Different Experience with Marketing Department
Pros
It's been a while since I worked at STV. Was looking up info on a new company and came across the vitriol and negative comments about the marketing department. Not to say that anyone is lying but my experience was very different. I started there as a Proposal Coordinator and rose to a Proposal Manager after a couple of years. It was a new field for me and I was a bit shaky. I didn't produce the big submissions initially but I did pretty good on the smaller ones. The senior managers (who are still there) mentored me through my shortcomings and helped me grow into a strong proposal manager and I became the go to for the some of the larger submissions. They helped me improve my writing and my proposal development process. I was really organized and driven so this environment worked for me. Don't get me wrong, it was tough -- they pushed me a lot and challenged me to be better. Sometimes it wasn't easy but it def wasn't "abusive" as one reviewer said. You just have to hunker down and get the work done. Nothing is personal. Which is hard to find these days -- reason I am leaving this other job. I only left STV because of location and a friend introduced me to another industry. So, if you like being in a place with folks who have high expectations and strive for better, this environment may work for you too. You have to be willing to do the work and it really pays off. Helped me a bunch!
Cons
Like I said, it's been a while so not sure how things are now but back then one of the main issues was getting information from the technical experts -- but that is everywhere. Even in the financial industry! The other issue for me was work, life, balance. Had kids and needed more time at home. Hope that's better now.
