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Working at PPM America, Inc.

PPM is a US-based institutional asset manager. Established in Chicago in 1990, PPM exists to consistently support institutional clients in achieving their long-term value goals. We offer our Midwestern mentality of hard work, straight talk, full transparency and humility. Our success is supported by a team-based culture that encourages debate, collaboration and consistency. At the center of our belief is the fact that our best ideas to date have and can come from any team member anywhere in our firm. We believe the success of our investment culture is best demonstrated by the strong retention of our clients and investment professionals. PPM was again named one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments in 2024. We attract professionals who exhibit humbleness, directness, and dedication. PPM’s values guide our internal conduct and help define the type of relationships we share with our investors, affiliates, and other valued partners. Above all, PPM is passionate about giving back to our clients, to each other, and to our community. We understand that community and purpose are just as important as the job description when finding your next career.

Values

At PPM, our values are reinforced in our culture every day.  We act like owners.  Integrity guides all that we do, and we are committed to exercising sound judgment in every decision that impacts the company and serves our clients.  We are passionate about investment performance and driving results.  We are relentless in our efforts to provide best in class service.  We strive to build strong and lasting relationships with our clients, seeking to gain trust in everything we do.  We work collaboratively with transparency and accountability.  We operate as a team.  We rely on each other, are accountable to each other, and respect each other.  We value differences and unique perspectives and embrace the principle that great ideas can come from anyone.  We embrace change.  We are not afraid to challenge the status quo in search of a better, smarter or faster solution.  We value learning, challenge ourselves and motivate others.  We are also committed to positively impacting our community.  As a firm, we invest time, experience and fundraising efforts with our non-profit partners. 

Marketing and Communications Department Description
The Marketing and Communications Team is responsible for building and strengthening the PPM brand. Specifically, the team supports the firm’s Global Client Group - a team consisting of sales and client service professionals responsible for prospecting for new business and servicing existing clients across the firm’s various investment capabilities. The team creates marketing collateral across a number of mediums that help inform current clients, persuade prospective clients and influence the institutional consultant community in a compelling way. The team is comprised of individuals that are interested in developing expertise in content creation including presentations, requests for proposals, financial writing, design, and digital.
 

Job Purpose

The AVP, Marketing & Communications is responsible for helping support our sales and client service efforts by leading the creation of presentations and completing new business proposals and due diligence questionnaires. Additionally, this role shares responsibility for managing the firm's extensive content management system.

Essential Responsibilities

• Collaborates with sales and client service professionals to produce effective materials and manage regular production cycles and ad-hoc requests.

• Contributes to the production of marketing collateral as needed, including all varieties of print material, website and intranet content, web videos, and social media.

• Contributes to the development and execution of both external marketing strategy and internal communications strategy.

• Develops, maintains, and distributes marketing materials, including fund and strategy presentations and fact sheets.

• Completes requests for proposals, due diligence questionnaires, and responds to investor inquiries.

• Maintains investment consultant databases and manages updates.

• Ensures that marketing deliverables are consistent with quality. Manages proper subject matter expert and compliance approvals.

• Ensures alignment with firm brand, marketing objectives, and firm strategy.

• Builds relationships throughout the firm and works cooperatively with members of the firm’s investment and operational teams.

• Provides support to our marketing initiatives and other projects, as needed.

Other Duties

• Performs other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.

• Strong Microsoft Office PowerPoint skills required.

• Ability to learn about industry-leading content management systems, such as Responsive and Seismic.

• Ability to grow knowledge of the asset management industry and investment products.

• Ability to learn about broader aspects of marketing strategy and other functional areas within the team (e.g., financial writing, design, presentation creation).

• Ability to work on potential new strategy/product launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.

• 5+ years of relevant experience required.

• Prior experience completing requests for proposals (RFPs), consultant databases, and investor presentations required.

• Prior experience working in asset management field required.

• Project management experience preferred.

Benefits:

At PPM, we offer volunteer opportunities to get involved with a diverse network of peers and support the causes that are important to you. Your passion and talents can make a lasting impact on our organization and our community. Additionally, our employees go the extra mile every day and the benefits of working at PPM reflect our commitment to supporting and enhancing their personal and professional lives. The plans and programs listed below are offered in collaboration with our parent company. 

• Competitive salary and bonus  

• Medical, dental and vision coverage 

• 401k retirement plan with dollar-for-dollar matching contributions (up to 6% of salary) 

• Tuition and professional certification reimbursement 

• Paid parental leave 

• Adoption assistance 

• Holidays and paid time off 

• Paid time off to volunteer 

Base Pay:

$100,000.00 - $120,000.00. The base salary for this position may vary depending on experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and abilities. In addition to the base salary, this role will be eligible to participate in our annual bonus program. This role will also be eligible for compensated personal time off and holidays, health benefits, 401(k) plan with generous matching and profit sharing contributions, and other benefit programs according to the Company's employment policies and subject to the formal terms of such plans and programs. Candidarsi ora