Marketing Specialist

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Your Role Gensler’s Middle East Region is seeking a creative, motivated and highly collaborative individual to join our team as a Marketing Specialist. You will support our go-to-market strategies by delivering targeted content that positions the firm to win new work. Deliverables include qualifications, proposals, presentations, thought leadership pieces, as well as event activation, awards submissions and social media content. You will be successful because you are a skilled storyteller and can work in creative tools, including InDesign and Microsoft tools. You will be able to demonstrate strong writing skills and graphic design sensibilities and have impeccable organization and project management skills. You will join a team of like-minded content marketers with a passion and talent for telling Gensler best-of stories about the power of design. All Gensler marketers should be excellent communicators, proactive problem solvers and action-oriented team players at a level appropriate to their experience. They must be committed to internal client service, poised under fast-paced pressure and have a relentlessly positive, flexible, “do whatever it takes” attitude. Opportunities for career growth are based on personal initiative, growing one’s understanding of our business, and ability to directly influence the success of our marketing programs. Special opportunities may exist for those who perform at exceptional levels within practice area strategy, leveraging writing, graphic design, and strategy. What You Will Do Working with Principals and senior staff to design, write and produce proposals, presentations and other marketing collateral in alignment with Gensler’s brand standards Participating in and championing strategy and planning sessions Facilitating workshops and strategy meetings that support the firm’s positioning and visibility in the market Coordinating business development activities, including researching incoming leads, following up and tracking their status and developing new materials to support business development activities Coordinating various PR activities such as internally hosted events, external speaking engagements, award submissions and media outreach Understanding Gensler’s evolving portfolio of work, practice areas, firm capabilities and service offerings Liaising internally with Gensler’s regional and firmwide marketing community to bring a local perspective to global messaging and publications and adapting global content for local/regional relevance, as needed Working with the Marketing Manager to coordinate photo shoots of completed projects Writing case stories on Gensler’s projects and bios on Gensler’s people Assisting with external awards submissions and public speaking content development Assisting with social media strategy and management Managing other responsibilities, as assigned Your Qualifications 5+ years of experience in a marketing position with a design or professional services firm Degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Business, Architecture, Interior Design, Graphic Design or related field Experience delivering significant marketing projects independently, coaching colleagues for presentations and working closely with Principals and other senior staff on marketing strategy and deliverables Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to craft a story in a compelling manner, including creating effective presentations and marketing collateral Strong interpersonal skills – a great collaborator Experience working directly with senior staff on business-critical projects with minimal supervision Strong organizational skills and an ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects and deadlines Ability to work with diverse project teams in a fast-paced work environment A high degree of competency in InDesign is a must Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is a plus Photography coordination/curation and digital asset management knowledge preferred Experience working with Salesforce or other CRM tools is a plus Experience in the A/E/C or property industry is a plus; experience in an architecture or design firm is especially valuable