Responsibilities

• Ghostwrite for owned and third-party channels.
• Assign and edit blog content.
• This includes discussing ideas with the firm’s thought leaders, writing outlines and assignment memos, providing notes and potentially difficult feedback, and revising content while managing stakeholders.
• Write compelling headlines.
• Research and write case studies/project stories.
• Play a leading editorial role for Gensler’s new website.
• This includes contributing to pre-launch content planning, editing, and preparation, and helping to build and sustain a brand publishing operation once the site goes live.
• Have a deep and day-to-day knowledge of the architecture, design, and building industry and be able to articulate how we should respond to relevant news.
• Write and edit for the firm’s major publications such as Design Forecast.
• Use your deep knowledge of the industry to inform trends.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in editorial positions (writer, editor, copy editor) with experience in developing compelling thought leadership
• Deeply passionate about content marketing and innovative storytelling of a brand in both digital and print forms—an ability to balance business needs with compelling creativity and brand integrity
• Experience launching or growing at scale a digital editorial operation such as a brand publication, content hub, or content-forward website.
• Editorial mindset that seeks to understand what’s new and relevant, what content audiences consume, and how to create it
• Great storytelling ability and an eye for detail with a keen ability to adjust your tone based on your audience
• Self-management skills and an understanding for how to manage the priorities of multiple stakeholders
• A team-first player with an outstanding ability to communicate with colleagues and internal stakeholders
• Experience across a range of media (digital and print)—enjoys working on big ideas and small points of execution, and everything in between
• Experience collaborating with senior executives (C-suite, Managing Directors, Subject Matter Experts, etc.)
• Experience working with decentralized multi-location, global and multicultural communications teams

Preferred

• Experience for a professional services firm, in-house, or working for an agency is preferred
• Experience in the design, architecture, real estate, or building industries is of interest

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off.
• 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice annual bonus opportunities.
• reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees.
• reimbursement of tuition for certain eligible programs or classes.
• We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.