marketing communications specialist Seattle, WA
Job description
We are Herrera
Envision yourself at a growing, employee-owned company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best performance while making a difference in the world.
We are Herrera, a science, planning, and design consulting firm dedicated to working with clients to develop holistic solutions that provide social and environmental benefit. We protect the environment every day by providing a diverse range of consulting services to cities, counties, state and federal agencies, Tribes, non-profits,
and private clients throughout Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and western Canada.
For over 40 years, Herrera has cultivated a collaborative, caring, and values-driven culture that empowers our employee-owners to achieve excellence while ensuring we have fun along the way. By providing our employee-owners with the autonomy to pursue their professional interests and through encouraging them to grow, we benefit from high employee-owner retention that contributes to our longstanding partnerships with clients.
Our Values
- Treat everyone with respect and dignity, always.
- Insist on integrity, objectivity, and social and environmental ethics in our work.
- Act as stewards of the environment upon which we depend.
- Research and outreach, learn and teach.
Your Opportunity
Herrera seeks a Marketing Specialist to join our team. The geographic location of this position will be in Seattle, Washington.
Are you self-motivated and efficient? Do you like to work independently but also with a team that respects each other's expertise and enjoys working together? Are you a multi-tasker that thrives in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment? Do you want do meaningful work that will impact future generations? If so, we want to hear from you!
The key responsibilities of this include:
- Support the development of proposals and interview teams.
- Lead social media presence and craft content in collaboration with subject matter experts.
- Proactively manage website content and keep the website up to date.
- Maintain companywide conference and social media calendars.
- Juggle multiple projects at once, while delivering high-quality work on time.
- Collaborate with internal team members and external teaming partners across numerous offices.
Other Duties:
- Develop quarterly newsletter, award submissions and support technical conference attendance.
- Maintain Deltek CRM, resumes, and photo library.
Minimum Qualifications
- BA/BS in marketing, communications, English, journalism, or similar. Relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a diploma
- 3+ years of administrative support experience in a professional setting and working with a team
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Adobe InDesign
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Strong writing and editing skills
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to prioritize and multi-task
- Collaborative mindset that supports strategies and develops solutions
- Curiosity about researching new topics, gathering, and synthesizing information
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
We are proud to support our employee-owners by offering the following compensation and benefits.
- This position is hourly/ non-exempt and eligible for overtime; the hourly pay range by level and work experience is $24.84 - $35.04
- Flexible hybrid work culture
- Medical/prescription drug/dental/vision insurance for employees and dependents; employees covered at no cost on base plan with buy-up options available; company contribution for dependents
- Section 125 flexible benefits plans – healthcare and dependent care
- Company-paid life insurance for employees; option to purchase additional life insurance for employees and dependents at employees’ expense
- Company-paid long term disability insurance for employees; option to purchase short-term disability insurance at employees’ expense
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Paid vacation accrued at 3.077 hours every two weeks (for a 40 hour/week employee, equivalent to 10 days per year)
- Paid sick time accrued at 3.077 hours every two weeks (for a 40 hour/week employee, equivalent to 10 days per year)
- Flexible paid holidays (10)
- Paid volunteer time (8 hours annually)
- Company-paid annual membership dues for one professional organization
- Professional development / continuing education allowance
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Transit benefit
To learn more, please visit our website at: www.herrerainc.com
We Are Committed to Equal Opportunity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Herrera, we celebrate our differences as much as our similarities. We know the best outcomes come from interdisciplinary, diverse, and inclusive teams. Our values are ever-present in the people, culture, and work we do, they are not just a few sentences on our website. We treat people with respect and act with integrity and objectivity. Our employment decisions are based on knowledge, skills, and abilities, and have nothing to do with your race, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, medical history, reproductive health decisions, political ideology, veteran status, or physical appearance. As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, we encourage women, minorities, veterans, disabled veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply for our open positions. We are also a member of E-Verify.
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