Architecture Marketing & Proposal Coordinator

Helps architecture and construction firms win projects by producing proposals and presentations.

A day in the life

A city posts a request for proposals for a new fire station, and you have two weeks to assemble the firm's best photos, team resumes, and a design approach into a polished book. You coach the team before the interview.

Pay over a career

Starting
$45k
Typical
$65k
High
$95k

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in marketing, communications, or architecture.

Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Marketing, Communications, Architecture, Graphic Design.

Outlook

Growing about average. Every design firm competes for work through proposals.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

High risk for 10 years. AI drafts proposals, resumes and layouts from past files, so firms need fewer coordinators; strategy and relationships stay human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: English composition, Graphic design, Marketing or business class.

Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1161.

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