Media Manager, Higher Education & Healthcare

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients our communities and our planet. If this sparks your interest youre in the right place.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm that aspires to be the most creative enterprise on the planet. We are seeking a high energymedia relationsprofessional with a passion for building brands to join an ambitious team that intends to transform the model of marketing communications in the A/E/C industry. If you are ready to own andbe responsible forleadingmediarelations strategy to enable your internal clients to tell their unique story to their unique clients this is your career opportunity.

This role could be basedinthe following cities:

• Chicago
• Columbus
• Dallas
• Minneapolis
• Phoenix

Position Summary
This role will lead media relations and influencer engagement for our Healthcare and Higher Education sectors. As a key member of this integrated sector marketing teamyoullshape how the world sees DLR Groups Healthcare and Higher Education designexpertiseand thought leadership. You will collaborate with the sector marketing leader design teamsand subject matter experts todevelop content andbuild relationships with industry media trade associations and key influencers.

Thesuccessfulcandidatewill:

• Developa media relations plan and execute it to acalendar includingpromotion ofspecificbusiness plan projects design ideas and thought leadership.
• Research write proofread and edit media and communications content
• Bring a keen understanding of the current media landscape and how to forge relationshipswith trade consumer news and digital media contacts.
• Establish a high bar for sharp ideas flawless execution and measurable results from integrated marketing campaigns.
• Be a creative person who can think on their feet beyond the traditional approach to PR and exploit opportunities within new media.
• Establish KPIs for media activities and measures of success for media outreach and marketing campaigns.
• Champion brand standards voice and style into all marketing content.
• Collaborate with Sector Marketing Leader to support marketing strategy with identified multi-channel campaigns and ensure that media and thought leadership are leveraged across the marketing ecosystem; and to identify process and filter ideas to ensure relevance to target audiences and to support growth goals identified in the sector(s) marketing strategyin the sector(s) content strategy
• Digital team to promote media and top design stories / thought leadership on digital (including social) platforms or with emerging media methods.
• PeerMedia Managersto ensurethat cross-sector opportunities areidentifiedandstrategicallypromoted.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in integrated marketing communications public relations journalism ora relatedfield
• 5 years of marketing communications experience in a professional services environment preferably the A/E/C industry
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent deadlines
• Strategic thinker with exceptional oral communications writing and editing skills with the ability to articulate a clear point of view on complex issues in clear concise communications
• Strong interpersonal skills to foster relationships and navigate cross functionally across different firm teams and with outside partners
• Keen understanding of integrating marketing tactics with traditional and social media as part of communications campaigns to attract engage convert andretainclients and talent
• Strong project and people management skills ability to quickly build consensus and positively manage up to get senior level individuals to support established processes with input and insightin a timely manner

Preferred Qualifications

• Public Relations/Media Relations experience in the Healthcare and/or Higher Education industrypreferably in the AEC or design industry
• Demonstratedtrack recordof measurably high-impact media campaigns
• Proficiencyin Adobe Creative Suite especially InDesign;proficiencyin Microsoft Suite including PowerPoint and Teams
• Familiarity with information recording and gathering from a databaseideallyMuckRackandDeltekVantagepoint

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture engineering interiors planning and building optimization for new builds renovations and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration open information sharing shared risk and reward value-based decision making and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge the ME2040 and the SE2050 and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values commitment creativity environmental stewardship fun integrity ownership sharing teamwork we elevate the human experience through design together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.