants will be considered. Applicants with energy experience are preferred.

JOB SUMMARY

We seek an MBED Director to drive and lead ILLUME marketing and communications to ensure that ILLUME is recognized and understood in the industry as the leader in our strategic business areas, is the looked-to firm to equitably transform the energy industry, and is achieving measurable revenue growth and market share.
This role is responsible for developing a framework and deployment approach to ILLUME’s marketing and business development activities to help achieve the company’s strategic goals. The role will directly manage a team of three, while enabling ILLUME’s leadership team in their work to generate technical content, cultivating, managing, and securing key accounts and partnerships to grow new and existing business areas.
Specifically, this role is to support the Founders in: (1) evolving and positioning the ILLUME brand toward continuous improvement and alignment with the future of the energy industry, (2) maintaining and establishing relationships among key associations and partnerships to further solidify ILLUME as a leader in the energy industry, (3) ensuring that the company’s communications and marketing meet best-in-class standards while retaining the company’s authenticity, incisiveness, and bold industry and social commentary and (4) overseeing and empowering the growth of the MBD team and ILLUME’s subject matter experts (SMEs) to deliver on the day to day functions, management, and operations of the MBD team.
This position will report to, and collaborate most closely with, Co-Founder, Anne Dougherty while remaining engaged with and leveraging the expertise of the ILLUME executive team including Co-Founder, Sara Conzemius.

REQUIRED EDUCATION

• BS in Marketing, Communications, or another relevant field.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Director: Minimum of 8-10 years of relevant experience in a consulting and/or business-to-business environment and a minimum of 5 years of team or personnel management.
• Applicants with higher levels of experience will be considered.
• Expertise in energy, ESG, the power industry, and/or utility industry preferred.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience managing teams and directly supervising delegates to drive toward company strategic goals, professional develop team members, and mentor/train staff.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating clarity and conciseness.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills; including experience in event planning.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PPT.
• Demonstrates ability to prioritize projects and tasks effectively in the face of multiple and shifting priorities, with the ability to switch between complex analytical thinking and attending to mundane tasks without compromising quality or losing one’s focus.
• Demonstrates initiative and independent decision-making experience with solid judgment.

OTHER DUTIES

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