Federal Marketing Assistant - Temporary, Full-Time

HDR; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Marketing Assistant in Omaha to support the Federal Marketing Team with research, content development, and proposal coordination. You will help prepare qualifications, resumes, and project descriptions, maintaining marketing databases and ensuring brand consistency across materials.

The role emphasizes strong writing, editing capabilities, and collaboration with remote or distributed teams. A marketing/communications background and experience with InDesign are preferred.

Qualifications

• Marketing, communications, proposal coordination, or related experience.
• Associate or bachelor level degrees in marketing or related fields.
• Strong written and verbal communication, editing, and proofreading skills.

Responsibilities

• Support development, coordination, prep, and production of technical proposals, qualifications packages, and interview presentations.
• Assist with proposal research and resume/project descriptions content.
• Maintain and update marketing databases (resumes, project info, photography).
• Coordinate with technical, operations, and marketing staff to gather information for proposals.
• Draft and edit non-technical content and ensure HDR brand standards.
• Support pursuit qualification activities and Go/No-Go decisions.
• Provide general support to the Federal Marketing Team in pursuit planning.

Skills

Marketing coordination

Proposal content

Research

Content development

Database maintenance

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Office

Education

Associate degree in Marketing/Communications

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Communications

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

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.

This is a full-time temporary position located in our Omaha corporate office. The position may become a regular full-time role based on business needs.

HDR is adding a Marketing Assistant to support the Federal Marketing Team. This role is ideal for an organized, proactive individual who is eager to learn and contribute to proposal efforts in a fast-paced environment. The Marketing Assistant will support proposal coordinators and proposal managers with research, content development, database maintenance, and a variety of proposal-related activities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support the development, coordination, preparation, and production of technical proposals, qualifications packages, and interview presentations, including SF-330, RFQ, and RFP submittals.
• Assist with proposal-related research and the preliminary development of employee resumes, project descriptions, and other marketing content.
• Maintain and update marketing databases, including employee resumes, project information, and photography.
• Coordinate with technical, operations, and marketing staff to gather information for proposals, qualifications packages, resumes, and project descriptions.
• Draft and edit non-technical content and review marketing materials for accuracy, consistency, grammar, spelling, and compliance with HDR brand standards.
• Assist with pursuit qualification activities, including Go/No-Go decision support.
• Provide general support to the Federal Marketing Team in pursuit planning and proposal development efforts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Marketing, communications, proposal coordination, business development, or related experience.
• Associate degree in English, Journalism, Communications, Marketing, or a closely related field.
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including editing, proofreading, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Experience writing, editing, and coordinating professional business documents.
• Experience supporting the development of proposals, qualifications packages, presentations, or other marketing materials.
• Experience maintaining databases containing resumes, project information, photography, or other marketing content.
• Experience with Adobe InDesign.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Self-starter with strong interpersonal skills who thrives in a collaborative environment.
• Experience working effectively with remote or geographically dispersed teams.
• Commitment to HDR's employee-owned culture and quality standards.

Required Qualifications

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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.