Senior Marketing Coordinator

Role Overview

At Carrier Johnson + Culture (CJ+C), our Senior Marketing Coordinator plays a pivotal role in shaping compelling narratives, strategic pursuits, and communications that elevate the firm's visibility and impact. This role requires a strong understanding of the architecture and interior design industry, coupled with exceptional organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation and coordination of RFQs, RFPs, proposals, qualifications packages, and interview presentations across multiple market sectors.
• Collaborate closely with the Director of Marketing, design leadership, and firm leadership to support strategic pursuits and business development initiatives.
• Develop compelling pursuit narratives tailored to specific clients, project opportunities, and strategic pursuits.
• Coordinate closely with principals, project teams, consultants, and business development leaders to gather and organize pursuit content.
• Manage pursuit schedules, deadlines, compliance requirements, and production workflows from kickoff through final submission.
• Support interview strategy, presentation development, and rehearsal coordination for shortlisted pursuits.
• Maintain and curate project sheets, resumes, imagery libraries, marketing collateral, and proposal assets.
• Contribute to award submissions, thought leadership initiatives, social media content, and external communications efforts.
• Collaborate with studio leadership to strengthen positioning across higher education, civic, workplace, hospitality, multifamily, mixed-use, and commercial sectors.
• Coordinate with photographers, graphic consultants, and external vendors to support brand and marketing initiatives.
• Aid in maintaining CRM systems, marketing databases, and pursuit tracking tools.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of marketing workflows, templates, standards, and production processes.
• Help maintain consistency, clarity, and quality across all outward-facing communications and materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Graphic Design, Architecture, Interior Design, or related field required.
• 5–8+ years of marketing experience within architecture, interior design, engineering, or related professional services industries.
• Strong experience leading proposals, interview presentations, and complex pursuit deliverables.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, and presentation development tools required.
• Experience with CRM and proposal management platforms preferred.
• Strong graphic, written, verbal, and organizational communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced studio environment.
• Strong design sensibility and understanding of the architecture and interior design industry.
• Experience supporting higher education, civic, healthcare, workplace, or mixed-use pursuits preferred.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to maintain quality and consistency across multiple concurrent efforts.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across interdisciplinary teams and leadership groups.