Marketing Consultant Professional – IV

The Strategic Marketing Operations & Executive Communications Consultant will take the operational lead on structuring, tracking, and communicating high-visibility initiatives across our marketing organization. On a daily basis, the contractor will design, refine, and deliver high-impact presentation materials tailored specifically for CEO, Executive, and SVP+ audiences. This function requires an exceptional ability to synthesize complex quantitative data and market context into clear, highly polished narratives, ensuring slides are visually powerful and precise without content or cognitive overload.

Beyond strategic communications, the individual will architect, launch, and manage robust project management frameworks and tracking systems for several newly funded, high-priority strategic initiatives. They will take ownership of maintaining regular, frequent operational readouts, coordinating multi-stakeholder alignment calls, and driving execution momentum. Additionally, the contractor will be agile enough to manage smaller sub-initiatives embedded within broader projects, ensuring all deliverables seamlessly tie execution metrics back to concrete business outcomes.

MUST HAVE SKILLS:

• Executive Presentation & Deck Design (5+ Years): Proven experience designing clear, story-driven, high-impact slide decks specifically optimized for C-suite and SVP-level consumption. Expertise in translating complex business updates into clean visuals that balance necessary context with core results without text bloating.
• Project Management System Architecture (5+ Years): Direct experience building, customizing, and scaling corporate project management workflows and systems (e.g., Asana, Monday.com, Jira, Smartsheet) from the ground up for highly funded, multi-stream initiatives.
• Data Fluency & Narrative Translation (4+ Years): Strong business acumen and quantitative analytical skills. Demonstrated capability to work directly with numbers, synthesize data inputs, and successfully translate raw operational metrics into strategic business outcomes.
• Operational Autonomy & Deliverable Ownership: Comfort managing administrative coordination (e.g., organizing alignment calls) while simultaneously driving smaller strategic sub-initiatives autonomously within a broader program management office.

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Base / Retention / CRM Marketing Domain Expertise (3+ Years Preferred): Direct exposure to or deep understanding of customer lifecycle management, retention marketing strategies, churn mitigation metrics, or database/CRM operations. This familiarity will significantly accelerate onboarding context.
• Management Consulting Frameworks: Prior experience working within a corporate strategy group or tier-one management consulting firm is highly advantageous, particularly regarding structured problem-solving and top-down communication models.
• Advanced Data Visualization Tools: Familiarity with business intelligence platforms (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Power BI) to independently navigate data sources and construct initial visualization baselines.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Finance, Communications, or a related field is Required. An MBA or advanced degree is highly Desired.
• Certifications: Professional Project Management certifications (e.g., PMP, CAPM, CSM, or Agile Product Owner) are highly Desired but not mandatory for selection if equivalent tenure is demonstrated.

Information Security Responsibilities

• Promote and enforce awareness of key information security practices, including acceptable use of information assets, malware protection, and password security protocols
• Identify, assess, and report security risks, focusing on how these risks impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets
• Understand and evaluate how data is stored, processed, or transmitted, ensuring compliance with data privacy and protection standards (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
• Ensure data protection measures are integrated throughout the information lifecycle to safeguard sensitive information