Marketing Coordinator

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.)

How to Apply

To be considered, please submit:

• A current resume
• A cover letter outlining your interest and qualifications
• A compact portfolio (not to exceed 4MB) showcasing representative work samples

Your portfolio may include writing samples, proposals, marketing collateral, presentations, graphic design projects, or other materials that illustrate your ability to communicate ideas effectively and produce high-quality work.

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Perkins&Will has established and adopted an Equal Employment Opportunity Employment policy (“EEO”), which is part of the Company’s Human Resources Policy. The purpose of this EEO policy is to ensure that all employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis, and without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. In some cases, local laws and regulations may provide greater protections than those outlined here and employees will be covered by the laws of their local jurisdiction.

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision Perkins&Will will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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