Internal Communications Specialist

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, you’re in the right place.

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 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.