Associate Vice President, Digital Marketing, Marq Logistics (Fixed Term)

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

Summary

The Ares Corporate Communications and Marketing team is seeking an Associate Vice President, Digital, to help support the buildout, launch and ongoing development of the website for Ares’ industrial real estate brand, Marq Logistics. This role would be part of a broader communications, marketing and real estate team that is responsible for overseeing external activities for Marq Logistics.

The team works closely with an international group of internal partners, including senior leadership, real estate professionals, legal and compliance. This is a high-energy and committed team that values colleagues who are strategic thinkers, problem solvers and intellectually curious, as well as have high professional standards.

This role will be responsible for supporting in the buildout of the Marq Logistics website, alongside our external implementation partner, and would help oversee the ongoing coordination, authoring, publishing and maintenance of the site while working collaboratively with our regional real estate teams around the world. This role will work closely with a range of partners—from real estate leadership to regional marketing teams to our external implementation partner—to help prioritize and organize stakeholder needs alongside the capabilities of the website and the global strategy of the brand.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

• Work alongside our external implementation partner to manage website build and advise on best practices where appropriate, from SEO to UX / UI
• Help field questions, requests and inputs from regional marketing teams and prioritize or plan for website enhancements or elements that align with the global approach to the brand
• Work in AEM to help author pages and property data for the new site
• Work in Wordpress to migrate content and data to AEM
• Establish baseline measurement and analytics for Marq Logistics site; deliver high-level reporting in partnership with Data and Analytics Lead

Qualifications:

• Applicants should have at least 5-7 years of relevant experience in a related role, including strong knowledge of the CMS platform AEM. Comfort with additional digital platforms (paid media, social media, email marketing, website, advertising) is recommended. Experience or education in GA4 is helpful. Experience working in real estate is a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of digital platforms, specifically AEM and Wordpress, and an understanding of website tracking and analytics
• Proven ability to balance multiple requests, timelines, deliverables and priorities
• Strong understanding of the broader digital landscape and basic marketing fundamentals
• Exceptional organizational skills, including the ability to translate one-off requests into strategic priorities
• Knowledge and experience with GA4, tagging, UTMs is a plus
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently in an entrepreneurial environment
• Highly motivated self-starter who works well independently
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
• Ability to adopt a collaborative/collegial approach with cross functional teams
• Ability to translate high level requests to Dev teams to produce deliverables
• Understanding of HTML, CSS, JSON and their limitations

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Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qualifications, including, but not limited to, years of relevant work experience, education, and other relevant qualifications specific to the role.

$150,000 - $170,000

The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.

Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.