Marketing Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

At Ballinger, we are passionate about complex challenges and real-world problem solving.  Design challenges come in all shapes and sizes, and the ones we prefer test us as design professionals. We seek out complex projects with big impact because they require us to ask tough questions, synthesize data, and push past the boundaries of existing answers into the realm of innovative solutions. Ballinger team members thrive on those challenges because our clients do, too: our work for them enables their ambitious endeavors in science and medicine, research and government, manufacturing and technology. Ballinger welcomes ambition with career development, mentorship, and leadership opportunities. Here ideas will always be more important than hierarchy because they result in buildings as transformative as the missions they serve.

Ballinger is seeking a Marketing Coordinator as a key member of the Marketing team that has an opportunity to make a significant impact on an evolving practice committed to design excellence and sustainability. This position works directly with firm leaders, distills complex information, and creates compelling layouts and graphics that drive new business. The marketing coordinator will join a team of professionals supporting a staff of 200+ in pursuit of new projects spanning architecture, engineering, interior design, and planning.

Responsibilities

• Designing print and digital material for business development initiatives
• Analyzing request for proposal (RFP) requirements to ensure compliance, coordinating responses, developing layout, and managing production and final delivery/distribution
• Developing content and submitting materials for local and national industry awards
• Collaboratively developing and producing powerful brand stories in a variety of media
• Producing web content, including video, graphics, and copy
• Maintaining a project information database and firm boilerplate, including project descriptions, resumes, and firm overviews
• Coordinating and attending occasional project photography shoots
• Working in a team atmosphere to support firm leaders and business development efforts

Technical/Professional Skills

• Graphic design training/ability
• Excellent communication, writing, and organizational abilities
• An aptitude for working in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented department
• Mastery of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat)

Qualifications

• Degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, English, or Communications (or knowledge gained through relevant work experience)
• Knowledge and/or curiosity about architecture, engineering, and interior design
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to multitask
• Must be able to interact and communicate with individuals of all levels of the organization in a fast-paced environment 

• Must be able to work on-site four (4) days per week in our Philadelphia office

Ballinger’s Approach:  

Our interdisciplinary teams collaborate on solutions that require a synthesis of disciplines. We believe integrating architecture, planning, interior design, and engineering is key to achieving excellence in the design of transformative environments. We were one of the first firms to merge the disciplines into a professional practice. At Ballinger, architectural and interior designers work collaboratively and creatively with planners and engineers. Our range of skills, perspectives, and experiences, directed toward a common goal, produces ground-breaking outcomes.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

It is the policy of Ballinger to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race (including hairstyle/texture), religion, color, citizenship, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Ballinger prohibits any such discrimination or harassment. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all.

About Us:

Ballinger is one of the oldest continuously practicing architecture and engineering firm in the United States. Founded in l878. We make places for people who make the future. Healers and learners, makers and innovators: they are the people who inspire us, because their work changes lives for the better. For them, a building must be both functional and exceptional, an environment that empowers those who experience it. We believe that a building designed and engineered with insight and intelligence becomes a catalyst for today’s transformative endeavors – and an enabler of tomorrow’s promising futures.

What We Offer:

We believe that people are our greatest asset and the precision, expertise, and collaboration that we bring to our projects sets us apart from the competition and enables us to make an impact on our world and community. We offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package, including Medical, Dental, Prescription, Wellness, FSA/HSA, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Short and Long-Term Disability Programs, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Parental Leave, 401(k) Plan with company contribution, Commuter Benefits, Paid Holidays, and Personal Time Off (PTO), Community Volunteer Events and fresh fruit and yogurt provided every morning in the office.

Location:

This role is based in our Philadelphia, PA headquarters with (4) days per week on-site and a flexible, hybrid work schedule.