Publications Manager

Herrera Environmental Consultants; Bellingham (WA); Hybrid; USD 79,100 - 98,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/prescription drug/dental/vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Job summary

Herrera Environmental Consultants in Bellingham, WA is seeking a Publications Team Leader to oversee and mentor a group of Publications Specialists. This role requires excellent leadership, technical writing, and communication skills. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience, including 2 years in a leadership capacity. Responsibilities include editing technical documents to meet quality standards and guiding team members in their professional development. The position offers a flexible hybrid work culture and a competitive salary range between $79,100 and $98,900.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• 2+ years of People Leadership (supervisory) experience.
• Experience designing and producing documents in Adobe and Microsoft Office software.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a small team of Publications Specialists.
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and coaching to team members.
• Edit and format technical deliverables for quality and adherence to standards.
• Maintain files and systems to streamline delivery of technical deliverables.

Skills

Leadership

Attention to Detail

Technical Writing

Communication Skills

Time Management

Education

BA/BS in marketing, environmental science/engineering, communications, English, journalism or similar

Tools

Microsoft Word

Adobe Acrobat Professional

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Overview

Envision yourself at a growing, employee-owned company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best performance while making a difference in the world.

We are Herrera, a science, planning, and design consulting firm dedicated to working with clients to develop holistic solutions that provide social and environmental benefit. We protect the environment every day by providing a diverse range of consulting services to cities, counties, state and federal agencies, Tribes, non-profits, and private clients throughout Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and western Canada.

For over 40 years, Herrera has cultivated a collaborative, caring, and values-driven culture that empowers our employee-owners to achieve excellence while ensuring we have fun along the way. By providing our employee-owners with the autonomy to pursue their professional interests and through encouraging them to grow, we benefit from high employee-owner retention that contributes to our longstanding partnerships with clients.

Our Values

• Treat everyone with respect and dignity, always.
• Insist on integrity, objectivity, and social and environmental ethics in our work.
• Act as stewards of the environment upon which we depend.
• Research and outreach, learn and teach.
• Employee owners, employee leaders.

Your Opportunity

Are you a creative person who also utterly detests typos and formatting errors? Can you speed-read a technical manual on any subject and quickly decipher all the jargon? Are you a self-starter who is eager to demonstrate creative solutions, tackle challenges, and crush deadlines while confidently leading a small team to do the same?

In this role, you will oversee a small team of Publications Specialists where you’ll be responsible for mentoring, providing guidance, and ensuring team consistency and quality while contributing directly to the work that drives results. If you thrive as both a doer and a leader, this opportunity might be a perfect fit.

We will count on you to:

• Set clear expectations, monitor workload and performance, and lead by example to ensure high-quality deliverables, adherence to standards, and continuous improvement across the team
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and coaching to team members to support their professional growth, enhance skills, and foster a collaborative, positive team culture
• Edit and format technical deliverables for correctness, completeness, organization, clarity, consistency, grammar, and conformity with Herrera style guidelines
• Understand grammatical rules, clear and concise writing, and references and citations
• Use your graphics knowledge and experience to present technical information in creative and visual ways
• Navigate various shared workspace platforms (SharePoint, Teams), visual mediums, and delivery options
• Maintain files and systems to organize, streamline, and advance the delivery of technical deliverables
• Demonstrate time management skills including completing work on time and scaling your approach to suit the project schedule
• Create, merge, and structure standard PDFs, including fillable forms

Minimum Qualifications

Education, Experience, & Licensure/Certifications

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience
• 2+ years of People Leadership (supervisory) experience
• BA/BS in marketing, environmental science/engineering, communications, English, journalism, or similar, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience designing and producing documents in Adobe and Microsoft Office software

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Ability to act as both a leader and contributor
• Ability to clearly communicate expectations, priorities, and goals, and provide constructive feedback to foster a strong, collaborative team environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Detail oriented with the ability to juggle multiple projects at once
• Expert command of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and composition
• Ability to transform technical information into reader friendly content
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat Professional
• Proficient in Adobe InDesign (full Adobe Creative Suite is a plus)
• Ability to meticulously review completed work and correct issues with spelling, punctuation, and format
• Ability to assist marketing and graphics staff, as needed
• Ability to be both rigorous and flexible in your approach to work
• Ability to lead by example, demonstrating professionalism, resilience, and a solution-oriented mindset under pressure
• Comfortable in ambiguous environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous A/E/C industry experience
• Experience leading a team through process changes
• Experience creating accessible documents
• Layout and design skills with desire to learn more in this area
• Exposure to ADA accommodations and federal and state family and medical leave as they relate to leading a team

Compensation & Benefits

• This position is salaried and exempt from overtime; the salary range is $79,100 - $98,900. Pay rate is determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to years of experience, type/relevance of experience, skillset, geographic location, and fit for the role
• Flexible hybrid work culture
• Medical/prescription drug/dental/vision insurance for employees and dependents; employees covered at no cost on base plan with buy-up options available; company contribution for dependents
• Section 125 flexible benefits plans – healthcare and dependent care
• Company-paid life insurance for employees; option to purchase additional life insurance for employees and dependents at employees’ expense
• Company-paid long term disability insurance for employees; option to purchase short-term disability insurance at employees’ expense
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we are 100% employee owned!
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid vacation, accrued bi-weekly, equivalent to 15days per year for a 40 hour/week employee and prorated for employees working 24-39 hours/week
• Paid sick leave, accrued bi-weekly, equivalent to 10 days per year for a 40-hour/week employee and prorated for employees working 24-39 hours per week
• Flexible paid holidays (10)
• Paid volunteer time (8 hours annually)
• Company-paid annual membership dues for one professional organization
• Professional development / continuing education allowance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Transit benefit

To learn more, please visit our website at: www.herrerainc.com