Your Role
We are seeking a dynamic and highly organized, digital-minded Project Coordinator with an interest in marketing to join our team. This dynamic role blends operational support with opportunities to grow creative and strategic skills, making it ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, design-driven environment and is eager to learn more about marketing in the architecture and design industry.
As a Project Coordinator, you will play a vital role in supporting a team of industry-leading architects and designers by providing essential administrative and organizational assistance. Positioned at the center of the studio’s daily operations, you’ll help ensure projects run smoothly and efficiently. This role offers an exciting opportunity for individuals interested in marketing. You’ll collaborate closely with senior staff and marketing specialists, gaining hands-on experience in proposal development, presentations, and storytelling that convey our design vision. Additionally, you’ll contribute to regional marketing initiatives and deepen your understanding of business development strategy, branding, and communications.
What You Will Do
- Provide day-to-day project coordination, scheduling, and administrative support to design teams
- Organize meetings, track project deliverables, and assist in maintaining studio workflows
- Support the creation of proposals, presentations, and marketing collateral under guidance
- Assist with research on clients, trends, and opportunities to support business development
- Help with studio communications, internal events, and general marketing activities
- Foster a positive, collaborative team culture with a proactive, “can-do” attitude
Who You Are
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive, with a passion for design and storytelling
- A strong communicator (written and verbal) with excellent interpersonal skills
- A problem-solver who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys juggling priorities
- Curious and eager to learn about the creative and strategic aspects of marketing in design
Your Qualifications
- 2-5 years of project or client account coordination and/or administrative professional experience in an architecture, design or real estate firm required
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to multi-task and prioritize as needed
- Must be organized, efficient, able to work independently, a motivated self-starter and enjoy working with a globally distributed team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with grammatical accuracy.
- Strong organizational and intra-personal skills, and a great collaborator.
- Experience working directly with senior staff on business-critical projects with minimal supervision.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and diverse project teams in a fast-paced work environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is a must.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign) is a must.
- Proficiency with Dashboards, MS Excel, Tableau, and Power BI tools is a must
- The ability to maintain and foster positive team and co-worker relationships.
- Ability to work in the office, full-time, 5 days a week
**The base salary will be estimated between $60,000 - $75,000 annually 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.
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Skills Required
- 2-5 years of project or client account coordination and/or administrative professional experience in an architecture, design or real estate firm
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign)
- Proficiency with dashboards, MS Excel, Tableau, and Power BI tools
- Strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task and prioritize
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with grammatical accuracy
- Experience working directly with senior staff on business-critical projects with minimal supervision
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and diverse project teams in a fast-paced work environment
- Must be organized, efficient, able to work independently and be a motivated self-starter
- Ability to maintain and foster positive team and co-worker relationships; strong collaborator
- Ability to work in the office, full-time, 5 days a week
- Passion for design and storytelling; curious and eager to learn about marketing in design
Gensler Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Gensler and has not been reviewed or approved by Gensler.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentive programs include twice‑yearly bonuses and profit sharing that are positioned as meaningful parts of total compensation. Employee ownership elements can reward longer tenure and contribute to overall earnings beyond base pay.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employee stock ownership and stock appreciation programs provide wealth‑building avenues beyond salary. These equity mechanisms are highlighted as part of the standard package.
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Healthcare Strength — Core coverage spans medical, dental, and vision alongside life and disability, EAP/mental‑health resources, and wellness programs. Benefits breadth is described as solid within the industry context.
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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.
