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Marketing

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that, because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes, and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

Job Summary:

Caterpillar is seeking a skilled Creative Consult for the Resource Industries Sales, Services and Technology division to provide project consultation, support and management in the areas of art direction, design, creative development and production for digital marketing content, industry trade shows and events, and website management.

As the lead designer supporting the Caterpillar Mining brand, this position offers a unique opportunity to work on high-impact projects that shape the future of our industry. You will collaborate with a dynamic team of marketing professionals to create compelling visual content for Caterpillar sales and marketing teams, Cat dealer personnel, and additional external audiences. We seek passionate designers who thrive in a fast-paced, creative environment and are committed to instilling innovation and excellence in every design.

What You Will Do:

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Consultation & Strategy:

• Meet with business partners to understand their needs, goals, and target audience.

• Develop creative strategies and concepts that align with business objectives.

• Present ideas and proposals, providing clear and concise explanations.

• Creative Development & Execution:

• Brainstorm and develop innovative ideas for marketing campaigns, events and digital channels.

• Create high quality graphic design solutions utilizing latest technology and appropriate application to originate professional creative concepts. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Canva and other design tools is essential.

• Oversee the creative process, ensuring projects stay on track and meet deadlines.

• Project Management & Coordination:

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring efficient workflow, resource allocation and strong attention to detail.

• Coordinate with project managers, copywriters, and other team members to achieve desired outcomes, on time and within budget.

• Ensure final designs and deliverables adhere to company brand voice and standards. Act as a resource/contact for brand questions.

Education Requirement:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent certification (or equivalent working experience of 10 years within graphic design/creative consultant roles)

What Skills You Will Have:

Customer Focus:

• Communicates the importance of customer needs/expectations and commits to resolving them.

• Researches and verifies customer needs and expectations.

• Solicits customer satisfaction feedback and acts on improvement opportunities.

• Helps link organizational objectives to customer needs and expectations.

• Meets regularly with customers to understand their wants, needs and expectations.

Collaborating:

• Demonstrates experience participating in productive collaborative processes.

• Under guidance, initiates collaborative meetings.

• Assists in communicating shared goals with diverse groups and parties.

• Helps promote collaboration across generations, functions, regions, and levels.

• Helps solve business problems and meet business goals through collaborative processes.

Creativity:

• Maintains balance between innovation and pragmatism.

• Challenges accepted ways of operating.

• Monitors innovations in field and explores usefulness in own function.

• Encourages, solicits, and rewards imaginative ideas.

• Supports experimentation and accepts occasional setbacks or failures.

• Finds new ways to approach problems.

Effective Communications:

• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Relationship Management:

• Provides prompt and effective responses to client requests and interactions.

• Monitors client satisfaction levels on a regular basis.

• Alerts own team to problems in client satisfaction.

• Differentiates the roles and responsibilities in a business relationship.

• Works with clients to address critical issues and resolve major problems.

Strategic Thinking:

• Explains how a sense of competition with industry counterparts can motivate greater productivity.

• Identifies the key elements of the business strategy.

• Demonstrates the ability to articulate how own work supports the business strategy.

• Seeks help to clarify elements of the strategy that are beyond the group's influence.

Vendor/Supplier Management:

• Works with vendors to assure that products or services are delivered to time and quality specifications.

• Provides feedback on vendor performance to responsible contract administrators.

• Resolves routine issues or problems with vendors in organization's best interest.

• Identifies communications bottlenecks and recommends appropriate solutions.

• Builds effective working relationships with counterparts in vendor or supplier's organization.

Promotion and Marketing Communications:

• Analyzes the psychology of marketing communication and incorporates the routes to persuasion in the marketing plan.

• Compares and contrasts the benefits and drawbacks of different types of marketing communication techniques.

• Delivers various promotional and marketing communications that engage the target audience, respond to their questions and concerns and produce specific outcomes and impact.

• Develops a clear and complete understanding of needs and problems through careful listening, probing, reflecting, and summarizing.

• Develops a marketing communication strategy that focuses on promoting the distinctive value proposition of the product or service being offered.

• Guides the team members in developing a marketing communication plan and strategy.

Additional Information

The locations for this position are Peoria, IL & Tucson, IL.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

This position will require less than 10% travel.

What You Will Get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides:

• Competitive Base Salary

• Annual incentive bonus plan*

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

• 401k savings plan

• Health savings account (HSA)

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

• Short and long-term disability coverage

• Life Insurance

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy Lifestyle Programs

• Employee Assistance Programs

• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. Accident, Identity Theft Protection)

*Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines.

Final details

Please frequently check the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application – please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers .

For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To connect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media

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Summary Pay Range:

$110,520.00 - $165,840.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

• These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

March 21, 2025 - April 4, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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