Marketing Specialist

Job description / Role

At Gensler, we design for people. We leverage our global perspective and local presence to innovate at every scale. Fueled by passion and entrepreneurial spirit, our people bring new ideas to solve challenging problems. Our depth of expertise spans disciplines from master planning to education, hospitality, retail, technology and more. Whether were refreshing a retailers brand, planning a new urban district or designing a super tall building, we strive to make the everyday places people occupy more inspiring, more resilient and more impactful.

Gensler Marketing Team All Gensler marketers should be excellent communicators, proactive problem solvers and action-oriented team players. They must be committed to internal client service, poised under fast-paced pressure and have a relentlessly positive, flexible, œdo whatever it takes attitude. Opportunities for career growth are based on personal initiative, growing their understanding of our business, and ability to directly influence the success of our marketing programs. Special opportunities may exist for those who perform at exceptional levels within practice areas or disciplines, such as writing, graphic design, strategy and/or public relations.

Marketing Specialist Role Genslers Middle East Region is currently seeking a Marketing Specialist to support business development and market awareness within several practice areas. This position spans both strategic and production work, and is expected to work closely with business developers.

Marketing at Gensler is a communications-based discipline. We create qualifications and proposals, presentations, and other deliverables daily, both print documents and electronic ones across multiple platforms. We look for a high level of skill with InDesign, strong graphic design sense, a love of the design industry and a talent for telling stories about it, great client service, and impeccable organization and project management.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of a marketing specialist include:
- Managing multiple marketing projects on fast deadlines that sometimes involve coordination between several global offices.
- Leading the development of marketing collateral such as proposals and presentations, including research, design, writing, and coordination
- Strategize and lead award submissions, media relations, events, and other opportunities for public exposure.
- Learn Genslers portfolio of work, practice areas, and broad firm capabilities, and understand how to leverage that experience to position the firm for new business opportunities.
- Utilize and maintain resources and information systems, including digital databases, knowledge management platforms, CRM software, boilerplate content, publications and promotional materials, and regular business development reports.
- Other responsibilities as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:
- 3+ years’ experience, prior experience in marketing and communications; prior knowledge of marketing for professional services firms or the real estate industry, including RFPs, RFQs, EOIs, is a plus.
- Strategic and creative
- Outstanding facilitation skills to build consensus in team settings
- Strong in project management, coordination, and other organizational skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with grammatical accuracy
- Self-motivator and a great collaborator
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong graphic communication and design skills are a plus
- Competency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign)
- Ability to thrive in a high volume, deadline driven environment
- Experience researching, designing, writing, and producing business proposals, presentations, and other collateral
- Bachelor Degree

About the Company

Gensler is widely recognized as the world's leading collaborative design firm, not just the largest. The ability to work together as an integrated team is part of our DNA, and we've embraced it at every level, from our Co-CEOs to our studios and project teams.

The focus of Gensler leadership is on serving our clients effectively wherever they need our services. Our one-firm firm ethos saves time, cuts costs and delivers innovation. We offer the design industry's deepest bench of expertise, matched with experience gained by working with our clients across the global economy. We bring that broad knowledge to bear on every project and location where we work.