Jobs at HKS, Inc.

Supports accounts payable operations by recording and classifying transactions, maintaining accounting databases, responding to payment inquiries, assisting with reconciliations and month-end closing, reviewing calculations and postings, and completing checklist and ad hoc tasks. The role requires strong organization, communication, accuracy, confidentiality, problem-solving, and collaboration skills, along with an associate degree in accounting, finance, or equivalent experience.

Provides executive and office administration, including scheduling, meeting coordination, travel planning, expense processing, reception coverage, office supplies, facilities vendors, invoices, onboarding support, and office events. Creates reports and presentations, assists with marketing materials, coordinates technology needs, and maintains confidential records. Requires strong organization, communication, prioritization, problem-solving, and multitasking skills.

Performs structural engineering and design tasks for building projects with limited supervision. Revises implementation documents, applies building codes and material standards, reviews submittals and RFIs, supports construction administration, coordinates with project disciplines and contractors, and resolves technical discrepancies. Uses Revit, BIM, structural analysis software, and standard engineering practices while tracking schedules, documenting meetings, and contributing to multiple projects. Travel may be required.

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.

Executes integrated public relations and earned-media campaigns to increase HKS’s visibility, reputation, and business growth. Builds media and community relationships, develops thought-leadership content, oversees PR teams and agencies, manages performance goals, and creates measurement frameworks and dashboards. Partners with marketing, events, insights, and leadership teams to align messaging and campaigns. Uses market intelligence and emerging AI tools to improve media monitoring, sentiment analysis, reporting, and workflow automation.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Coordinates professional services pursuit submissions from go/no-go through final delivery. Manages requirements, schedules, stakeholders, document assembly, version control, CRM and Asana data, templates, and reusable marketing content. Ensures RFP compliance, accuracy, brand consistency, and timely completion while identifying risks and improving processes. Supports proposal writing, layouts, interview collateral, and content quality, while guiding entry-level staff and progressively taking on greater ownership.

Lead client-facing project manager for sports architecture projects, overseeing all design and delivery phases, coordinating multi-discipline teams, ensuring code/compliance and quality, managing risks, budgets, schedules and presentations, integrating sustainability and firm best practices, and delivering post-occupancy evaluation and lessons learned. Travel required.

The Project Architect leads design teams and manages project execution, documentation, and client collaboration while mentoring staff and ensuring design quality.

Lead pursuit strategy and promotion for Tier 1 federal opportunities: analyze clients and competitors, develop win themes and narratives, coordinate pursuit teams, guide proposal/interview content, maintain promotion plans, track performance, and feed lessons learned into practice positioning.

Lead targeted business development for architecture/interior practice areas: create capture plans, execute BD strategies, build client relationships, track pursuits in Salesforce, support RFx responses, represent firm at events, and collaborate with marketing and project teams to grow market share.