Marketing Specialist (1 Year Contract)

HDR; Toronto; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Marketing Specialist on a 1-Year Contract in Ontario. The position involves coordinating marketing efforts, managing proposals, and ensuring effective communication across various platforms. Ideal candidates should possess solid organizational skills, a strong work ethic, and relevant experience in a marketing role.

Benefits

Skill enhancement training

Supportive work environment

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in proposals preferred.
• Expert MS Office skills required, especially in Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Superior writing and editing skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating the development, organization, and production of proposals.
• Managing the marketing schedule for proposals and other deliverables.
• Maintaining marketing databases and collateral materials.

Skills

Organization

Communication

Multi-tasking

Problem Solving

Initiative

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Psychology, Journalism, English or related degree

Tools

MS Office

InDesign

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

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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 foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'

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 seeking a highly motivated individual to work with our growing team as a Marketing Specialist, in a temporary position. Our environment is supportive, offers skill enhancement training, and cultivates career growth. As a member of this engaging and exciting team, the pace will often be fast and deadline driven. The individual must be able to initiate and take action when required, and able to respond to changes with both deadlines and goals. For successful performance, the person should adapt readily to, and be comfortable with change, both in terms of job activities and the work environment. Furthermore, this person should be comfortable with variety in assignments and be able to cope with a number of priorities at any point in time.

Solid organizational and communication skills, ability to multi-task, meet deadlines, able to troubleshoot problems and find solutions, and follows direction. Taking Initiative, being very organized, and quick at the keyboard will make this position a success.

Reporting to and working closely with the Marketing Services Manager, the Marketing Specialist will have responsibility for and coordination of the day-to-day marketing activities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Coordinating development, organization, and production of proposals. Evaluating RFP requirements/evaluation criteria for compliance, preparing qualification materials specific to solicitations and writing/editing proposal sections.
• Developing and managing the marketing schedule for some proposals, and other time-sensitive deliverables.
• Coordinating marketing meetings and conference calls.
• Tracking opportunities.
• Maintaining client databases.
• Maintaining marketing databases and associated material to support client and opportunity development for the marketing program.
• Developing and updating our marketing library of materials including: resumes, project descriptions, presentations and other collateral materials.
• Coordinating other marketing activities including conferences, events, industry participation, and strategic planning
• Assist with marketing related ads, materials and sponsorship as needed
• Contact sub consultants and coordinate materials and fees
• Assist with the initial set up of project schedules and budgets
• Complete quality documentation
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree Marketing, Business Administration, Psychology, Journalism, English or related degree
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in proposals (preferable in an engineering consulting environment)
• Expert MS Office skills and InDesign
• Superior writing and editing skills in the English language
• Ability to multi-task and manage several projects at one time
• Comfort in communicating with and working with individuals at all levels of an organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Very detail-oriented
• Demonstrated ability to remain calm under pressure
• Experience working towards firm deadlines
• Results-oriented with an extremely high work ethic, stringent quality standards, and can-do attitude
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including InDesign
  
  

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.

Primary Location:

Canada-Ontario-Richmond Hill

Other Locations:

Canada-Ontario-Toronto, Canada-Alberta-Calgary

Industry:

Marketing/Communications

Schedule:

Full-time

Employee Status:

Temporary

BusinessClass:

Marketing and Admin

Job Posting:

Jun 12, 2025
At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Advertising Services and Design Services

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