Vice President Of Marketing
Vancouver, Canada Area
A wide ranging role responsible for all sales, marketing and corporate communications for the company. Building on the project-focused role of Marketing Director (see below) built a marketing department from the ground up including creating high-level project and brand strategy, putting in place department administrative structure, developing asset management systems, customer CRM implementation and management of internal and external teams.Corporate highlights included two generations of corporate rebranding, responsibility for corporate writing, public relations, sponsorships and leading major government and institutional RFP responses. Combined with very high product quality, these corporate activities helped lead to Chard Development receiving numerous industry project-specific awards and culminated in winning the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce’s award for business excellence in 2014.Operating at an industry-leading level as a small business required a variety of other responsibilities to ensure top-to-bottom quality. These non-typical VP Marketing roles included construction management of $20m+ residential projects, selection and management of architectural and engineering teams, asset and data security management, developing suite deficiency inspection protocols and conducting detailed inspections, development of customer service and warranty programs, writing and design of user-oriented building manuals, writing and presentations for municipal zoning applications, wayfinding signage programs and custom artwork programs for individual properties.(Photos courtesy Chard Development Ltd.)