Senior Public Engagement and Communications Specialist

HNTB Corporation • Madison, WI

4d • Onsite

About The Position

HNTB is seeking a Senior Public Engagement and Communications Specialist to serve our Wisconsin marketplace. The position will focus on developing and implementing strategic communications and engagement plans for our public agency transportation clients. This position plays a role in the development of communication strategies including materials, and digital and print content. The duties include research, data gathering, and creating project messaging resources to educate the community. This position will also participate in the development of digital strategies and key performance indicators for the purpose of tracking accomplishments and milestones.

Requirements

• 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
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Public involvement, media relations, and community engagement expertise
• Ability to develop materials and documents by using Adobe products and Microsoft products and review work of less-experienced staff
• Experience assisting with social media (e.g., monitoring, content development and assisting with strategy) and providing direction to less-experienced staff
• Ability to provide direction and guidance for research and disseminating information for review
• Experience monitoring stakeholder databases, giving direction for updates and creation of new databases
• Ability to develop and execute plans for events and public outreach, reviewing deliverables, and interacting with clients, the public, internal partners, and others
• Attention to detail to ensure materials follow client style guide requirements and ability to make judgment calls on style choices

Nice To Haves

• Videography/Photography experience
• Videography/Photography editing experience
• FAA Part 107 sUAS (Drone) certification, or willingness to obtain it

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• HNTB Total Rewards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior