Working closely with the Marketing Director, the marketing team members, and the studio's leadership team across our Chinatown, West Adams, and San Diego offices, you will play a key role in advancing the firm's growth and visibility. Your primary responsibilities will include developing compelling proposal submissions and supporting strategic marketing and communications initiatives that strengthen our brand, support business development, elevate public relations efforts, and foster meaningful client engagement.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of one year of experience in marketing at a professional services firm, preferably in architecture. Our new teammate will bring strong graphic design, writing, interpersonal, and communication skills, along with a track record of managing multiple projects and deadlines independently. They think strategically about marketing and use storytelling to strengthen campaigns and messaging. As a Marketing Coordinator, you will be responsible for the following:

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contributes to the overall success of the office by adhering to firm and project goals.
• Works with corporate graphics team to maintain a standard of graphic design excellence across all efforts.
• Prepares and coordinates proposals, qualifications, packages, and presentations for prospective clients.
• Schedules and tracks production of proposals/qualifications packages to meet deadlines and assisting in production efforts.
• Participates in cross-disciplinary meetings, helping to align ideas, production, and timeline.
• Drafts, edits, organizes, and proofs various marketing collateral, including proposal content, project sheets, resumes, award submittals, brochures, media relations pieces, and interview content to ensure content is comprehensive, competitive, and client-specific, as well as in accordance with the Perkins&Will brand standards.
• Researches clients, market trends, and background information to contribute to fully understanding the local competitive landscape.
• Basic knowledge of interview team dynamics and processes
• Manages social media accounts and website content updates.
• Manages project and client data in firmwide databases.
• Participates in coordinating events, public relations efforts, advertisements, materials for trade shows, content for speaking engagements, direct mail campaigns, and award submittals.
• Begins to understand strategy behind the collateral content.
• Supports firmwide initiatives.
• Keeps open and clear communication.
• Uses storytelling to enhance marketing strategy.
• Uses a creative approach to perform tasks and responsibilities on projects in an organized, timely, and consistent way.
• Self-checks work for accuracy, omissions, and legibility.
• Proactively asks questions and expresses curiosity about the industry at large.
• Assists with coordination among teams, potential clients, and consultants.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• 1-3+ years of experience in marketing, communications, or a related field - especially in the architecture, design, or professional services industries.
• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred
• SMPS (desired not required)
• LEED GA (preferred not required)

PROFICIENCIES

• Personable and articulate
• Sharp writing and critical thinking skills
• Effective project management capabilities
• Sound understanding of marketing principles
• Understanding digital and production delivery

SOFTWARE

• Adobe Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) preferred
• Open Asset
• Microsoft Suite (Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

Compensation & Benefits

At Perkins&Will, we foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair, and competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidate's qualifications including skill sets, education, experience and training, licensure and certifications credentials if applicable, and business-related factors. This practice extends to all employees, including performance considerations for merit increases, job promotions, and transfer opportunities. We additionally review our pay practices, conduct pay equity audits and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis. At the time of posting this job advertisement, the annual pay range for this position is between $72,400 and $92,400 commensurate with qualifications. In addition, we provide a comprehensive benefits package for full time employees including, medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA accounts, 401k with employer match, PTO and paid holidays, short-term and long-term disability, paid parental leave, commuter benefits, life insurance, and learning and development opportunities.

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