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As a Marketing Consultant, Strategy & Elite Marketing Services, you are the main contact for Sun Life Financial Distribution (SLFD) top advisors’ and you develop personalized marketing strategies and customized materials to help meet their business goals. You will work daily with advisors across Canada, to understand their value proposition, target audience and business objectives and help them excel in their marketing and sales efforts.
The Marketing Consultant reports to the Director, Strategy & Elite Marketing Services, Advisor Sales Support within Sun Life Financial Distribution (SLFD). The Advisor Sales Support team delivers customized, bespoke marketing initiatives at the regional, team and individual advisor levels. The team is accountable to define and deliver marketing programs that effectively position Sun Life advisors’ distinctive value propositions for target clients and drive leads, sales and Client engagement.
What will you do?

• Develop proactively more impactful marketing capabilities to help advisors grow their business
• Reporting and analysis: provide metrics and analysis on marketing plan performance, Client engagement and lead generation
• Continuously identify opportunities to create additional value, generate new ideas and creative solutions that help advisors grow and manage their practice.
• Evolve marketing capabilities for advisors
• Deliver presentations to various audiences as they relate to the Elite Accelerator program (i.e. field leader meetings, Elite Accelerator program events, regional events)
• Provide recommendations that support the individual needs of top advisors
• Develop better processes across teams to build a better experience to advisors
• Advisor consultation: work 1:1 with advisors to analyze or build their individual marketing plans and fulfill recommended tactics
• Build relationships with advisors and business partners, prioritize and scale customized initiatives. Gather feedback to refine and improve.

What do you need to succeed?

• Ability to embrace change and adapt to constantly evolving business priorities
• Understand marketing and sales strategy, processes, principles and theories, and apply this knowledge to the execution of marketing projects, campaigns and programs
• Exhibit strong leadership skills by driving for action, managing complexity and generating innovative solutions
• Excellent interpersonal skills: must be able to consult, influence and negotiate with people from diverse backgrounds and levels throughout the organization
• Post-secondary education, and 3-5 years of experience in the fields of marketing, social media, business, or communications
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to build relationships with advisors, team members and business partners
• Ability to work independently and to exercise sound judgment
• General business literacy and an understanding of financial services
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to multi-task

Assets

• Previous financial services experience
• Previous experience in an account management role
• Salesforce marketing knowledge is an asset
• Bilingual is an asset (French/English)

What’s in it for you?

• Working together, sharing common values and encouraging growth & achievement
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
• Being a member of the Sun Life family, a group of people united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical and financial

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.
Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.
Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to [email protected].
At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.
We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Salary Range:
53,300/53 300 - 86,300/86 300
Job Category:
Marketing
Posting End Date:
01/08/2023