Marketing Communications Specialist

Title: Marketing Communications Specialist

Location: Seattle, WA

Job Type: Regular Full-time

What’s the Opportunity?

Anchor QEA is in search of an organized, creative, and insight-driven Marketing Communications Specialist to join our growing Client Experience team. Reporting directly to the Senior Marketing Manager, this role is responsible for advancing and delivering strategic marketing communications initiatives that strengthen Anchor QEA’s brand and engage key audiences across digital, social, and earned media channels.  

• Ability to conceptualize and implement a cohesive social media and digital content strategy through LinkedIn and Instagram, aligned with Anchor QEA’s brand voice, tone, and mission.  
• Must have 8-10+ years of professional experience managing social channels — creating, scheduling, and publishing engaging posts (text, graphic, and preferably video), and curating content from subject-matter experts and internal staff teams.  
• Strong writing and editing skills with meticulous attention to detail; comfortable drafting captions/posts, and proofreading content for clarity, tone, and brand consistency.  
• Experience and initiative collaborating cross-functionally — working with marketing, design, content, technical, and project teams — to surface compelling stories about Anchor QEA’s environmental science and engineering work and translate technical projects into accessible content for clients and communities.  
• Strong long-form writing skills, with experience developing articles and project stories that highlight the firm’s technical expertise in a clear, engaging way for external publication, including company website and earned media outlets. 
• Experience drafting press releases and media advisories that communicate project wins, milestones, and company announcements with accuracy and consistency. 
• Experience tracking and analyzing social media metrics and web analytics, translating data into insights and routine reports, recommending optimizations (e.g., timing, content formats, engagement tactics) to increase reach and engagement.   
• Basic graphic and/or video content creation experience using tools like Canva or Adobe Creative Suite; able to assist internal or external designers in producing visually appealing social and digital content.  
• Organized and detail-oriented with ability to manage content across all channels concurrently (social posts, website updates, email lists, editorial calendars), while maintaining a high level of quality, brand integrity, and compliance with content usage rights and copyright rules.  
• Collaborate as part of an integrated Client Experience team, including marketing specialists, Market Sector Leads, proposal managers, graphic designers, event producers, technical editors, and internal staff teams to develop coordinated, client-focused communications and marketing deliverables that strengthen the Anchor QEA brand and support business growth. 

What Are We Looking For?

Ideal candidates will have the following:  

• 8-10+ years of relevant professional marketing or communication experience  
• Bachelor’s degree preferred  
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; strong organizational and multitasking skills, with meticulous attention to detail  
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)   
• Familiarity with marketing software/tools; HubSpot experience highly preferred  
• Ability to independently manage and prioritize tasks, meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment  

What Can You Expect?

A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits.  Benefits detailed below.  

Who Are We?

Anchor QEA provides environmental planning, science, and engineering consulting services with the mission of transforming our environment and communities with integrity and vibe. With more than 500 people in offices across the United States, our collective vision is to be an inclusive, sustainable, and growing environmental innovator making generational impacts. By embodying our core values, we strive to be our clients’ first choice for solving their most challenging problems and to be our employees’ reason to be excited about going to work each morning. Learn more about Anchor QEA at
www.anchorqea.com.  

How to Apply?

Apply online through Anchor QEA’s Open Positions page at https://www.anchorqea.com/careers/careers-open-positions/.  Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to [email protected]

Additional Information

We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse, multi-cultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employment based on age, race, creed, gender, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.  Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check.

Salary and Other Compensation:

• Salary Range: $88,000-$104,000
• Annual Bonus
• Other potential bonus types: Billable Time Bonus, Spot Bonus, Milestone Anniversary Bonus, Receiving Professional License/Certification Bonus, Peer-reviewed Publication Bonus, Employee Referral Bonus.

Base Level Benefits for Regular Full-Time Positions:

• Healthcare: Medical, dental, vision, basic life and AD&D insurance
• Paid Company and Floating Holidays: 7 paid company and 2 floating holidays annually
• Vacation: 2 weeks accrued paid vacation based on length of service. Vacation may vary by level.
• Sick and Safe Time: 80 hours annually
• Retirement Plan: 401k plan with an employer match * Further information on benefits: https://anchorqea.com/careers/benefits/