Strategic Communications Specialist

Requirements

• Work with HDR clients to strategize and support stakeholder and public outreach and engagement strategy for projects.
• Help clients identify and manage public relations.
• Write copy for communication pieces including talking points, media releases, social media, project materials, and video scripts.
• Coordinate formal and informal public meetings, hearings, open houses, workshops, advisory committees, or other stakeholder meetings.
• Coordinate the development of project-specific outreach tools including messaging content, databases, and schedules.
• Coordinate in the production and distribution of outreach materials such as newsletters, websites, handouts, presentations, advertisements, door hangers, press releases, and mailings.
• Organize and assist with meeting logistics and vendor management.
• Collaborate with visual communications team including web, graphics, and video.
• Coordinate social media strategies, including targeted ad campaigns.
• Lead the identification of stakeholders and manage the development of distribution list for inclusion in project database.
• Manage external service providers including sub-consultants, court reporters, videographers, acoustical consultants, etc.
• Travel to project locations (including some overnight travel).

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, including medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement