Your Role
Gensler’s brand design team is fun, talented, passionate, enthusiastic, and great at helping our clients enhance their brand and business performance. As a design firm, Gensler is committed to being client-first, diverse, exploratory and sustainable-minded. Come join our multi-disciplinary brand studio in Seattle as a Design Manager/Project Manager working with clients across industries and the world to inform brand experiences, graphic communications and spatial design projects that embody our clients’ mission, vision and purpose.
This position is best suited for a personable account manager to maintain accounts and serve as our main point of contact externally as well as internally with the project team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for helping others and a drive for providing exceptional client service. Applicants should also be proficient with audits, spreadsheets, and other productivity software.
This position is best suited for a personable project manager to serve as our main point of contact both externally with the client and internally with the integrated project team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for helping others and a drive for providing exceptional client service in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. Applicants should also be proficient with audits, spreadsheets and other productivity software.
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What You Will Do
Develop the skills to independently manage projects for clients, navigate team strategies, staffing, time and budget management
Maintain accurate client records, keeping track of scopes of work, contract updates and renewals
Coordinate vendor/consultant contributions to projects
Work on new business proposals/presentations
Learn key aspects of studio business and proactively develop ways to create better client engagements, people-centric approaches, and project efficiencies
Coordinate studio financial cycles by managing client follow-up, calendars, deadlines, meetings
Lead with excellence, curiosity, kindness and drive
Work with strategy and design leaders to prepare presentations, workshops, and related research and client interactions
Write and edit project briefs for project teams
Organize regular research and analysis around client issues, consumer behavior and design trends
Your Qualifications
8+ years’ experience in an interior design/architecture firm, agency, marketing/communications capacity or similar professional experience
3+ years' of experience in environmental/experiential graphic design
Bachelor’s degree in design-related program
Highly organized and aware of how to use/create tools that support work efficiency
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience communicating directly with clients
Ability to multitask and juggle several responsibilities simultaneously
Both client and team-oriented; experience with managing projects and design teams
Proficient in MS Office programs; experience with Adobe Creative Suite a plus
For consideration, please submit a cover letter, resume and/or portfolio in PDF format.
*The base salary will be estimated between $91,000 - $114,000 plus bonuses and benefits and contingent on relevant experience.
Life at Gensler
As a people-first organization, 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.
Top Skills
What We Do
Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 53 locations and more than 6,000+ professionals networked across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Founded in 1965, the firm works globally with more than 4,000 clients across more than 33 practice areas spanning the work, lifestyle, community, and health sectors.
Everything we do is guided by our mission: To create a better world through the power of design.
We believe the power of design can spark positive change and create a future that promotes equity, resilience, and wellbeing for everyone.
Gensler was named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work in 2020, 2019, 2017 and 2016, and our award-winning culture has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2021. Our people-first philosophy is centered on the core ideas of diversity empowerment, impact, community, respect, and growth. You can learn more about our commitment to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace at https://www.gensler.com/careers#diversity.
