Responsibilities

• This opportunity entails being responsible for participating in the coordination and implementation of public engagement and involvement programs for active infrastructure construction projects. This role is embedded within a construction field office, working alongside project management, engineering, inspection, and contractor teams to communicate construction activities, traffic impacts, project milestones, and community updates. The position develops and executes communication strategies, prepares digital and print materials, coordinates media and public outreach, and serves as a liaison between construction teams, clients, elected officials, businesses, residents, and other stakeholders throughout project delivery.
• Develops and helps implement effective dissemination of outreach materials, facts and information on project messaging and supports client activities to stakeholders according to the public outreach plan including external agencies, associations, and news organizations using print, periodicals, radio, social and/or visual communication media.
• Reviews and refines records and reports related to public involvement meetings, forums and public hearings as well as tracks social engagement and other digital strategies as needed.
• Drafts speeches, creates and designs presentation materials, prepares remarks, briefing documents and/or composes correspondence for use in mailings, meetings, workshops and other public events.
• Responsible for initial fact checking for reports, articles, and other publications.
• Develops and implements digital strategies for use on web-based communications, including but not limited to websites and social channels.
• Helps develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and reviews draft reports to indicate a campaign's milestones.
• Supports coordination efforts for public meetings and engagements to best support outreach and initiative goals.
• Interacts with clients to coordinate implementation of communication programs and goals.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Marketing, Communications, English, Journalism or related field and 6 years of relevant experience, or
• In lieu of education, 10 years of relevant experience

Preferred

• What We Prefer: Transportation Industry Experience

Benefits

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