DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.
Our team is seeking a Communications Coordinator who enjoys writing, organizing information, and creating compelling proposals to help DLR Group win new work. This opportunity is designed for someone with 0–2 years of experience who wants to learn how a global design firm pursues projects and communicates its expertise.
This role could be based in the following cities:
- Denver
- Minneapolis
- Riverside
About the Marketing Team at DLR Group
DLR Group’s Marketing team partners with design professionals and firm leaders to pursue new opportunities. Through proposals, qualifications packages, and interview presentations, the team connects our people’s expertise and project experience to each client’s needs.
Position Summary
The Communications Coordinator supports the preparation and delivery of proposals, statements of qualifications, and interview materials. Working alongside experienced pursuit professionals, you’ll help organize content, coordinate contributions from project teams, and produce clear, accurate, and visually engaging submissions.
This role offers hands-on experience with the pursuit process, from reviewing submission requirements to assembling final deliverables. You’ll receive guidance and feedback while developing your writing, document layout, and coordination skills in a collaborative design environment.
What You Will Do
- Assist with responses to requests for qualifications and proposals, helping the team meet submission requirements and deadlines.
- Help maintain pursuit schedules, track outstanding information, and follow up with contributors.
- Gather and organize project descriptions, employee resumes, photography, and other supporting content.
- Draft, edit, and format proposal content with guidance from pursuit team members.
- Use Adobe InDesign and established templates to assemble proposals, qualifications packages, and interview presentations.
- Proofread materials for grammar, accuracy, consistency, formatting, and compliance with submission instructions.
- Help prepare final files and support electronic or printed submissions.
- Maintain current project information, resumes, and reusable pursuit content.
- Collaborate with pursuit and project team members across multiple offices to gather content, share updates, and support proposal deadlines.
- Learn DLR Group’s services, markets, and project experience to help tailor materials to prospective clients.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, Graphic Design, or a related field
- 0–2+ years of relevant experience. Internships, academic projects, and student organization experience are welcome.
- Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage tasks against deadlines.
- Familiarity with Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Office, including Word and PowerPoint.
- Ability to follow instructions, ask questions, and incorporate feedback.
- Collaborative approach and enthusiasm for learning.
Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to proposals, statements of qualifications, or RFQ/RFP responses through coursework, internships, or professional experience.
- Experience with document layout, typography, or visual presentation.
- Familiarity with the Adobe Creative Suite.
- Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint.
Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested pay range for this position is:
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.
We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.
DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, Graphic Design, or a related field
- 0-2+ years of relevant experience; internships, academic projects, and student organization experience are welcome
- Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage tasks against deadlines
- Familiarity with Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Office, including Word and PowerPoint
- Ability to follow instructions, ask questions, and incorporate feedback
- Collaborative approach and enthusiasm for learning
- Exposure to proposals, statements of qualifications, or RFQ/RFP responses
- Experience with document layout, typography, or visual presentation
- Familiarity with the Adobe Creative Suite
- Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint
DLR Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DLR Group and has not been reviewed or approved by DLR Group.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employee ownership through an ESOP is prominent, with the firm described as 100% employee-owned. This structure is positioned as a meaningful long-term financial benefit when plan terms and vesting align.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, and FSA/HSA options, with an employee assistance program also noted. Listings consistently include core medical benefits alongside wellness resources.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, PTO, and family or parental leave are part of the stated offering. Benefits listings reference these time-off programs as standard components.
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What We Do
DLR Group is a global, employee-owned, integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization services.
