Publications Lead

Herrera Environmental Consultants, Inc.•Seattle, WA

5d•$82,400 - $103,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are Herrera Envision yourself at a growing, employee-owned company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best performance while making a difference in the world. We are Herrera, a science, planning, and design consulting firm dedicated to working with clients to develop holistic solutions that provide social and environmental benefit. We protect the environment every day by providing a diverse range of consulting services to cities, counties, state and federal agencies, Tribes, non-profits, and private clients throughout Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and western Canada. For over 40 years, Herrera has cultivated a collaborative, caring, and values-driven culture that empowers our employee-owners to achieve excellence while ensuring we have fun along the way. By providing our employee-owners with the autonomy to pursue their professional interests and through encouraging them to grow, we benefit from high employee-owner retention that contributes to our longstanding partnerships with clients. Your Opportunity Are you a creative person who also utterly detests typos and formatting errors? Can you speed-read a technical manual on any subject and quickly decipher all the jargon? Are you a self-starter who is eager to demonstrate creative solutions, tackle challenges, and crush deadlines while confidently leading a small team to do the same? In this role, you will oversee a small team of Publications Specialists where you’ll be responsible for mentoring, providing guidance, and ensuring team consistency and quality while contributing directly to the work that drives results. If you thrive as both a doer and a leader, this opportunity might be a perfect fit.

Requirements

8+ years of relevant professional experience
1+ year of People Leadership (supervisory) experience
BA/BS in marketing, environmental science/engineering, communications, English, journalism, or similar, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience designing and producing documents in Adobe and Microsoft Office software
Ability to act as both a leader and contributor
Ability to clearly communicate expectations, priorities, and goals, and provide constructive feedback to foster a strong, collaborative team environment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Detail oriented with the ability to juggle multiple projects at once
Expert command of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and composition
Ability to transform technical information into reader friendly content
Highly skilled in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat Professional
Proficient in Adobe InDesign (full Adobe Creative Suite is a plus)
Ability to meticulously review completed work and correct issues with spelling, punctuation, and format
Ability to be both rigorous and flexible in your approach to work
Ability to lead by example, demonstrating professionalism, resilience, and a solution-oriented mindset under pressure

Nice To Haves

Experience leading a team through process changes
Experience creating accessible documents
Layout and design skills with desire to learn more in this area
Ability to assist the Senior Graphic Designer with graphic requests, as needed.
Previous A/E/C industry experience

Responsibilities

Set clear expectations, monitor workload and performance, and lead by example to ensure high-quality deliverables, adherence to standards, and continuous improvement across the team
Provide guidance, mentorship, and coaching to team members to support their professional growth, enhance skills, and foster a collaborative, positive team culture
Edit and format technical deliverables for correctness, completeness, organization, clarity, consistency, grammar, and conformity with Herrera style guidelines
Understand grammatical rules, clear and concise writing, and references and citations
Use your graphics knowledge and experience to present technical information in creative and visual ways
Navigate various shared workspace platforms (SharePoint, Teams), visual mediums, and delivery options
Maintain files and systems to organize, streamline, and advance the delivery of technical deliverables
Demonstrate time management skills including completing work on time and scaling your approach to suit the project schedule
Create, merge, and structure standard PDFs, including fillable forms

Benefits

This position is salaried and exempt from overtime; the salary range is $82,400 - $103,000
Pay rate is determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to years of experience, type/relevance of experience, skillset, geographic location, and fit for the role
Flexible hybrid work culture
Medical/prescription drug/dental/vision insurance for employees and dependents; employees covered at no cost on base plan with buy-up options available; company contribution for dependents
Section 125 flexible benefits plans – healthcare and dependent care
Company-paid life insurance for employees; option to purchase additional life insurance for employees and dependents at employees’ expense
Company-paid long term disability insurance for employees; option to purchase short-term disability insurance at employees’ expense
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we are 100% employee owned!
401(k) retirement plan
Paid vacation, accrued bi-weekly, equivalent to 10 days per year for a 40 hour/week employee and prorated for employees working 24-39 hours/week
Paid sick leave, accrued bi-weekly, equivalent to 10 days per year for a 40-hour/week employee and prorated for employees working 24-39 hours per week
Flexible paid holidays (10)
Paid volunteer time (8 hours annually)
Company-paid annual membership dues for one professional organization
Professional development / continuing education allowance
Discretionary annual bonus
Transit benefit