Communications Specialist

Charlotte, NC (Unknown)

$98K/yr - $98K/yr (Est.)Mid Level

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive content strategy by gathering technical insights, shaping stories, and coordinating with marketing and technical teams across campaigns and materials.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Interview technical staff and key contributors to gather information and translate it into clear, compelling stories.
  • Collaborate with marketing, business development, and technical teams to ensure content accuracy and quality.
  • Write, edit, and proofread content while following brand standards for tone, clarity, and consistency.
  • Assist with press releases, project highlights, articles, and other marketing initiatives.
  • Gather and write content for brochures, handouts, and business unit marketing materials.
  • Create and update website content in coordination with the marketing team.
  • Assemble content for digital campaigns, newsletters, and other digital communications.
  • Stay current with industry trends and best practices through professional development opportunities.
  • Communicate clearly and professionally in both written and verbal formats.
  • Listen carefully and ask thoughtful questions to understand technical concepts.

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of experience in a communications or writing-focused role, preferably with technical or professional services content.
  • Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines at once.
  • Experience contributing to content marketing or editorial initiatives.
  • Familiarity with pitching or developing editorial-style content is a plus.
  • Comfortable learning technical concepts and translating them for non-technical audiences.
  • Experience working in engineering, science, or related fields is preferred but not required.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite.
  • Detail-oriented, organized, and dependable.
  • Collaborative team player who is responsive and open to feedback.

Benefits

  • Join a company that puts its employees first.
  • Ranked as one of the Best Firms to Work For (https://www.mckimcreed.com/news-and-insights/mckim-creed-named-2024-best-firm-to-work-for/), here are just some of the reasons to become part of the McKim & Creed team:
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP): All employees are owners & benefit from profits earned.
  • Competitive pay: Paid holidays, bereavement, and parental, medical, and military leave.
  • Multiple office locations to work from: Stick close to home or travel for a change of scenery.
  • Growth opportunities & training: Grow confidently in your career with our mentoring & training options.
  • Professional development: Tuition reimbursement, early career professional program, online courses & more.
  • Work that makes a difference: See the direct impact your work has on our communities.
  • Collaborative, supportive team: People to help you solve problems, cheer successes & encourage you along the way.
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What if you had the opportunity to do something you love and make a difference in peoples' lives at the same time?As engineers and surveyors, we use some pretty cool tools (think lidar, unmanned aerial systems [UAS], modeling, etc.) to solve some of today’s (and tomorrow’s) infrastructure challenges. But providing technical solutions isn’t enough. We have the incredible opportunity to help improve people’s lives. Like providing clean water. Designing energy-efficient facilities. Protecting fragile coastlines. Planning sustainable communities. And helping recent graduates launch new careers. McKim & Creed is a company of people helping people. Our employee-owned firm has offices throughout the U.S., including North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Ohio. We specialize in mechanical, electrical, plumbing, civil and structural engineering; industrial design-build services; landscape architecture; airborne and mobile LiDAR/scanning; unmanned aerial systems; subsurface utility engineering; and hydrographic and conventional surveying services for the energy, transportation, federal, land development, water and building markets. For more information about McKim & Creed and our “people helping people” approach to the built environment, visit www.mckimcreed.com.

Founded in 1978
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
891 employees (100 in marketing)
1% recommend to a friend
1% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
12.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33%
Direct
48.5%
Referral
5.2%
Social
11.7%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~891

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
25 (3% of company)
Median Tenure
3.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

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