Senior Resources Marketing Coordinator

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Senior Marketing Coordinator to join the West Region marketing team in Southern California. You will lead proposal development, create persuasive marketing materials, and coach interview teams, collaborating with cross-functional groups to win pursuits and expand market share.

The ideal candidate will have strong writing skills, leadership qualities, and the ability to manage multiple pursuits while maintaining brand standards and schedule commitments.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability and desire to engage with others in-person.
• Self-starter with a history of taking initiative and delivering results.
• Experience leading competitive A/E/C proposals is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, organization, and production of proposals and marketing materials using templates and brand standards.
• Collaborate with marketing coordinators, project managers, technical staff, business development leads, and pursuit teams.
• Evaluate content, write non-technical text, and edit/proofread all marketing communications for clarity and persuasiveness.
• Lead interview presentation materials and coach interview teams.

Skills

Communication skills

Self-starter

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe InDesign

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.

At HDR, our employee‑ownership model shapes everything we do, including how we support and care for our people. Our diverse service lines, including Water, Architecture, Building Engineering Services, Field Services, Power, Waste, Industrial, and Transportation reflect our commitment to shaping resilient, sustainable, and forward‑thinking communities around the world. Across these disciplines, our teams design and deliver solutions that safeguard public health, enhance quality of life, power innovation, and drive responsible growth. Whether advancing clean water, creating healing and learning environments, engineering next‑generation facilities, or building the infrastructure that moves people and energy, our work is rooted in technical excellence and a shared sense of purpose. Our employee‑owners collaborate across specialties, combining creativity, precision, and deep expertise to solve the most complex challenges facing our clients and communities.

We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic marketer to join our West Region marketing team. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in driving proposal development to support our growth in Southern California focusing on our power, solid waste and organics, and industrial market sectors. You will develop persuasive proposal documents and interview materials, showcasing our engineering capabilities and experience with impactful messaging. You will also lead the development of client plans that drive market expansion and revenue growth.

The ideal candidate is someone who embodies the qualities of ownership, professionalism, leadership, responsiveness, adaptability, a passion for continuous improvement, with a deep appreciation for teamwork. We are ideally looking for someone who is interested in leading and supervising a marketing team to support the growth of our programs. If you take pride in your responsibilities, uphold the highest standards of professionalism, are detail oriented and inspire others through your leadership, then this is the role for you.

Who You Are:

• You are a forward-thinking person who is comfortable working on multi-disciplinary teams, often in a virtual setting.
• You are not afraid of leading and facilitating discussions.
• You are a good writer, skilled at defining and articulating a message and organizing content visually.
• You are exceptionally organized, with an almost obsessive attention to detail, and highly driven with the ability to balancing multiple concurrent assignments while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.

You are a lifelong learner who embraces new ways and contributes to process improvements.

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

• Lead the development, organization, and production of proposals and marketing materials, including layout utilizing existing templates and brand standards.
• Collaborate with other marketing coordinators, project managers, technical staff, business development leads, and pursuit teams.
• Evaluate technical and non-technical content; write non-technical text; and edit and proofread all marketing communications for clarity, messaging, and persuasiveness.
• Lead the development of interview presentation materials and coach interview teams.
• Lead capture planning, conduct market sector research and competitor analysis, develop winning strategies, and provide message development for pursuits, including graphic development.
• Prepare, update, and organize data in company systems, including pursuit information, project profiles, resumes, references, photography, proposal documents, and other marketing files
• Coordinate conference attendance and sponsorships.
• Support business development leads, client managers, and teams in the development of marketing strategies, client development, and pursuit capture planning.
• Train and mentor team members on business development and marketing best practices.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Deep knowledge of the A/E/C industry's standard approach to procurement of professional services
• At least 4 years of experience leading competitive A/E/C proposals
• Ability and desire to engage with others in-person

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years relevant industry experience
• 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
• Demonstrated "self-starter" with a history of completing projects with limited oversight

BusinessClass : Marketing and Admin

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

United States-California-Irvine

Industry

Power

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Job Posting

Sep 21, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.

We are an Affir

We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

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