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About the Role
The Marketing Director leads the strategic vision and execution of all marketing efforts for a major market. This role drives brand growth, client acquisition, and business performance by developing innovative, high-impact marketing strategies. You will oversee a team of marketers, ensure cross-functional alignment, and partner closely with market leadership, business development, and regional stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the overarching marketing strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, business goals, and market opportunities.
- Serve as a strategic partner to market leadership, contributing to business planning, growth strategies, and client engagement initiatives.
- Build, lead, and inspire a high-performing marketing team, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration.
- Oversee the development and execution of multi-channel campaigns, ensuring message consistency, creative excellence, and measurable business outcomes.
- Advance brand positioning through strategic storytelling, thought leadership, and content strategies.
- Direct digital marketing transformation, including web strategy, demand generation, social media, marketing automation, SEO/SEM, and data-driven optimization.
- Guide marketing operations, including budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and performance tracking.
- Partner with regional PR on the communications and PR strategy, ensuring consistent brand messaging.
- Evaluate and implement marketing technologies and platforms to enhance scalability, automation, data visibility, and operational excellence.
Requirements
- Significant experience in commercial real estate, professional services, or B2B marketing environments.
- Proven track record leading high-performing teams and developing full-funnel marketing programs.
- Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office, including high-level presentation development.
- Experience overseeing web, social, video, paid media, and integrated campaign execution.
- Proficient in CRM (e.g., Salesforce), CMS, marketing automation, and reporting tools.
- Proven experience in using AI tools for efficiency, personalization, and content innovation.
- Deep knowledge of SEO, SEM, paid media, lead gen, and analytics platforms.
- Experience managing vendor relationships for creative, digital, and PR deliverables.
- Visionary leadership with the ability to translate business goals into marketing strategy.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills - can align marketing with business development, sales, research, and executive leadership.
- Effective communicator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and represent marketing at the leadership level.
- Strong team builder with experience developing career paths, upskilling, and succession planning.
- Data-informed decision-maker with a performance mindset.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas.
Skills
- Brand strategy
- Digital transformation
- Campaign development
- Team leadership
- Performance analytics
- Strategic storytelling
- Thought leadership
- Content strategies
- Web strategy
- Demand generation
- Social media
- Marketing automation
- SEO/SEM
- Data-driven optimization
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Resource planning
- Performance tracking
- Communications
- PR strategy
- Marketing technologies
- AI tools
Location
- Chicago, IL
Work Type
- Onsite
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years of marketing experience
- 5+ years in strategic leadership and people management roles
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or Business
- Advanced degree a plus
Salary/Compensations
- $136,884 to $150,000 USD
Benefits
- Annual bonus, based on company and individual performance.
- Employer subsidized medical benefits including dental, vision.
- Employer paid basic life/AD&D insurance and short-term / long-term disability.
- Company’s 401k plan, which includes an employer match.
- 10 days of sick leave.
- A minimum of 15 days vacation annually.
- Unlimited time off (for certain senior-level roles).
- 10 paid holidays plus two personal flex days.
- Twelve weeks paid parental leave for birth parents.
- Four weeks paid parental leave for non-birth parents (including adoptive/foster parents) after 90 days of employment.
About the Company
- At Colliers it’s not our success that sets us apart, it’s how we achieve it. Our people are passionate, take ownership and always do what’s right for our clients, people and communities.
- Our enterprising environment needs your expertise to facilitate Colliers’ continued growth as an industry leader.
- Our nimble, decentralized culture can provide you with a wealth of opportunities to learn about our business and quickly gain experience to accelerate your career.
Equal Opportunity
- Colliers respects diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of any actual or perceived membership in any protected category including race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.
- If you are a qualified applicant who requires reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact accommodations@colliers.com for assistance.