Gensler’s Toronto office is seeking a creative, motivated, and highly collaborative professional to join our team as a Senior Marketing Specialist. An essential contributor to our business development efforts, Senior Marketing Specialists collaborate with office leadership, senior staff, and marketing and communications peers to write, design, and produce proposals, presentations, and other materials that help the firm win work. Reflecting Gensler Toronto’s depth of expertise, marketers support a range of practices—government, healthcare, work, strategy, education, sciences, residential, building transformation and adaptive reuse, brand design, climate action and sustainability, and more. Your Role As a Senior Marketing Specialist, you will be a key partner to office leadership and market leaders in our public sector and healthcare practices across Canada. Your role will include business development strategy and leading our team through complex public sector and healthcare pursuits. You will use your knowledge of the market to recommend partnerships, connect to qualified consultants, and guide the team with win strategies for these pursuits. Successful candidates will join a network of skilled marketers in Toronto and around the world who enjoy working together almost as much as we love winning. Our next superstar will be a natural collaborator, eager to lend a hand, an idea, or a well-timed meme for morale. Strategic thinkers, excellent communicators, and proactive problem solvers will find an environment that supports thoughtful work and professional growth. What You Will Do Work with principals, senior staff, and other marketing team members to design, write, and produce compelling proposals, presentations, and other thought leadership collateral in alignment with Gensler’s brand standards Lead business development strategy to track current success and preposition for future efforts Develop an in-house network with your peers to share best practice and thought leadership Lead pursuit strategy and planning alongside project teams Develop new materials to support business development activities Perform multiple marketing efforts against tight deadlines Learn, understand, and promote Gensler’s portfolio of work, practice areas, and capabilities Maintain marketing collateral, resources, and information systems Your Qualifications 8+ years of professional experience in a marketing position within the AEC industry Public sector experience is required; healthcare experience preferred Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Business, Marketing, Liberal Arts, Graphic Design, Architecture, Interior Design, or related field Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong attention to detail Creative and impactful graphic design skills, including creating effective presentations and marketing collateral Strong organizational skills to guide teams through complex pursuit processes, and to coordinate and manage multiple projects and deadlines Self-motivator with strong intra-personal skills, and a great collaborator Strong executive presence and experience working with leadership Mastery of InDesign is required; proficiency in Google Slides, Keynote, Miro, and CRM software is a plus Please submit a cover letter, resume, and portfolio. The cover letter should address the key characteristics highlighted in the position description and should communicate the reasons why your skillset and background are ideal for this role. Life at Gensler At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions, our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests. Perks: We encourage our employees to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, paid holidays and paid time off. We also offer contributions to the RRSP and twice annual bonus opportunities. 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. #LI-DO1 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. Founded in 1965, Gensler has built a team of 6,000 professionals who partner with clients in over 100 countries each year. Everything we do is guided by our mission: to create a better world through the power of design. NOTICE TO APPLICANTS We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer of choice. All aspects of employment decisions will be based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status protected under federal, state, or local law. Individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. See also Know your rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal, right to work and E-verify program, as required by law. Gensler endeavors to make gensler.com/careers accessible to all applicants. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us. Regarding Gensler’s approach to recruiting new talent, we will never ask an applicant for sensitive or personal financial information during the recruitment process. We advise all applicants seeking employment with Gensler to review available information on recruitment fraud. Anyone who suspects that they have been contacted by someone falsely representing Gensler should email info@gensler.com.
