Your Role

Gensler’s Shanghai office is seeking an experienced, creative, motivated, and highly collaborative individual to join our team as a Marketing Specialist. A Marketing Specialist is a senior position on the marketing team and brings with it a level of insight and strategy to project pursuits, working with multiple principals, firm leaders, and the Regional Marketing team in developing Gensler’s approach to specific clients and opportunities. Marketing Specialists have a deep understanding of the design industry and the practice areas that Gensler works within. This position requires you to write, design, and prepare collateral materials, presentations and new business proposals.

All Gensler marketers should be excellent communicators, proactive problem solvers, and action-oriented team players at a level appropriate to their experience. They must be committed to internal client service, poised under fast-paced pressure, and have a relentlessly positive, flexible, “do 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.

What You Will Do

Work with principals, senior staff, and regional marketing team members to design, write and produce proposals, presentations, and other marketing collateral in alignment with brand standardsParticipate in and championing strategy and planning sessionsDevelop new materials to support business development activitiesFacilitate workshops and strategy meetings that support  the positioning and increase the visibility of the Shanghai office in the marketCoordinate PR events and activities such as speaking engagements, award submissions, media outreach together with regional PRUnderstand and learn Gensler’s portfolio of work, practice areas, and firm wide capabilitiesCoordinate business development activities, including managing capital improvement program information, incoming leads, following-up, and tracking opportunity statusManage other responsibilities as assignedBe an integrated Marketing Team member

Your Qualifications

Minimum 5 years of experience in a marketing position with a design or professional services firmBachelor's degree in Journalism, Business, Architecture, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Communications or MarketingExperience managing significant marketing projects independently, coaching associates for presentations, and working closely with senior staff on marketing programsExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including creating effective presentations and marketing collateralAbility to provide strategic thinking and recognize competitive advantage opportunities for Gensler, leveraging these into marketing pitchesSelf-motivator with strong organizational and intra-personal skills, and a great collaboratorAbility to mentor junior team members, when requiredExperience working directly with senior staff on business-critical projects with minimal supervisionStrong organizational skills to coordinate and manage multiple projects and deadlinesAbility to work with diverse project teams and in a fast-paced work environmentA high degree of competency in InDesign is a mustProficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is a plusPhotography curation and digital archiving knowledge is preferredExperience in working with CRM and other infrastructural and sales tools 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 “Well-being Awareness 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, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a profit sharing plan and twice annual bonus opportunities.  Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.

As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.