Public Engagement & Communications Specialist I

Posted 12 Days Ago
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North Charleston, SC
In-Office
Entry level
Design
The Role
Responsible for supporting public engagement programs, developing communication strategies, gathering data, and creating messaging resources for community education about infrastructure projects.
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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 supporting the coordination and implementation of public engagement and involvement programs for infrastructure projects. This position assists with the development of communication strategies including materials, and digital and print content, researches and gathers data and creates and provides project messaging resources to educate the community.

What You'll Do:

  • Assists in the development and implementation of communication and outreach strategies to educate the public and stakeholders on infrastructure projects. This could include research, outreach strategies, and best practices.
  • Conducts routine investigations and collects data needed for effective communications strategies and/or to fulfill federal regulatory outreach requirements, including environmental impact evaluations if applicable.
  • Prepares and coordinates dissemination of outreach materials, facts and information on project messaging 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.
  • Tracks and maintains routine records and reports related to public involvement meetings, public hearings and outreach events.
  • Drafts speeches, create and design presentation materials, and/or compose correspondence for use in mailings, meetings, or other public consumption.
  • Responsible for initial fact checking for reports, articles, and other publications.
  • May help coordinate community meetings, public forums, working groups and other public meetings including scheduling, determining location, advertising, and ensuring proper setup/tear down and relevant collateral materials according to client expectation and project goals and budget.
  • May interact with clients to coordinate implementation of communication and outreach programs.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

  • Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Marketing, Communications, English, Journalism or related field, or
  • In lieu of education, 4 years of relevant experience

What You'll Bring:

  • Assisting with social media (e.g., monitoring social media, assisting with strategy and content development) with direction from more-experienced staff.
  • Modifying existing materials and documents using a basic understanding of Adobe (e.g., Photoshop, InDesign, InCopy) and Microsoft products (specifically proficiency with PowerPoint formatting, consistency, and editing templates).
  • Developing, maintaining, and updating stakeholder database.
  • Researching with direction from senior staff.
  • Assisting with public outreach and events information gathering/research (e. g. venue coordination, logistics, generating materials, staffing) and interacting with clients, the public, internal partners, and others.
  • Using basic graphic design skills and following existing style guides.

What We Prefer:

  • Experience writing engaging and informative materials for a variety of audiences.

Additional Information

Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards

Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

North Charleston, SC

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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies.  Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB.  HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Top Skills

Adobe Incopy
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Powerpoint
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The Company
Kansas City, , Missouri
7,233 Employees
Year Founded: 1914

What We Do

At HNTB, we are committed to making connections possible and creating a better tomorrow. As an employee-owned infrastructure solutions firm, we believe that mobility plays an important role in helping to unlock a brighter future for communities everywhere. That's why we work to deliver innovative transportation systems and infrastructure solutions that connect people and expand opportunity.

Our approach is rooted in collaboration, and we work closely with our clients and partners to create innovative solutions that meet the unique needs of each community we serve.

With more than a century of service, we are working to build a future where everyone has access to safe, reliable and efficient transportation options. Professionals work alongside clients nationwide to address their most complex technical, financial and operational challenges — providing a full range of infrastructure-related services, including planning, design, program management and construction management. Together, we are making connections possible

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