- Visible National Market Leadership: Focus on sourcing opportunities for new project work and partnerships that advance our brand and grow the company. Bring the right talent into the firm, focused on strengthening awareness of the brand and elevating our reputation contributing to firm growth and success. You will provide leadership, guidance, and support, assisting market leaders and sharing accountability to achieve firm wide goals and meeting individual role responsibilities and expectations.
- Strategic Leadership: Responsible for defining and executing a convergence market growth plan by identifying key business strategies and entrepreneurial initiatives focused on the continued growth and impact for assigned markets and the firm overall.
- Top Line Development: Champion clients for life vs commodity work. Identify market growth opportunities, key clients and yearly Net Signed Fee targets that will grow the business volume of assigned markets a minimum of 10% a year.
- Practice and Market Building: Contribute visibly and impact fully to building strong leadership teams capable of expanding our growth potential for our markets. Identify new potential markets, practices, and business lines for investment and development. Support research and encourage development of new ideas, services, and products to differentiate the firm and expand business potential.
- Partner Closely with Brand, Marketing and Business Development (BMBD) Team: Define opportunities and develop content that drives, manages, and strengthens CannonDesign’s image, brand, reputation, and market footprint. Assist with identifying and developing salient topics that will be of interest to our core markets, target clients, and potential partners. Develop your own media presence and personal brand in ways that benefit the businesses under the firm’s umbrella and drive new opportunities to the firm.
- Communication and Brand Ambassador: Represent the Firm externally at national events, conferences, think tanks, workshops, conventions that continually support the overall brand and direction of the firm. Write, speak, and communicate at external venues. This role requires significant external influence and impact to maintain and grow a sizable network that leads to opportunities for the firm and elevates our brand.
- Bachelor’s Degree is required for this role; advanced degrees are preferred.
- Generally, at least 20 years of work experience within the assigned markets or equivalent work experience is required.
- Significant experience and proven track record with developing new services for organizations, as demonstrated by progressive leadership responsibilities and employment experience at well-known and highly respected organizations or companies.
- Must have an extensive national network demonstrated by ability to connect the firm to talent, industry leaders, regional stakeholders, and strategic partners.
- Must have existing identifiable and recognizable personal brand and professional reputation consistent with CannonDesign’s ambitions and values.
- Must have a track record of consistent presence, championing a unique and thoughtful point-of-view at industry events.
- Ability to be optimistic and have an inclusive leadership style to lead and inspire others (internally and externally), driving ownership and accountability.
- Ability to champion an ethical culture, while leading risk management and mitigation decisions.
- Ability to demonstrate entrepreneurial behavior, embracing new ideas, innovative concepts, and solutions.
- Ability to communicate effectively internally; energize, inspire, motivate, and contribute to development of high- performing accountable teams across all markets, offices, services, practices.
- Significant travel is required.
- We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about.
- We are committed to ensuring our practice is equitable for all employees, representative of the communities around us – and focused on the future of design. We advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts through the leadership of our DEI Council, Employee Resource Groups and other community advocacy initiatives.
- We’re about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we’re ready for you.
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