If you’re self motivated, have fresh ideas and are looking to make a big impact on how marketing and communications can evolve in the energy sector, consider joining our team of one-of-a-kind thinkers, marketing pros and energy sector experts!
You’re guaranteed to learn a lot and take your career to the next level.
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Strategist
Location – New York City or San Francisco
Reporting to the Director of Marketing, this position plays a pivotal role in supporting the development of strategy recommendations and marketing campaigns. This role is a unique opportunity to help lead the utility market transformation for some of the most iconic utilities and energy service companies in the US and beyond. The ideal candidate will be someone who thrives in a creative collaborative environment who not only brings value to the team, but also appreciates the value brought by his/her team members.
Job Responsibilities
- Support client engagement teams and help execute strategy development
- Develop compelling and engaging communications that speak to broad audiences, spanning many channels including print, email, web, video, digital, and social media
- Work with design teams to convert topics into visual content
- Work with project lead to help clients through the editing and approval process
- Support new business development efforts and contribute to proposals
- Develop thought leadership for the company
Skills/Requirements
- Prior experience as a strategy consultant or a strategist at a marketing agency
- Bachelor’s degree plus 2+ years of highly relevant experience
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Experience working with client organizations
- Previous energy and technology sector experience are preferred but not required
- Experience with marketing projects
- Entrepreneurial mindset and desire to change status quo
- Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Takes initiative and is a team player – willing to contribute to all aspects of the company, as needed
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Senior Marketing Strategist / Client Lead
Location – New York City
Reporting to the NY Director of Strategy, this position plays a pivotal role in supporting the development of strategy recommendations and marketing campaigns. This role is a unique opportunity to help lead the utility market transformation for some of the most iconic utilities and energy service companies in the US and beyond. Ideal candidate will be someone who thrives in a creative collaborative environment who not only brings value to the team, but also appreciates the value brought by their team members.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead client engagement and guide strategy development
- Develop compelling and engaging communications that speak to broad audiences, spanning many channels including print, email, web, video, digital, and social media
- Work with design teams to convert topics into visual content
- Work with project lead to help clients through the editing and approval process
- Support new business development efforts and contribute to proposals
- Develop thought leadership for the company
Skills/Requirements
- Prior experience as a strategy consultant or a strategist at a marketing agency or in strategic communications
- Bachelor’s degree plus 4+ years of highly relevant experience
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Experience navigating complex client organizations
- Previous energy and technology sector experience are preferred but not required
- Experience leading marketing projects with minimum guidance
- Entrepreneurial mindset and desire to change status quo
- Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Takes initiative and is a team player – willing to contribute to all aspects of the company, as needed
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Technical Writer
Location – New York City
Essense Partners is looking for a skilled technical writer to join our growing team. We are looking for someone with a passion for innovation, energy and the utility sector that can understand a broad scope of emergent technologies and develop written materials and help guide the development of visual material that conveys key points to both an internal and external audience. You will perform interviews and work with a diverse team of strategists and designers to develop compelling content covering ongoing and future utility programs as well as other developments throughout the energy sector. The content you will develop comes in a variety of formats including internal and external articles, infographics, press releases, social media, animations, videos, websites, quarterly magazines and more.
An ability to identify salient points from interviews about challenging and evolving technological concepts is essential. An ideal candidate will be someone who thrives in a creative collaborative environment who not only brings value to the team, but also appreciates the value brought by his/her team members.
Candidates should be open to a variety of other opportunities on a day-to-day basis. In addition to the core responsibilities described above, the team at Essense exhibits a “no job too small” mentality, and team members often have the chance to contribute in new and exciting ways as projects demand.
Job Responsibilities
- Write both short- and long-form copy (e.g. articles, social media and press releases)
- Develop design briefs and storyboards for visual collateral (e.g. infographics, animations and videos)
- Review and/or copy edit content developed by others
- Select content and develop layout for periodic magazines
- Perform interviews, mainly via telephone, and background research on a variety of topics
Skills/Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree plus 2+ years professional experience as a technical writer or in a technical role (e.g. engineering)
- Fluent in use of Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Willingness to take on new challenges and build on current skillset
- Deadline driven
- Experience with different writing styles (e.g. APA MLA, Chicago, etc.)
- Experience with web development and design a plus
- Experience with Adobe Illustrator and InDesign a plus
- Experience with engineering drawings and 3D modeling a plus