CCIM Institute is embarking on a new era and is seeking an experienced professional to lead its sales and marketing team. CCIM has recently hired a new CEO to advance an updated organizational strategic plan. This Vice President Sales and Marketing position will have the opportunity to build on CCIM’s 55-year history and strong relationships to create a new sales and marketing strategy. Get ready to lead an experienced team that collaborates with volunteer leaders to help guide the marketing strategy and third-party vendors to help with its implementation. 

Based in Chicago, CCIM Institute is a professional association with over 10,000 members around the world.  CCIM Institute recognizes an elite group with the commercial real estate industry’s top professional designation. CCIM also provides continued education and training to current and aspiring industry professionals, technology offerings that enable members to do more deals, and a network that is unparalleled. CCIM also has a 20-year history of advancing diversity within the commercial real estate industry.  Visit www.ccim.com/careers to learn more about our culture and work environment. We look forward to hearing how you’d like to impact CCIM’s future.

And, while work experience and educational preparation are certainly important, we don’t hire resumes.  We hire talented individuals based on our culture and values – the core of which centers around our commitment to uphold a supportive work environment that fosters trust and mutual respect.

Your Core Contributions To The Team

• Create and manage a modernized CCIM brand
• Create a marketing and sales strategy that communicates CCIM’s value proposition to targeted audiences
• Lead marketing and communications for all CCIM efforts, including CCIM Institute, CCIM Tech, and CCIM Foundation

• Lead the marketing and sales team in accomplishing their membership and customer attraction & retention goals and continual professional development

• Work with industry experts and influencers to create and place content to position CCIM as a market leader in the commercial real estate industry
• Create an engaging communication style that demonstrates CCIM’s vision to create exciting experiences for its members, team and community
• Utilize CCIM’s 55 Chapters to extend our marketing penetration while developing tools for Chapters to manage a consistent brand and communications plan
• Develop and implement annual communication plans for existing and new products, to include advertising, news releases, trade show participation, mailings, publications, podcasts, public relations and any other outlets that create demand for our products
• Drive revenue to key profit centers, including education, technology, networking, and philanthropy
• Advance CCIM’s diversity and inclusion goals through marketing and communications
• Maintain awareness of CCIM educational offerings, technology, and member benefits to include in marketing and sales efforts
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned

About You

Knowledge and abilities

• Minimum 7-10 years in marketing and/or sales

Education, certification, licenses

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Sales or similar

Qualifications and other skills

• Strong people and project management skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, oral and written skills
• Ability to develop and manage budgets

What We Provide You

CCIM works hard to provide benefits that make your life better. We offer a comprehensive benefit program that features:

• Health coverage for you and your family through medical, dental, and vision plans
• Financial protection through disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, and business travel insurance
• A 401(k) plan with company match
• Tax advantages through flexible spending accounts that allow you to pay for specific health-care and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars
• To help you manage your work and life needs we offer a life assistance program, free gym access, and professional development opportunities
• A generous paid time off program, including vacation, sick, personal, summer flex time, and volunteer days

All The Other Stuff

This position reports to the CEO/Executive Vice President.

CCIM is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce. In 2018, CCIM won the Welcoming Environment Organizational award for demonstrating that it engages people in an authentic manner – where uniqueness is valued, respected and supported through opportunities and interaction.

The job functions listed above represent the primary duties and responsibilities of this job and in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by you. Other duties and responsibilities within the scope of this job may be assigned.  You will be required to follow all instructions and to perform all duties requested by your manager; subject to reasonable accommodations and within the scope of the position.

Interested individuals, please submit your resume by clicking the apply button.

CCIM Institute is an equal opportunity employer.