Your Role
Gensler is seeking a professional, motivated, and highly collaborative individual to join our team as a Public Relations Specialist, supporting our SC Health Sector Practice Area Leaders and our Austin office. The ideal candidate has a passion for design and views PR as a people-centered activity. They will work alongside our Regional PR Director and broader team to provide PR admin and related activities representing Gensler’s brand, reputation, and thought leadership in our markets. The Health Sector is Gensler’s newest sector with a robust and growing client roster. The Health Sector is composed of a passionate team committed to changing the world through the power of design. Today we are small, but we are mighty. Come and help us transform human health and wellbeing!
What You Will Do
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Partner with the SC PR Director and Health Sector Practice Area Leaders on external strategies that reach their core audience(s).
Media Relations
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Draft communication materials including press releases, project fact sheets, key messages and website content.
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Field and manage media requests.
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Prepare reporter briefing sheets and staff media interviews as needed.
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Maintain media lists; research and add new reporter contacts as needed.
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Track media placements and speaking engagements.
Thought Leadership
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Speaking Opportunities
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Research and compile business, industry, and community events for speaking opportunities and/or office attendance.
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Develop messaging or presentations for Gensler expert as needed.
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Staff each speaking event to take photos for social media channels and manage onsite interviews with reporters if they are on site.
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Coordinate sponsorship opportunities if previously agreed to by Managing Directors.
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Blogs and Contributed Articles
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Work with architects and designers to source ideas for articles.
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Assist architects and designers with writing and editing.
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Once published, track articles and post to social media channels.
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Social Media
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Maintain and develop content for our social media presence on office channels.
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Work with local office to develop market-specific content, i.e. posts and videos.
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Support with graphics/layout for posts.
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Track views, engagement and performance of content (Sprout Social or other social media tracking platform experience required)
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Attend office, industry and community events to capture content for channels.
Awards
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Work with Awards Specialist to review programs and projects.
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Attend quarterly award platforms review meetings with Design Directors.
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Manage submission content development and reviews with project team in the office, in collaboration with the Awards Specialist.
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Assistance in writing content, as needed
Photography
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Provide administrative support to project teams for pre-shoot planning and coordination.
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Attend and staff photoshoots, as needed.
Admin
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Attend monthly check-in meetings with Managing Directors and Marketing Manager.
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Compile weekly media placements, speaking opportunities, events, and award wins for This Week at Gensler report.
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Compile weekly media placements, speaking opportunities, events, and award wins along with drafting LinkedIn captions for South Central News.
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Compile industry and business articles for the weekly Industry Brief report that goes to Austin and Kansas City offices.
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Work with other PR Specialists to maintain and update the regional PR Sharepoint site.
Your Qualifications
Public Relations moves swiftly to capitalize on the ‘right now’ opportunities – those opportunities shift by the day, sometimes by the hour, and you crave that part of the job.
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Bachelor’s degree in Communications or related field required
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4+ years of professional communications experience
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Presentation: polished professionalism with a comfort level interacting with high-level executives
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Communication: strong writing, editing, grammar and interpersonal skills. Ability to craft, prepare, and execute writing assignments (pitches, project narratives, blog posts, bylines) under deadlines
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Organizational: ability to self-manage projects around expected delivery dates
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Teamwork: works cohesively as a member of a broader communications team, pitches in to help others, forward-thinking go-getter; ability to adapt in dynamic settings
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Client/customer service: understanding of public relations as a service to the region
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Administrative: ongoing support of reporting materials on behalf of the regional PR team
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Ability to work in a fast-paced and high-growth environment
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Able to handle sensitive information and ensure confidentiality
Portfolio with work samples required. Please supply PDF(s) or a link to your online portfolio.
This position is in-person. If you’re open to relocating to the Austin, Texas area, please apply! Non-local candidates are welcome. U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 study ranks Austin as the top place to live in Texas!!
Life at Gensler
Gensler is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Through our Five Strategies to Fight Racism, we continue to create a just and equitable future for our colleagues and our communities with our clients. We are a solid voice for social change as we impact people’s lives and fight racism. At Gensler, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace environment. 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.
At Gensler, the value of our work stems from its positive impact on the human experience. We are a dynamic and collaborative design firm uniting creativity, research, and innovation to solve complex problems for our clients. Our work challenges conventional ideas about architecture and the built environment. We aren’t just designing buildings — we are reimagining cities and places that make a difference in people’s lives.
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.
