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The role at a glance:    

This is an excellent opportunity to join NBBJ’s global marketing team, working with NBBJ’s New York-based Experience Design studio, ESI Design. The Communications & Marketing Manager is a hybrid role that bridges the traditional disciplines of communications, marketing and public relations to grow the brand and build the business. This individual will use creative project storytelling and provocative thought leadership as the engine that drives the creation of marketing collateral, proposals, presentations, media placements, speaking engagements, and more.     

The successful candidate will bring a unique blend of strengths in messaging and storytelling, proposal writing, presentation design, as well as media relations, awards and speaking engagements. This individual will be a creative storyteller, a keen process manager, highly organized, highly collaborative, and driven to succeed. They will be engaged in all phases of the sales cycle, including brand awareness, proposals, presentations, and client relationships. After a project has been won, they will also play a central role in documenting the project through fact sheets, photography, video, and narrative.     

In your new role, you will:    

• Collaborate with Market Leaders, Marketing Director, and Business Development Director to set and execute win strategies for prospects, and drive the entire pursuit process from strategy to final production
• Work with the Global Communications Director to develop and implement the annual studio communications plan and communications budget
• Generate compelling marketing collateral and toolkit components, including proposals, presentations, qualifications packages, project stories, resumes, etc.
  Work with market leaders to author original thought leadership, social media content, and web content
• Expand and nurture press and media relationships; champion efforts to land earned media stories and segments in client-centric news outlets
• Work with clients to gain approval to share design and impact stories; collaborate with studio team to produce videography, photography, and narratives that support thematic and project-specific story angles
• Build and maintain robust libraries of content and prospect deliverables
• Identify strategic targets for awards and collaborate with the global communications team to create winning submissions
• Collaborate effectively with tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, Sharepoint, and Mural
• Utilize the firm’s marketing systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Deltek Vision, and OpenAsset

What you will need to succeed:    

• 4-year degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism or other applicable discipline
• 10+ years of proven success in the marketing and communication fields, with a preference for design industry experience
• Understanding of public relations with NYC and national media
• Excellent writing and editing skills, including examples of published articles and original content
• Intermediate/Expert understanding of Adobe InDesign and PowerPoint
• Understanding of basic layout and graphic design principles
• Exceptional time management and organizational skills; ability to multitask
• Ability to work efficiently under multiple deadlines
• Good interpersonal communication skills
• Knowledge of Deltek Vision, OpenAsset, CRM and other databases a plus

The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $95,000 and $115,000. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.    

Why choose NBBJ?

We believe that all NBBJ employees should love their work. This means not only loving what you do but having pride in your workplace. We strive to be that irresistible place to work by enhancing your employee experience with customized programs and comprehensive benefits. In addition to 100% covered employee healthcare costs and 401k contributions, we offer unique professional development opportunities, volunteer opportunities and access to leading technology and resources to further help you love your work and advance your career.

• NBBJ has been named three times by Fast Company as one of the most innovative architecture firms.
• Founded in 1943, our first office opened over 75 years ago in Seattle, Washington. We now have over 10 office locations around the globe.
• We are a transdisciplinary, cross-practice focused firm with a deep portfolio of Civic & Cultural, Commercial, Corporate, Healthcare, Higher Education, Science and Technology, Sports, and Urban Environment projects. We also have several areas of service expertise including: Architecture, Environmental Graphic Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Workplace Consulting and more.
• In the past decade, NBBJ has received more than 300 awards from leading global, national and regional award programs across the business, real estate and design communities.
• We work with 5 of the top global high-tech companies, 14 of the U.S. News and World Report Top Hospitals, and 4 of the top 10 highest-ranked learning institutions.
• Our clients include institutional leaders such as Cambridge University, Google, Samsung, Cleveland Clinic, Tencent, and Stanford University.