Marketing Coordinator​/Manager, Seattle

SHKS Architects fosters a culture of conviviality within the practice and with our client, consultant, and community collaborators. Our best work comes from a shared vision of architecture’s potential to improve our social, environmental, and cultural lives. We’re looking for a marketing coordinator or manager to join a team of professionals deeply committed to making our clients’ places and our own workplace more diverse, more comfortable, and more fun.

Our practice cultivates growth at all levels.

Our practice has been shaped to be much like the buildings we design: adaptable, resilient, and comfortable. The studio atmosphere strikes a balance between work and life, offering flexibility to work from the office or home while still producing excellent architecture.

SHKS was formed on the basis of friendship among its founders, and friendship still pervades the practice. As a mid-sized practice, everyone knows everyone else both professionally and socially. Together, we’ll be cleaning up the office garden, weather permitting, playing volleyball, or working together at Sawhorse Revolution and Furniture Repair Bank. We design places to accommodate and enrich people’s lives. That’s how we think about the practice, too.

We encourage social, environmental, and professional responsibility and participation: SHKS is a place to grow.

The Marketing Coordinator/Manager plays a key role in shaping how we communicate our work, values, and vision. You’ll work closely with firm leaders and project teams to develop proposals, design materials, and craft narratives that reflect who we are and what we build.

This role offers the opportunity to lead and support diverse marketing efforts, from proposal development to storytelling across digital platforms. If you’re a detail-oriented communicator with a passion for architecture and design, we’d love to hear from you.

• Coordinate the development of responses to RFQs, RFPs from kickoff through final submission.
• Organize and support pursuit planning sessions with firm leadership and teams
• Write, edit, and design proposal content and graphics in alignment with brand standards and strategic messaging.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external consultants to produce engaging deliverables.
• Maintain and update a centralized library of proposal assets, including resumes, project descriptions, and templates.
• Manage and/or create marketing collateral, such as proposal/project content, photography, media, and video.
• Support interview preparation, including organizing practice sessions and creating presentation materials.
• Conduct interviews with project teams to develop stories, articles, case studies, and white papers.
• Manage and create content for website, social media, and public relations.
• Ensure consistency and quality across all marketing and proposal materials
• Participate in professional and community organizations, including SMPS and similar groups.
• Foster and build positive relationships with key partners/collaborators.

We’re looking for someone with a mix of skills, curiosity, and commitment. Even if you don’t meet every qualification below, we encourage you to apply.

• 6+ years of experience in marketing coordination, proposal development/management, project administration, and/or communications (AEC industry preferred).
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Office
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• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities.
• Effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong graphic communication skills and storytelling ability.
• Detail-oriented, organized, and focused on quality and clarity.

SHKS offers compensation comparable to our peer AEC firms and has our JUST Label 2.0 certification from the International Living Future Institute. We are seeking to fill this position in our Seattle office.

• Anticipated compensation of $68,500 - $91,500 depending on experience.
• 100% employer-paid health insurance (medical, vision, and dental), disability insurance, and life insurance with no waiting period.
• Simple IRA retirement plan. Employer matching 3%, fully vested immediately.
• PTO: 2-4 weeks…