Tennessee Communications Manager

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

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HDR is seeking a Tennessee Communications Manager to join our Tennessee team to lead all Strategic Communications activities and Communications staff in our Tennessee offices.

The ideal candidate will work well in a team environment, enjoy tackling new challenges, have strong written and verbal communication skills, and have a passion to advance the transportation profession. They will be comfortable working collaboratively and independently.

As a Communications Manager, we'll count on you to:

• Lead the development and implementation of project communication and engagement strategy and plans
• Define messaging strategyfor communication pieces, including talking points, media releases, social media, project materials, and video scripts
• Manageformal and informal public meetings, hearings, open houses, workshops, advisory committees, or other stakeholder meetings
• Overseemeetinglogisticsand vendor management
• Directtask workback schedules and meeting plans
• Overseethe 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 outreachtools and materials
• Collaborate with multimodal teams of planners, engineers, technical specialists, and communications specialists - at times under compressed timelines.
• Directthe identification of stakeholders and manage the development of distribution lists
• Direct the developmentandmaintenance ofproject-specific comment management databases andresponses to comment protocols
• Oversee documentation ofoutreach activities,including activity tracking and reporting
• Coordination of the HDR regional communications teams and priorities of national communications leadership and area operations management to drive growth of market sectors in the Tennessee area.
• Promote and conduct branding of HDR to the industry and client community and serves as the face of HDR to executive management, board members and project management staff of clients.
• Be involved in marketing planning, proposals and interviews
• Serve as a project manager for key projects, or contributes to a support role as appropriate.
• Develop project budgets, monitor and direct tasks, provide quality control reviews, and oversight as needed.
• Work with Business/Accounting Manager, Project Controller and management as needed for reviews, goals, project accounting, etc.
• Participate in ensuring adherence to Quality Assurance and Quality Control procedures on transit projects.
• Successful Project Delivery.
• Work with HDR counterparts to develop strategies for: key hires, project pursuits, team growth, area growth and profitability, employee engagement and satisfaction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field