Gow Hastings Architects has an immediate opening for a Senior Proposal and Marketing Specialist to join its Toronto-based, award-winning architecture and interior design studio. They’re on the lookout for a skilled and resourceful individual to play an integral role in sustaining Gow Hastings’ practice and advancing its growth, with the ability to work effortlessly across strategic planning, new business pursuits, proposals and media outreach.
Key Responsibilities
Working collaboratively with the Partners, the specialist is responsible for:
- RFP/RFQ pursuits from start to finish;
- Business procurement to support Gow Hastings’ short- and long-term business goals, including tracking business leads, identifying new market and business opportunities;
- Written content for proposals, awards, and media outreach;
- Client, consultant, and collaborator relations;
- Press and media communications
- Working collaboratively with the Creative Director, and in consultation with the Partners, the specialist will provide additional support to ensure brand strength and alignment across multiple channels and all touch points: A wide range of graphic communications assignments, including proposals, presentations, awards submissions, publications, and marketing collateral, in print, digital, and/or web;
- Website maintenance and social media engagement;
- Projects’ visual documentation;
- Photography coordination and image database management
Required Skills and Experience
Minimum Qualifications include:
- Degree in Architecture, Design, Communications, Writing or Journalism;
- Minimum 6 years of experience working in a design services or AEC environment;
- Creative and self-motivated individual with superior organizational skills;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills;
- Highly developed business acumen;
- Flexibility to work independently or as a team;
- Nimbleness and ability to balance multiple deadlines against competing priorities;
- Fluency in Adobe Creative Cloud and MS Office;
- Advanced graphic skills are an asset
Please submit your PDF application to [email protected] with the subject line: Senior Proposal and Marketing Specialist. Include a cover letter outlining how you envision your role/contribution. Salary negotiable based on level of experience.