HIRING NOW: Marketing Manager for an Award-Winning Architecture Firm in Irvine, CA

Are you a strategic and driven Marketing Manager with a strong architecture or engineering marketing background? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment where leadership, organization, and creativity intersect? If so, this opportunity is for you!

About Us & the Role: We’re an award-winning Architecture Design firm with multiple studios across the U.S. We're ranked in the top 70 firms nationally for our projects, design, and culture. We have a diverse project portfolio working on multi-family, mixed-use, retail, hospitality, sciences, healthcare, industrial, and commercial.

• We are seeking a dynamic Marketing Manager local in Irvine to step into a critical leadership position within a well-established and growing AEC firm. Reporting directly to the VP of Marketing, this role will serve as the right-hand leader, driving strategy, execution, and team collaboration. You’ll be responsible for overseeing marketing operations, business development support, proposals, content creation, branding, events, and PR initiatives—all while managing multiple deadlines with precision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Marketing Strategy & Leadership – Oversee daily marketing tasks, drive strategic initiatives, and ensure timely execution.
• Proposals & BD Support – Manage RFPs, RFQs, and SOQs, and ensure compelling, high-quality submissions.
• Brand Development & Content – Own all marketing collateral, photography, and social media content (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook).
• Team Management – Lead and delegate tasks within a 6-7-person marketing team, maintaining alignment with firmwide goals.
• Events & PR – Assist with internal/external events, award submissions, and public relations initiatives.
• Technology & Tools – Leverage Adobe Creative Cloud, CRM, DAM, and WordPress to execute marketing projects.

Qualifications Needed:

• 7-10+ years of AEC industry marketing experience (architecture firm experience strongly preferred).
• A natural leader and multi-tasker who thrives in a deadline-driven environment.
• Hands-on with proposals, strategy, branding, and content development.
• Tech-savvy, with expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud, CRM systems, and website management.
• A collaborative communicator with the ability to manage high-volume deliverables.

Full Package - Highly Competitive:

• Competitive salary: $90-100,000/year starting (DOE)
• Full Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401K
• Discretionary Bonus, additional perks, benefits, incentives
• Highly visible role with leadership growth potential, uncapped growth and exposure, promotions within, etc.
• Supportive, tight-knit team within a firm that values innovation and excellence.
• Exciting, hands-on projects that shape the built environment.
• Work Schedule: 4+ days in office, flexible

Apply Today! If you're a Marketing Manager with 7+ years of experience, local in Irvine, and coming from an A/E firm, please apply today and email your updated resume to ian.kerr@bancroftsp.com for a prompt review and consideration. This is a confidential search, and we’re moving quickly to find the right fit.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local laws.