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Membership Development, Communications, Marketing Position

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 The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• Experience with communications, marketing and member development activities with for profit or not for profit organization.
• Bachelor degree preferred; 2 years of related professional experience preferred.
• Energetic, team player who enjoys problem solving and finding solutions to challenges.
• Able to work well with deadlines and timelines.
• Some event planning and coordination experience.
• Technical ability with Microsoft office products and social media.
• Must have the ability to be bonded and successfully pass a background check.
• Must possess a valid U.S. driver’s license.

Specific job duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop and implement strategies to retain members and secure new memberships.
• Manage and maintain brand positioning throughout the content of the organization.
• Provide direction for public relations.
• Provide strategic communication planning and proactive issues counsel to the staff and board of directors.
• Write and manage content for monthly E newsletter, member relations materials, business and community success stories, media and publication articles including press releases, organizational marketing and collateral materials, event marketing materials, develop and maintain presentations.
• Manage and keep updated general content and event list for the kiosk at the airport.
• Manage and keep updated general content and event list with the organization’s website.
• Manage social media.
• Perform research; manage grant foundation submissions that support organizational goals.
• Event planning for organization events, workshops, roundtables, seminars, annual meeting, tours and conferences.
• Minimal in state travel but will need transportation to travel within a four county area.

How to Apply
Please submit a letter of interest, resume, and salary requirements to: Montana West Economic Development, 314 Main Street, Kalispell, MT  59901 or electronically to kellie@dobusinessinmontana.com.   Items must be received by May 11th, 2012. 
Montana West will contact qualified candidates before the May 11th deadline to begin selecting candidates for further consideration. Please submit all questions relating to the organization and to the advertised position to the above email address. Montana West is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Salary based on qualifications and experience.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V
Job Category: Professional
Position Type: Full-Time
Posted: 4/27/12

Montana West and Northwest Montana Association of Realtors Team-up to Provide Powerful Data to the Business Community

Montana West Economic Development (MWED) and Flathead County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) collaborated with Northwest Montana Association of Realtors (NMAR) and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development to provide a powerful online tool to local businesses and prospective business developers considering northwest Montana.  The tool is called Montana Site Selector but the online site does much more than simply identify properties for sale or lease.

 Montana West Economic Development contracted with GCS Research to build the mapping and data website and to purchase the constantly updated reports and statistics that will be available on the site.

The site, www.MontanaSiteSelector.com/NorthwestMontana, uses GIS and Esri data.  Users will find mapped data that allow users to view multiple reports and layers at one time including:

• Complete data on all MLS listed industrial and commercial properties available for sale or lease in northwest Montana
• Address-specific reports that cover 36 vital statistical areas, such as market demographics, traffic patterns and business mix. All data is compiled and updated by ESRI, the world leader in GIS software
• Detailed 2010 Census reports on local demographics such as population, income, and housing
• Market research data report for consumer markets including expenditures on housing, medical, retail, and recreation by location
• Map overlays combining important siting data — transportation, zoning, schools, tax credits and more — in a graphical format to reveal areas that meet location criteria

 GCS Research worked in tandem with NMAR to connect NMAR commercial listings to the statewide www.montanasiteselector.com site. Filtering commercial and real estate data from the www.NMAR.com site into the mapping framework of the site selector tool they were able to add real estate data to the online maps, eliminating the need for real estate agents to input the data in two separate systems. 

 Users will also have access to reports based on Esri’s Tapestry Segmentation classifying residential neighborhoods into unique market segments allowing businesses to understand the lifestyles and life stages of the consumers in the local market or neighborhood. This data will be useful to a variety of businesses as they profile customers, analyze markets, evaluated competitors and identify market opportunities.

 “We hope that the market research made available through this site will assist existing local business identify customer trends and business opportunities to expand while also attracting outside entrepreneurs to consider locating their business in northwest Montana,” said Kim Morisaki, Manager of Client Development and Resources for Montana West Economic Development.

 Montana West is able to provide customized reports for your business for a small fee.  For further information contact us at 406-257-7711 Ext. 3.

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