Your Role
Gensler Los Angeles is seeking a professional, motivated, and highly collaborative individual to join our team in Los Angeles as a
Communications Coordinator.
The position will champion Gensler’s design excellence collaborating with the public relations and marketing team, office leadership, designers, and clients with a dual focus on awards and photography coordination. The desired candidate is an action-oriented team player with excellent communication, writing, multi-tasking, and organizational skills.
What You Will Do
- Coordinate awards submittals working with leadership, clients, marketing, and PR partners for the LA office. Efforts include:
- Track and update awards program calendar
- Research and disseminate information on awards program details and deadlines
- Collaborate with Design Directors and provide recommendation on awards program and projects to submit
- Liaise with project teams and clients on approvals, assets, and submittals
- Write, review, and edit award program submittals
- Support with creating award program packages as needed
- Maintain budget and report out success to stakeholders
- Coordinate attendance to awards celebration events as needed
- Coordinate project photography with Design Directors, marketing, and PR teams for the LA office. Efforts include:
- Track photography shoots by managing photography calendar
- Organize shoot details, coordinating schedule with clients and Gensler team
- Organize shot list document with internal stakeholders to ensure we capture the project’s story (shoots may include capturing photography and video)
- Participate in local shoots as an on-site coordinator
- Collaborate with project partners on shoot participation, cost sharing, and invoicing
- Liaise with external modeling agencies and talent as needed
- Research photographers and maintain photographer relationships
- Distribute final image assets to internal and external stakeholders
- Identify selected images for PR use and maintaining copyright agreements for external use
- Partner with PR team to support social media curation for Gensler Los Angeles office platforms
Your Qualifications
- Attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills
- Ability to manage concurrent projects and deadlines
- Understanding of the importance of storytelling through writing, photography and video
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Commit to meaningful internal collaboration and client service in a fast-paced environment while remaining poised under pressure
- 0-3 years of professional experience in communications, public relations, or marketing
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, English, Business, Architecture, Interior Design or Public Relations
- Proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
To be considered, please submit portfolio and/or work samples in PDF format.
- The base salary range will be estimated between $55,000 - $65,000 plus bonuses and benefits and contingent on relevant experience.
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 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 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, 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.
