Regional External Engagement Manager

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails planning, developing, and leading external engagement strategies focused around clients and stakeholders to facilitate communication and acceptance of projects and initiatives.

In addition to the job description further below, this role could include the following key activities:

• Develops and nurtures key customer relationship to build alliances and acquire new business.

• Keeps abreast of federal and state initiatives and develops leads on potential projects.

• Directs the research and analysis of business opportunities, assessing potential markets and developing recommendations for entry into new markets.

• Spearheads new business developments initiatives, builds business cases and negotiations.

• Plays a critical role in securing new customer and partner relationships as well as managing a set of existing clients.

• Entrepreneurial role responsible for achieving revenue targets in specific market segments through consultative selling in which they build relationships.

• Networks with industry leaders and opinion makers including elected officials as well as internal and external government relations representatives.

• Builds and shares a vision on how the firm can best take advantage of market trends and opportunities.

• Manages multiple projects/initiatives with cross functional teams.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Do:

• Manages day to day operations and oversees the creation of marketing and communications collateral to ensure that it is consistent with client brand guidelines and quality standards including fact sheets, presentations, press releases and reports.

• Implements public involvement, communications, and outreach strategies and programs for clients to facilitate communication and acceptance of projects and initiatives and monitor their success.

• Develops content to provide consistent, targeted, and impactful messages

• Directs the development of and approves speeches, presentation materials, correspondence, digital media (such as social media, email newsletters, and websites) and other media for client review.

• Engages with client to develop, recommend and determine appropriate communications vehicles to disseminate project or program information with stakeholders as directed by the communications plan and the client.

• Identifies stakeholder perceptions of the initiative and its services, and makes recommendations necessary to improve perceptions, build support and advance project or program goals.

• Defines and reports key performance indicators (KPIs) to indicate a campaign's level of effectiveness.

• Plans and coordinates community meetings including scheduling, determining location, and ensuring proper setup and materials are present.

• Oversees compliance with rules and laws specifically outlined by state and federal regulations and those that may be requested by clients.

• Implements quality control procedures to ensure team is producing high quality programs.

• Contributes ideas for new initiatives through research and recommends innovative communications and outreach techniques

• Responsible for the recruitment, hiring, mentoring, development, and retention of staff, including performance and compensation reviews.

• Contracts with and manages sub-consultants for public/community relations, graphic design, and other outside work when needed.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Marketing, Communications, English, Journalism or related field and 8 years of relevant experience, or

• In lieu of education, 12 years of relevant experience

What We Prefer:

• Relevancy with various Gulf Coast clients (LADOTD, MDOT, CPRA, East Baton Rouge Parish, Ascension Parish, Jefferson Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Orleans Parish, NO DPW, USACE, Levee Boards, etc.)

Additional Information

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Click here to learn more about EOE including disability and vet

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

Baton Rouge, LA, New Orleans, LA

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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.