Manager of Strategic Marketing & Broker Development (@properties)
Mid-level Marketing (General) role at urbancompass. Chicago · $70,000–$90,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Teach agents to use the tech platform and apply practices that support business growth
- Build digital, content, email, and social campaigns to generate leads and improve visibility
- Create workshops, virtual seminars, guides, and tutorials that help agents learn
- Review marketing performance, budgets, and emerging tools to improve results
- Maintain monthly agent outreach and coordinate support with managing brokers
What you bring
- You have a bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- You bring at least three years of real estate industry experience, preferably
- You’re proficient with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, CRM systems, and other sales tools
- You communicate clearly, organize and prioritize effectively, and stay positive in a flexible, fast-moving environment
- You work well with others and bring strong customer service skills
Who this fits
You’ll suit this role if you can combine marketing planning with agent education, outreach, and customer service. You’ll work mostly from an @properties office in Chicago, with the option to work remotely one day each week. The role involves supporting a portfolio of top-producing agents and coordinating with managing brokers.
From the employer
At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012, we’re revolutionizing the real estate industry with our end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients.
Please Note: This will be a mostly in-office role (option for 1 remote day a week) with the flexibility to choose which @properties office to work out of in Chicago, IL.
Position Summary:
Supporting @properties, the Strategic Marketing & Agent Development Manager is a dynamic, multi-faceted role within the Coaching & Training Team designed to drive growth, brand consistency, and agent success. Serving as a brand ambassador, this individual will proactively support and manage a portfolio of real estate agents, ensuring they are fully integrated into the company culture and maximizing available tools. The ideal candidate will blend strategic marketing planning—spanning digital, email, and social media channels—with robust education and development initiatives, including conducting virtual seminars, hands-on workshops, and collaborative agent outreach.
Key Responsibilities:
Marketing & Tech Strategy and Planning
- Strong command of tech platform and teaching agents how to adopt tools and best practices to grow their business
- Utilizes various marketing channels, such as digital marketing, content marketing, email marketing, and social media to generate leads and increase brand awareness for agents
- Collaborates with the design team to create compelling marketing collateral and ensure brand consistency
- Evaluates and optimizes marketing activities to maximize efficiency and effectiveness within budgetary parameters
- Identifies and leverages emerging marketing trends and tools to continually enhance agent visibility and lead generation capabilities
Education and Development
- Contributes to dynamic learning presentations for groups of agents
- Creates opportunities for agents to expand their professional network and education through in-office workshops & virtual seminars
- Designs easy-to-follow user guides, video tutorials, and resource kits that empower agents to master the tech platform
Communication
- Manages a portfolio of top producing agents with monthly proactive outreach
- Provides a clear channel of communication with designated managing brokers regarding agent support
- Fosters a culture of collaboration and innovation and encourages the team to share ideas, best practices and feedback
- Be an @ambassador, representing the @culture, brand and high level of service
- Attends and promotes company events
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing or related field, or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of real estate industry experience preferred
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, CRM and other sales tools
- Strong communication skills, ability to organize and prioritize, ability to work in a flexible and fast-paced environment, positive attitude with exceptional customer service skills, collaborative mindset
Compensation:
The salary pay range for this position is $70,000-$90,000; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Bonuses and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of benefits. Base pay is based on market location. Minimum wage for the position will always be met.
Perks that You Need to Know About:
Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions). Plus paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and recharge leave; medical, tele-health, dental and vision benefits; 401(k) plan; flexible spending accounts (FSAs); commuter program; life and disability insurance; Maven (a support system for new parents); Carrot (fertility benefits); UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network); Employee Assistance Program; and pet insurance.
Do your best work, be your authentic self. At Compass, we believe that everyone deserves to find their place in the world — a place where they feel like they belong, where they can be their authentic selves, where they can thrive. Our collaborative, energetic culture is grounded in our Compass Entrepreneurship Principles and our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, growth and mobility. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer competitive compensation packages, robust benefits and professional growth opportunities aimed at helping to improve our employees' lives and careers.