Senior Marketing Coordinator

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:
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We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic marketer to join our West Region marketing team. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in driving proposal development to support our growth in Northern California focusing on our power, solid waste and organics, and industrial market sectors. You will develop persuasive proposal documents and interview materials, showcasing our engineering capabilities and experience with impactful messaging.

You will also lead the development of client plans that drive market expansion and revenue growth.

The ideal candidate is someone who embodies the qualities of ownership, professionalism, leadership, responsiveness, adaptability, and a passion for continuous improvement, with a deep appreciation for teamwork. We are ideally looking for someone who is interested in leading and supervising a marketing team to support the growth of our programs. If you take pride in your responsibilities, uphold the highest standards of professionalism, are detail‑oriented and inspire others through your leadership, then this is the role for you.

• Forward‑thinking and comfortable working on multi‑disciplinary teams, often in a virtual setting.
• Unafraid of leading and facilitating discussions.
• A strong writer, skilled at defining and articulating a message and organizing content visually.
• Exceptionally organized, with an almost obsessive attention to detail, and highly driven with the ability to balance multiple concurrent assignments while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• A lifelong learner who embraces new ways and contributes to process improvements.

• Lead the development, organization, and production of proposals and marketing materials, including layout utilizing existing templates and brand standards.
• Collaborate with other marketing coordinators, project managers, technical staff, business development leads, and pursuit teams.
• Evaluate technical and non‑technical content; write non‑technical text; and edit and proofread all marketing communications for clarity, messaging, and persuasiveness.
• Lead the development of interview presentation materials and coach interview teams.
• Lead capture planning, conduct market sector research and competitor analysis, develop winning strategies, and provide message development for pursuits, including graphic development.
• Prepare, update, and organize data in company systems, including pursuit information, project profiles, resumes, references, photography, proposal documents, and other marketing files.
• Coordinate conference attendance and sponsor ships.
• Support business development leads, client managers, and teams in the development of marketing strategies, client development, and pursuit capture planning.
• Train and mentor team members on business development and marketing best practices.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• At least 4 years of experience leading competitive A/E/C proposals.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Deep knowledge of the A/E/C industry's standard approach to procurement of professional services.
• Ability and desire to engage with others in‑person, including traveling to other HDR Northern California offices (Sacramento, Folsom, Walnut Creek) as needed.

• A minimum of 2 years relevant industry experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including…