Sr. Public Engagement & Communications Specialist

HNTB; Cherry Hill Township (NJ); On-site; USD 92,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB in New Jersey seeks a Public Engagement and Communications professional to coordinate outreach for infrastructure projects. You'll develop messaging, manage content across print and digital channels, and work with elected officials and government relations consultants.

This role requires a Bachelor's in a related field and 6 years of experience (or 10 years in lieu) and involves collaboration with stakeholders, media, and communities, with a focus on transportation projects in New Jersey.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of relevant experience, or 10 years of experience in lieu.
• Experience with public engagement programs and government relations is preferred.
• Strong writing, editing and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements dissemination of outreach materials across print, digital, and social media.
• Tracks social engagement and digital strategies; refines records and reports.
• Drafts speeches and creates presentation materials for events.
• Performs initial fact checking for reports and articles.
• Develops digital strategies for websites and social channels.
• Supports KPI development and campaign milestone reviews.

Skills

Social media strategy

Content development

Public outreach

Speech drafting

Presentation design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Marketing, Communications, English, Journalism or related field

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe InCopy

PowerPoint formatting

Job description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for participating in the coordination and implementation of public engagement and involvement programs for infrastructure projects. This position plays a role in the development of communication strategies including materials, and digital and print content. Researches, gathers data, and creates project messaging resources to educate the community. This position will also participate in the State legislative and governmental affairs working with elected officials and government relation consultants.

What You'll Do

• Develops and helps implement effective dissemination of outreach materials, facts and information on project messaging and supports client activities to stakeholders according to the public outreach plan including external agencies, associations, and news organizations using print, periodicals, radio, social and/or visual communication media.
• Reviews and refines records and reports related to public involvement meetings, forums and public hearings as well as tracks social engagement and other digital strategies as needed.
• Drafts speeches, creates and designs presentation materials, prepares remarks, briefing documents and/or composes correspondence for use in mailings, meetings, workshops and other public events.
• Responsible for initial fact checking for reports, articles, and other publications.
• Develops and implements digital strategies for use on web-based communications, including but not limited to websites and social channels.
• Helps develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and reviews draft reports to indicate a campaign's milestones.
• Supports coordination efforts for public meetings and engagements to best support outreach and initiative goals.
• Interacts with clients to coordinate implementation of communication programs and goals.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Marketing, Communications, English, Journalism or related field and 6 years of relevant experience, or
• In lieu of education, 10 years of relevant experience

What You'll Bring

• Assisting with social media (e.g., monitoring, content development and assisting with strategy) and providing direction to less-experienced staff.
• Developing materials and documents by using Adobe products (e.g., Photoshop, InDesign, InCopy), and Microsoft products (specifically PowerPoint formatting, consistency, and editing templates) and reviewing work of less-experienced staff.
• Monitoring stakeholder databases, giving direction for updates and creation of new databases.
• Providing direction and guidance for research and disseminating information for review.
• Executing the client plan for events and public outreach, reviewing deliverables, and interacting with clients, the public, internal partners, and others.
• Ensuring materials follow client style guide requirements and making judgment calls on style choices.

What We Prefer

• Experience performing similar work for or with New Jersey Department of Transportation, New Jersey Transit and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
• Strong relationships with State and local elected officials for the purposes of transportation infrastructure and outreach.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience in the transportation field.

Additional Information

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations

Cherry Hill, NJ (Woodbury), Newark, NJ, Parsippany, NJ (Fairfield), Princeton, NJ

The approximate pay range for New Jersey is $91,710.82 - $156,485.61. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Public Engagement and Communications Group

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