Location

• Kansas City

DLR Group is an integrated design firm that aspires to be the most creative enterprise on the planet. Our brand 
promise is to elevate the human experience through design. If that challenge is appealing, you're at the right 
place.

We are seeking a high energy internal communications professional 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 an emerging storyteller, design thinker, and communicator who can engage internal audiences at all 
levels of an organization through written and digital content, this is a career opportunity for you to join a 
growing and creative team.

Position Summary

The Internal Communications Specialist will be a member of the DLR Group Brand Communications Team, 
working in partnership with the Internal Communications Leader to ensure all DLR Group employee-owners feel 
informed and valued through effective communications. This individual will support internal enterprise clients 
including Executive Leaders, Human Resources, and enterprise teams to craft annual communications 
strategies and implement internal communications plans to a calendar of activity. Additionally, this role will 
support the planning and execution of firm meetings and events, including coordinating with stakeholders and 
firm leaders, developing content, and managing day-of logistics. In this role, the Internal Communications 
Specialist will be required to balance individual team needs and programs against enterprise initiatives. 

What You Will Do 

• Relentlessly champion firm written guidelines and brand style, ensuring communications maintain the 
  integrity of the verbal and visual brand and voice.
• Provide strategic guidance to internal clients, including Executive Leaders, Human Resources, and 
  enterprise teams to define audiences and ensure internal communications are accurate, timely, and 
  engaging.
• Develop strong relationships with internal clients, ensuring timely follow-up and reliable follow-through 
  of deliverables based on production schedules.
• Continually prioritize, multi-task, and effectively project manage a variety of concurrent assignments 
  under tight deadlines.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in communications, marketing, journalism or related discipline.
• 2-5 years of communications experience in a corporate setting; preferably with a multi-office national 
  or global company.
• Relevant experience in architecture/engineering/construction industry or B2B organization is 
  desirable.
• Relevant experience supporting Executive Leaders, Human Resources, and/or enterprise teams with 
  the execution of communication strategies
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Adobe Creative Suite and other various tools used for 
  corporate intranets and communications.
• Proven track record of teamwork, innovation, and results.
• Excellent project management skills and the ability to execute multiple projects simultaneously to 
  produce high-quality deliverables on tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills required.
• Strong client, project management, and time management skills.
• Ability to travel as projects require.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm that aspires to be the most creative enterprise on the planet. We are seeking a high energy media relations professional 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 and be responsible for leading media relations strategy to enable your internal clients to tell their unique story to their unique clients, this is your career opportunity. 

This role could be based in the 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 team, you’ll shape how the world sees DLR Group’s Healthcare and Higher Education design expertise and thought leadership. You will collaborate with the sector marketing leader, design teams, and subject matter experts to develop content and build relationships with industry media, trade associations, and key influencers.  

The successful candidate will: 

• Develop a media relations plan and execute it to a calendar, including promotion of specific business 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 relationships with 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 strategy in 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. 
• Peer Media Managers to ensure that cross-sector opportunities are identified and strategically promoted. 

Required Qualifications  

• Bachelor's degree in integrated marketing communications, public relations, journalism, or a related field 
• 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, and retain clients 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 insight in a timely manner 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Public Relations/Media Relations experience in the Healthcare and/or Higher Education industry, preferably in the AEC or design industry 
• Demonstrated track record of measurably high-impact media campaigns 
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign; proficiency in Microsoft Suite, including PowerPoint and Teams 
• Familiarity with information recording and gathering from a database, ideally MuckRack and Deltek Vantagepoint