Marketing Project Manager

Centex Homes is one of the nation's leading and largest homebuilders. Operating in over 90 markets in 25 states, we built over 33,000 homes last year, have completed approximately 400,000 homes to date, and are continuing to grow at a rapid pace. Leading brands of Centex Homes, Fox & Jacobs, and Centex Destination Properties, allow our company to provide homebuilders a tremendous amount of experience, buying power, and value.

Centex Corporation, our parent company, is the only company to rank among the top 10 U.S. Home Builders for more than 30 consecutive years. We consistently rank as the No. 1 most admired company in our industry, according to FORTUNE magazine and were one of the top 5 on the Builder 100 list of America's largest home builders for 2004.

Purpose:
Manage all communication projects related to brand and brand development to ensure consistency, continuity, integrity and enrichment of the Centex brand.

Deliverables:
Manage all brand communications and partner relationships to preserve and enrich the Centex brand and the Centex home buying experience. Ensure brand integrity. Deliver programs and communications that inspire loyalty and enhance customer satisfaction that will inevitably lead to increased sales.

Measurements:
' Manage a loyalty program for the Realtor community.
' Manage communication with realtors, marketing partners, industry associations and trades.
' Deliver consumer traffic to new neighborhoods based on sales goals and projections
' Deliver consumer awareness and inspire consumer loyalty for the Centex brand and its communities, products, services and values through advertising and other branded vehicles and promotional activity.
' Implement effective, timely and accurate communications to increase awareness of the Centex brand and its communities, products, services and values.
' Create a positive customer experience through, thoughtful, informative, interesting and accurate communication, comfortable sales environments, and on-target delivery of tasks to support sales as measured by JDP customer service scores and internal goals.
' Supervise the coordination and implementation of Divisional events, programs, employee communications, incentives, and recognition programs in collaboration with HR.
' Produce all branded collateral according to specifications, with accuracy and timeliness.


Key Talents:
' Very organized and able to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
' Above average people skills; team player, listener, decision maker, able to compromise and/or gain consensus
' Leadership qualities
' Detail and deadline oriented; able to create and keep a schedule
' Intermediate to advanced project management skills, including follow through, reporting and analysis skills.
' Strong communicator ' all levels of company, consumers, vendors, suppliers, and the media
' Technical skills ' intermediate Microsoft office software skill, intermediate Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator knowledge, Microsoft Project Manager or similar productivity tool a plus.
' Ability to manage vendors and outside agencies and associations.
' Experience in managing creative and production processes
' Brand management experience

Key Competencies:
' Service perspective (agency account services training/experience a plus).
' A strong work ethic that sets a positive example, demonstrates integrity, and inspires collaboration.
' Demonstrates leadership qualities such as decision making ability, a 'We can make it happen' approach, informs and encourages communication, listens and collaborates, is enthusiastic and professional.
' Flexible and cooperative, but able to manage schedules and deadlines
' A superior time manager; self-motivates and encourages productivity in others.
' Excellent communicator
' Creative and strategic thinker.
' Ability to follow a process and looks for opportunities to improve processes.
' Budget management.