Responsibilities

• Develop and implement construction communications strategies and engagement plans for the SR 509 Completion Project.
• Monitor construction schedules and coordinate with subject matter experts to identify and communicate potential community impacts.
• Plan and manage outreach activities, including in-person booths at community fairs and festivals, virtual and in-person briefings, online open houses, and community and project partner meetings.
• Attend in-person meetings, site tours, and media events in south King County and north Pierce County.
• Support media relations, including helping clients respond to inquiries and emerging issues promptly and accurately.
• Coordinate with project stakeholders including contractors, internal and external agency leadership teams, city communications and public works teams, community members and businesses, and community-based organizations.
• Develop and execute communications and engagement plans that effectively reach diverse audiences, including Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color; people with disabilities; people with low incomes; and people who use languages other than English.
• Research, write, and edit responses to questions and correspondence from community members.
• Research, write, and edit content for message platforms, newsletters, direct mailings, press releases, social media, fact sheets, flyers, presentations, summary reports, and websites, including editing technical information and information for public audiences.
• Produce PowerPoint presentations and meeting summaries for WSDOT executives, agency partners, and communities.