Responsibilities

• Lead the development of scope, schedule and budget for tasks and standalone projects.
• Interface with client and/or client-facing teams to coordinate delivery of a successful project.
• Lead communications strategy development for planning, design and construction projects.
• Lead campaign development activities including target audience analysis, branding, messaging, and market research
• Direct customer-facing communication in a variety of mediums including social, print, video and web.
• Lead concept development, writing and editing of collateral materials such as surveys, newsletters, websites, handouts, videos, advertisements, press releases and public notices.
• Coordinate with creative disciplines including graphic design, web development and social media to maintain consistency of brand, saturation of messaging, and user experience.

Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years relevant industry experience, including management experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated and ability to work independent with multiple teams as well as team oriented
• Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills
• Great interpersonal and communication skills - positive outlook and attitude
• High aptitude for managing and solving tactical issues
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
• Comfortable and competent while working with senior leaders and managing cross-functional efforts
• Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
• Committed to quality, continuous improvement, and HDR values
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite - InDesign
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Preferred

• Master’s Degree preferred
• Previous work experience in the infrastructure industry
• Deep knowledge of communications plans and campaigns for public involvement, stakeholder engagement and public relations.
• Proven ability to develop compelling stories that strengthen messaging and engagement strategies for a program, initiative or project.