The CARIAN Group

The CARIAN Group

Marketing & Proposals Manager – AEC / Power & Utilities

Somerset, NJ · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$75k-$120kDetected 31 days ago
Adobe Creative SuiteCanvaGraphic DesignInDesignCRMBusiness DevelopmentCadencePhotographyLeadershipCommunicationPublic SpeakingMicrosoft OfficeSharePointNetSuite

Stay score

odds of building a lasting career here

47Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role80
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level II)66
Fits your clock70

Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~30% per draw at Level II). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.

Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.

Personalize to your clock →

Community outcomes

No reports yet — be the first to help the next applicant.

About the role

  • This is a hands-on, high-visibility role within CARIAN's commercial organization, working directly with executive leadership, Business Development, and service-line leaders.
  • This role offers significant opportunity for increased responsibility and leadership as CARIAN and its commercial organization continue to grow.
  • Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Responsibilities

  • Own and execute CARIAN's marketing, communications, and editorial plan
  • Establish and maintain a consistent cadence of market-facing content
  • Partner with executive leadership and subject-matter experts to develop thought leadership, articles, white papers, client insights, executive commentary, and other content
  • Develop and maintain capability statements, service-line materials, presentations, one-pagers, brochures, and other marketing and business-development collateral
  • Manage CARIAN's company LinkedIn presence and support executive thought-leadership activity
  • Own and maintain CARIAN's website content, including service pages, project experience, case studies, thought leadership, company information, and routine content updates
  • Coordinate external website, graphic design, photography, video, printing, and other marketing resources as needed
  • Support company announcements, awards, rankings, speaking opportunities, sponsorships, and other industry visibility initiatives
  • Plan and coordinate marketing support for conferences, client events, industry events, and sponsorships
  • Maintain consistent messaging, visual standards, and brand quality across CARIAN's external communications

Requirements

  • Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate technical information into clear and compelling client-facing content
  • Experience coordinating professional-services proposals, RFQs, RFPs, qualifications packages, or similar submissions
  • Experience managing professional social-media content, particularly LinkedIn
  • Strong organization, judgment, initiative, and follow-through, with the ability to work confidently with executives, technical professionals, project leaders, and outside vendors
  • Experience with an engineering, architecture, construction, infrastructure, utility, or power-sector professional-services firm
  • Experience supporting electric or gas utility, power delivery, transmission and distribution, energy, or infrastructure markets
  • Experience interviewing technical subject-matter experts and converting their expertise into finished market-facing content
  • Experience with Adobe InDesign
  • Experience with CRM, proposal-content, digital-asset-management, or professional-services platforms such as Unanet, NetSuite, Deltek, OpenAsset, SharePoint, or similar systems
  • Prior people-management experience is helpful but not required
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in marketing, communications, proposals, pursuits, or business-development support
  • Demonstrated experience independently owning a marketing program, regional marketing function, proposal/pursuit workload, or comparable area of responsibility
  • Experience developing professional B2B content such as case studies, capability materials, presentations, website content, thought leadership, or executive communications
  • Strong Microsoft PowerPoint and Word skills and working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or similar design and production tools
  • Ability to work on-site at CARIAN's Somerset, NJ office three days per week; this is not a fully remote position
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Journalism, English, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered

Nice to have

  • Experience within an AEC, engineering, utility, energy, infrastructure, construction, consulting, or related professional-services organization strongly preferred
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Journalism, English, or a related field preferred
  • equivalent relevant experience will be considered
  • Preferred Experience
  • CPSM certification or involvement with SMPS is a plus

Compensation

  • The base salary range for this role is $75,000 - $120,000 annually. This range represents a good-faith estimate at the time of posting
  • actual compensation will depend on experience, qualifications, skills, and business needs.
  • This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonus incentives or other compensation programs based on company and individual performance.

Benefits

  • CARIAN offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, holidays, and 401(k) participation with company match.

Company info

  • Turn project experience, technical expertise, and measurable results into compelling case studies and client-facing stories
  • Establish submission schedules, identify required inputs and owners, and keep contributors accountable to deadlines
  • Coordinate resumes, project descriptions, qualifications, certifications, rate sheets, forms, and other required submission materials

Equal opportunity

  • CARIAN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
  • We hire and develop talent based on qualifications, performance, and business needs.
  • As a woman-owned firm dedicated to the power sector, we are committed to building a team that reflects professionalism, expertise, and integrity at every level.
  • Compensation

This listing is sourced directly from The CARIAN Group's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.