Job Description
Job Description
Communications Coordinator
Sasaki
Boston, MA
$62,000 - $76,000/annual
The Communications Coordinator for Digital & Creative coordinates Sasaki’s website and digital content to ensure the firm’s online presence reflects its design leadership and strategic priorities. This role drafts, edits, and publishes project pages and awards content, maintains and optimizes visual resources in the firm’s digital asset systems, and ensures all materials are consistent, on-brand, and aligned with strategy. In addition to supporting awards submissions and maintaining project data, the Digital & Creative Communications Coordinator collaborates with leadership, project teams, and communications to create, refine, and organize digital content that strengthens Sasaki’s visibility and impact across platforms.
This role requires a minimum of 2 years of communications experience, preferably within the AEC industry.
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Draft, edit, and publish new project pages on sasaki.com using WordPress
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Update website content in line with the overall site content strategy
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Ensure all content is on-brand, consistent in terms of style, quality, and tone of voice, and optimized for each channel
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Propose repurposing of existing content for sasaki.com as appropriate
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Write, proofread, and publish awards-related content on Sasaki’s blog
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Maintain and optimize visual resources (renderings, diagrams, photography) in OpenAsset—Sasaki’s digital asset management system
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Maintain project data gathered from awards, project pages etc. in Vantagepoint project data
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Coordinates biennial review and update of millwork display boards for Sasaki’s Boston office
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Assist project teams in delivery of project award submissions
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Support awards submission process and annual awards calendar
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Support Sasaki’s Communications Manager with the creation of branded content, including ads, social media graphics, branded templates, and stationery
ROLE-SPECIFIC SKILLS
The Communications Coordinator is expected to demonstrate the following role-specific skills.
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Strong organizational skills
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Highly attentive to detail
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Understand design concepts and translates them into compelling stories
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Proactive / initiative-driven
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Knowledge of Wordpress/CMS
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Creative storytelling
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Strong writing/editing and graphic design skills
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Knowledge of emerging digital platforms and user experience best practices
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Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
A passion for and an ability to quickly grasp concepts within the design, architecture, landscape architecture and/or planning industries is a big plus. The candidate will frequently work directly with firm principals and designers, and will collaborate on a daily basis across Sasaki’s Marketing and Communications staff.