Marketing Specialist
Your Role
Gensler’s Shanghai office is seeking a creative, motivated, and highly collaborative individual to join our team as a Marketing Specialist. Marketing Specialists are the key producers of materials that support Gensler’s direct business development efforts. They work under the direction of office / studio directors and the regional marketing leader to write, design, and produce proposals, presentations, and other material used to help the firm win work and also support the general activities of the office/regional marketing studio such as PR and knowledge management, etc. All Gensler marketers should be excellent communicators, proactive problem solvers, and action-oriented team players at a level appropriate to their experience. You must be committed to internal client service, poised under fast-paced pressure, and have a relentlessly positive, flexible, “can-do” attitude. Opportunities for career growth are based on personal initiative, growing your 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.
What You Will Do
- Working with studio directors and other design team members to design, write, and produce proposals, presentations, and other marketing collateral in alignment with brand standards
- Developing new materials as needed to support business development activities
- Performing multiple marketing efforts against rapid and frequent deadlines
- Understanding and learning Gensler’s portfolio of work, practice areas, and firmwide capabilities
- Writing case stories and resumes
- Coordinating other responsibilities as assigned
- Maintaining resources & information systems: ordering materials, updating project documentation, resumes, and image libraries
- Being an integrated Marketing Team member within the Greater China region.
Your Qualifications
- A solid grounding of professional experience in a marketing position with a design or professional services firm
- Degree in Journalism, Business, Architecture, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Communications or Marketing
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including creating effective presentations and marketing collateral
- Self-motivator with intra-personal skills, and a great collaborator
- Strong organizational skills to coordinate and manage multiple projects and deadlines
- Ability to work with diverse project teams and in a fast-paced work environment
- Strong graphic communication and design skills
- Competency in InDesign is a must
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is a plus
Life at Gensler
At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Wellbeing Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests. We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a profit sharing plan and twice annual bonus opportunities. At Gensler, the value of our work stems from its positive impact on the human experience. We are a dynamic and collaborative design firm uniting creativity, research, and innovation to solve complex problems for our clients. Our work challenges conventional ideas about architecture and the built environment. We aren’t just designing buildings—we are reimagining cities and places that make a difference in people’s lives. Founded in 1965, Gensler has built a team of 6,000 professionals who partner with clients in over 100 countries each year. Everything we do is guided by our mission: to create a better world through the power of design.
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS
We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer of choice. All aspects of employment decisions will be based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status protected under federal, state, or local law. Individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. See also Know your rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal, right to work and E-verify program, as required by law. Gensler endeavors to make gensler.com/careers accessible to all applicants. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us. Regarding Gensler’s approach to recruiting new talent, we will never ask an applicant for sensitive or personal financial information during the recruitment process. We advise all applicants seeking employment with Gensler to review available information on recruitment fraud. Anyone who suspects that they have been contacted by someone falsely representing Gensler should email info@gensler.com.
