Marketing Communications Manager (Contract)

iPass is the industry leading supplier of global enterprise connectivity solutions and we are currently accepting resumes for a Marketing Communications Manager. This position is a TEMPORARY/CONTRACTING assignment and is based at our corporate headquarters in Redwood Shores, California. **ONLY LOCAL CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED**

The Marketing Communications Manager will bring organization, consistency and creativity to our marketing processes and efforts. They will be skilled in marketing communications, collateral and project management and must be an effective multi-tasker.

Responsibilities:
- Owner of Collateral Creation: Create new and maintain and update current collateral. Review number of pieces maintained and effectiveness of layouts and approach. Recommend new and efficient ways of creating and distributing collateral.
- Launch Management: Manages company launches from a marketing perspective. Manage checklists, ensure rest of team is on target with their deliverables and handle launch day activities.
- Channel Marketing: Help define and create standard templates and materials for iPass Channel Partners. Act as main point of contact for the Partner and their customized marketing requests.
- Business-to-Business Content: Manage the creation of all enterprise content, most of which is used as call-to-action information for our programs. Content comes in the form of Webinars, flash demos and white papers. This is a formal program with clear goals for each quarter.
- Corporate Materials: Manage the creation and maintenance of several corporate materials such as corporate demos, corporate brochure and annual report.
- Web Tools: Manage new iPass flash demos for iPass services; create other online tool such as ROI calculators, etc.
- Web: Work on end user content and other tools and special projects within to one of our many Web sites.
- Participates and/or manages special projects, working closely with Sr. Manager – Web & MarCom
- Provides input for rolling 2-quarter marketing plan.
- Actively pursues opportunities for increased efficiencies in repurposing marketing materials and tools. Finds ways to prevent any redundant or ‘do over’ work.
- Brand Guardian: Influences stakeholders to act within framework of iPass strategic business and marketing plan and brand message. Pushes back when stakeholders move away from those core frameworks. Escalates to Manager when needed.

Impact on Customers: Increases preference for and awareness of iPass brand and products. Builds iPass image consistently across media with brand messaging in the forefront.

Key Relationships: Corporate Marketing, Product Marketing, Global/Field Marketing Team, Sales, Product Management, Portal group, etc. Minimum Position Requirements: - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Marketing or related field
- 4+ years Marketing Communications experience (Collateral, B2B content experience preferred)
- Industry & Technical Knowledge: Understands iPass industry, competitors & technology
- Writing and proofreading skills
- Project Management: Must be able to manage multiple projects at once and be very detail oriented. Keeps plans/checklists and always crosses everything off (completes goals)
- Marketing Knowledge, Experience & Skills: Demonstrated ability in creating marketing materials, delivering to a project plan and make creative decisions/recommendations regarding MarCom projects
- Presentation/Speaking Skills; Good Communication Skills, and Excellent Team and Interpersonal Skills
- Collaborator/Team Player: ability to work with many personality types, negotiate under tight deadlines and have fun in the process! Skilled at bringing people together
- Web: knowledge of Internet best practices

If your qualifications are a match for this position, please email your resume and hourly rate requirements to [Click Here to Email Your Resumé]

iPass is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About iPass:

iPass unifies the management of connectivity, security and devices for the distributed and mobile enterprise. iPass on-demand services combine home, branch and mobile office connections into a single manageable system, complete with security services such as patch management, endpoint policy enforcement and mobile device management services. A public company (NASDAQ: IPAS), iPass is based in Redwood Shores, California, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.