Senior Strategic Communications Coordinator

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As a Senior Strategic Communications Coordinator, you will develop, execute, and manage communication and engagement activities on infrastructure projects with a focus on energy projects. You will work collaboratively as part of a broader Strategic Communications team and take direction from Communications Managers, Project Managers, and clients. In this role, you will be expected to quickly absorb direction and complete tasks independently.

Core Technical Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of communication and engagement plans, including target audience strategy

• Write copy for communication pieces including talking points, media releases, social media, project materials, and video scripts

• Coordinate formal and informal public meetings, hearings, open houses, workshops, advisory committees, or other stakeholder meetings

• Organize meeting logistics and vendor management

• Develop and implement task workback schedules and meeting plans

• Coordinate the production and distribution of outreach materials such as newsletters, websites, handouts, presentations, advertisements, door hangers, press releases, and mailings

• Collaborate with specialists in social media, web, graphics, and video to produce outreach tools and materials

• Identify stakeholders and manage the development of distribution lists

• Develop and maintain project-specific comment management databases and coordinate responses to comment according to protocols

• Research of industry trends, stakeholders, and policy

• Document outreach activities, including activity tracking and reporting

• Serve as point of contact for potentially involved landowners on

• Serve as landowner point of contact

Other Job Responsibilities

• Independently represent HDR in client meetings to discuss project tasks

• Build and maintain productive working relationships with your team and internal partners

• Support and mentor staff

• Support the development of Strategic Communications content for pursuits and proposals

• Participating in energy and strategic communications industry events and personal professional development opportunities

• Perform other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous work experience in the energy industry

• Working knowledge of local, state and federal requirements for public involvement on energy infrastructure projects.

• Bachelor's degree

• Great attention to detail
• Willingness to travel (up to 30% of time)
• Ability to drive or independently get oneself to project locations

• Desire to learn and grow professionally

• Creativity and ability to think outside the box

• Experience working with remote teams/clients

• General professionalism and ability to represent HDR in front of clients

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products
• Preference given to local candidates