Pursuit/marketing Coordinator

Pursuit/Marketing Coordinator

HDR is seeking an early career marketing professional willing to be trained in HDR's methodologies and build a future in this dynamic organization. This position requires strong interpersonal, organizational, communication, administrative and multi-tasking skills, as well as a positive attitude and team approach. The successful candidate will be driven, energetic, and hands-on marketing professional. This position will support business development and marketing efforts for the Building Engineering Services Business Group. The individual will be working in a cross-functional, strengths-based team environment. This position is responsible for supporting our growing marketing and client development activities. The position will report to the BES Strategic Pursuit Leader, working closely with local leadership, with further support and mentorship provided from within HDR's extensive international marketing team.

In your role we will primarily count on you to:

• Work collaboratively with the BES pursuit, marketing team and project managers to prepare materials, including qualifications, proposals, presentations, handouts, brochures, announcements, and reports.
• Execute capture planning activities, including client and project research.
• Develop and assure compliance with proposal/interview management documents, including proposal development schedules, outlines, and assignments.
• Work under tight deadlines with diplomacy, including balancing multiple priorities on concurrent assignments while maintaining quality.
• Maintain our client and marketing database including complete employee and project record updates through EBS database system.
• Write and tailor employee resumes, project descriptions, and other qualification materials.
• Conduct pursuit close-out activities (e.g., database updates, file clean-up, document uploads, etc.).

We'll also count on you to:

• Develop and/or coordinate graphics.
• Perform technical writing/editing.
• Help advance marketing process improvement initiatives.
• Administer implementation of the go/no-go decision process in accordance with HDR's Matrix of Authority
• Support pursuit teams in developing persuasive proposal and interview materials
• Monitor client and industry websites for solicitation status
• Help file proposal and presentation material upon submittal
• Maintain accurate project and resume data in business development systems
• Arrange for professional photography on projects
• Support development and implement of client plans, including long-term strategies to capture market share, as assigned
• Support solicitation of formal client feedback
• Support content marketing campaigns to strengthen our brand, increase our visibility, and showcase our thought leaders
• Support the development and publication of engaging digital content that reflects HDR's brand and elevates our thought leadership
• Support implementation of strategies that elevate HDR's brand and technical talent with industry associations
• Support creation of marketing collateral to support business development efforts.
• Support fulfilling conference sponsorship benefits, as needed.
• Support development of engaging internal communications content (announcements, presentations, videos, webinars).
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, English, Marketing, Communications, Strategy, Public Relations, Business or other Business-related major.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including grammar, punctuation, proofreading, spelling, and telephone/interpersonal skills.
• Skilled at meeting tight deadlines, including making independent decisions critical to job success.
• Must be flexible and able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and work with and take direction from multiple levels of professional staff in a fast-paced environment.
• Team-oriented, self-starter able to work with different personalities and professional styles.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including InDesign