Jobs at HKS, Inc.

Supports campus recruiting, career fair logistics, candidate pipeline development, employment branding, and talent acquisition initiatives. Coordinates event materials, shipping, communications, and candidate follow-up while collaborating with recruiters and firm leaders. Participates in hiring summits, team meetings, social equity initiatives, and recruiting projects. This internship requires at least 20 hours weekly in the Dallas office during the Spring 2027 semester.

Leads end-to-end marketing pursuits, including win strategy, messaging, proposal content, qualifications packages, interview collateral, schedules, risk management, and quality control. Partners with project champions, business development, design teams, and centers of excellence to create persuasive, differentiated materials. Manages pursuit tracking in CRM and Asana, evaluates outcomes, improves best practices, and guides junior staff. The role requires strong storytelling, communication, organization, presentation, project management, and design-layout skills.

Leads a regional marketing pursuit pod, overseeing narrative strategy, proposal and interview collateral, quality standards, delivery outcomes, and performance metrics. Develops marketing talent, manages workloads and resources, analyzes win rates and operational trends, and partners with studio leaders and pursuit strategists on business development, competitive intelligence, and client research. Ensures successful pursuit submissions, alignment with brand standards, and achievement of deadlines and quality expectations.

Leads security operations covering threat monitoring, detection, incident response, vulnerability management, access management, compliance, reporting, and security awareness. Develops security controls, documentation, dashboards, executive reports, training content, and phishing campaigns. Investigates complex incidents, performs root-cause analysis, drives remediation, advises IT teams on secure architecture, and mentors junior engineers. Requires advanced cybersecurity certifications, strong Microsoft and network security expertise, and at least six years of incident response and remediation experience.

Coordinates daily office operations, reception coverage, meetings, travel, supplies, events, vendors, facilities, onboarding support, and administrative tasks. Maintains office readiness, processes expenses, supports technology needs, and assists staff and external visitors. Requires strong organization, communication, confidentiality, prioritization, and multitasking skills, plus the ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work outside normal hours when needed.

Seasoned interior designer responsible for developing concepts, renderings, finish plans, specifications, FF&E selections, and construction documentation. Collaborates with clients, architects, contractors, vendors, and multidisciplinary teams throughout design and construction phases. Presents design solutions, coordinates project documentation, supports cost estimates, reviews RFIs and submittals, and may lead meetings and presentations. Applies sustainable design principles, building codes, and innovative problem-solving while managing deadlines across multiple projects.

Welcomes and directs visitors, manages incoming calls, maintains the reception area, and provides general administrative support. Responsibilities include handling mail and deliveries, coordinating meetings and interviews, assisting with travel and presentations, maintaining parking records, and supporting office operations. Requires professional communication, organization, multitasking, prioritization, and switchboard or reception experience.

Leads design excellence across a commercial and mixed-use architecture studio. The role guides project teams through all design and delivery phases, evaluates design quality, mentors designers, coordinates consultants, supports strategic planning, manages client relationships, and contributes to staffing and resource planning. Responsibilities include design critiques, technical problem-solving, business development presentations, sustainable design integration, and collaboration with firm leadership to advance interdisciplinary design standards and client satisfaction.

Leads multiple architecture projects from programming and design through construction administration and post-occupancy evaluation. Owns client relationships, project delivery, team coordination, budgets, schedules, risks, quality, codes, sustainability, and technical implementation. Facilitates meetings, presentations, public hearings, site visits, and lessons learned while managing interdisciplinary teams and ensuring design solutions meet client goals, regulations, and firm standards. Travel is required.

Coordinates national awards, industry rankings, surveys, conferences, and speaking engagements to strengthen HKS’s brand, reputation, business development, and talent attraction. Maintains calendars, submissions, deadlines, budgets, archives, tracking systems, and content assets. Partners with communications, PR, design, practice leadership, finance, HR, and business development teams to develop submissions, manage data, promote wins, and align visibility activities with brand standards and business priorities.

Coordinates professional services pursuits from go/no-go through submission, managing requirements, schedules, stakeholders, document assembly, version control, CRM and Asana data, and RFP compliance. Develops and maintains proposal content, marketing resources, templates, and reusable materials while supporting editing, layouts, resumes, and interview collateral. Identifies gaps, improves processes, guides junior staff, and progressively assumes greater responsibility for content quality and messaging.

Owns enterprise endpoint patching, update management, application deployment, device configuration, and compliance across Windows, macOS, mobile devices, servers, Azure, and on-premises environments. Leads deployment rings, vulnerability remediation, Intune administration, SCCM co-management, packaging QA, automation, dashboards, change management, documentation, and endpoint incident support. Partners with security and IT teams while maintaining baselines, policies, and operational standards.

Reviews, negotiates, and drafts contracts for architectural, engineering, and design services. Advises project teams and leadership on contractual, legal, and financial risks; manages contract intake and review systems; improves efficiency; interprets applicable laws and regulations; and supports firm-wide education on contracts and risk management.

Designs and develops sports architecture projects from concept through post-occupancy. Produces drawings, presentations, renderings, models, and implementation documents; coordinates with clients, consultants, contractors, and regulatory agencies. Applies construction, building code, sustainability, and materials knowledge while supporting budgets, schedules, business development, and client relationships. Mentors team members and contributes to design excellence, project delivery, and collaborative problem-solving.

Manages EMEA marketing and business development pursuits, including proposals, qualifications packages, interview collateral, presentations, and marketing communications. Coordinates pursuit schedules, deadlines, project information, photography, awards, conferences, public relations, social media, and brand-compliant content. Partners with studio, practice, business development, communications, and project teams while maintaining marketing databases and resource materials.

Supports structural engineering project teams with basic design, documentation, building code application, material standards interpretation, construction administration, submittal reviews, RFI responses, interdisciplinary coordination, and quality reviews under general supervision. The role contributes during design and construction phases, attends project meetings, monitors schedules, and develops engineering skills across multiple projects.

Manages procurement portals, frameworks, registrations, compliance documentation, opportunity tracking, bid coordination, submission packaging, final uploads, and reporting. Coordinates with practice leaders and bid managers to identify opportunities, collect go/no-go input, submit clarifications, meet deadlines, and archive materials. Supports process improvements and maintains centralized procurement guidance and performance records.

Leads and contributes to hospitality design projects from concept through post-occupancy, developing design solutions, presentations, construction documents, material selections, and interior layouts. Coordinates with clients, consultants, contractors, fabricators, and regulatory agencies while managing design quality, schedules, budgets, and project communication. Mentors staff, performs product research, resolves complex design issues, and applies expertise in sustainability, construction techniques, building codes, visualization, and QA/QC.

Lead a regional pursuit pod to drive win rates and delivery outcomes. Own narrative strategy, quality standards, team development, workload balance, and pursuit submissions. Track and report pod performance metrics, translate insights into process improvements, and collaborate with practice and studio leaders on competitive research and pursuit collateral.

The Project Architect specializes in leading design and technical teams, preparing implementation documents, ensuring QA/QC standards, and maintaining client relationships for successful project execution.