At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

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Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

HDR is looking to add a talented Senior Strategic Communications Coordinator to the growing Southern California team to develop, execute, and manage communication and outreach activities on a variety of transportation, water, and power projects.

In the role of Senior Communications Coordinator, we'll count on you to:

• Assist with client management and leads in the development and implementation of outreach, communication and public relations plans.
• Lead production/planning teams, concept development, write, edit and coordinate graphic materials.
• Coordinate, organize, manage and facilitate formal and informal public meetings, hearings, open houses, focus groups, workshops, advisory committees, and other stakeholder meetings.
• Provide stakeholder presentations (city council, community meetings, etc)
• Coordinate project-related data gathering and political analysis and monitoring including assisting or leading the development and management of political outreach strategy.
• Monitor and track the media for project documentation.
• Assemble distribution lists for inclusion in project databases, manage external service providers including court reporters, videographers, acoustical consultants and subconsultants, and research industry news coverage and industry trends for client projects.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Other Responsibilities:

• Marketing support for the creation of Project Sheets
• Marketing Proposal support
• Update and liaise with internal groups
• Assist with Social Media across all local business groups
• Client marketing support including specialized presentations, hand-outs, and focus on prepositioning for clients
• Support overall content marketing strategy for SoCal
• Assist with event planning and management, outreach strategy, and materials development for public meetings, hearings, open houses, focus groups, workshops, advisory committees and other stakeholder meetings.
• Develop and disseminate public notices and press releases; monitor /track media for project documentation; produce media wrap-up reports for project-specific coverage including television, print or radio hits.
• Assist with and manage the comment database including distribution lists, logging sign-in sheets, comment coding, comment response and reporting.
• Responsible for researching industry trends, stakeholders, regulatory requirements, etc, for client projects.
• Document all outreach activities including activity tracking and reporting.
• Assist with stakeholder coordination and conflict resolution (in-person visits, phone calls, email).
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture
• Other duties as needed #LI-JF1

Keywords: Senior Communications Coordinator, outreach, communications, public relations, stakeholder coordination

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years related experience in media coordination for advertisements, including public notices and press releases.
• Master's degree in a closely related field is preferred
• Media relations experience desired
• Previous consulting and/or creative agency experience.
• Experience leading social media campaigns. Service- and client-oriented personality with the ability to handle multiple assignments at a time and set and meet deadlines.
• Self-starter; can work well independently or in a team environment.
• Experience working with remote teams/clients
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including experience writing for various media (Web, brochures, newsletters, social media, etc.)
• Great attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to handle multiple assignments at a time, prioritize among tasks, and set and meet deadlines
• Service and client-oriented personality
• Willingness to travel (up to 20% of time)
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Facilitation and stakeholder presentation experience
• Bilingual
• Familiarity with the architecture and engineering consulting industry
• Project Management
• Adobe Creative Suite - Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop
• San Diego based community engagement experience
• Waste Project Experience
• Preference given to local candidates

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of 8 years relevant industry experience
• Experience leading social media campaigns
• Service- and client-oriented personality with the ability to handle multiple assignments at a time and set and meet deadlines
• Self-starter; can work well independently or in a team environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.