Marketing Assistant

Civil & Environmental Consultants • Full-time • 700 Cherrington Parkway • 24m ago

Overview

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) is looking for a talented writer who can develop compelling content that supports our company’s business development efforts and helps us win new projects, in our Pittsburgh, PA Office. The ideal candidate is a curious, motivated writer who asks good questions and demonstrates a desire to understand our business and our clients’ needs while maintaining CEC’s unique voice and producing high-quality assets within our brand guidelines.

Demonstrate and further develop your writing chops in a collaborative, fast-paced corporate environment. Reporting to a Marketing Manager within the Marketing department, you’ll consistently generate new project description content and work directly with the firm’s Project Managers and Principals to obtain approvals, acquire project photography, and track client permissions – typically with quick turn-around times. You’ll also use our existing Adobe InDesign templates to turn your content into marketing collateral.

Your organizational skills will be utilized to manage a growing library of project description content and maintain a searchable intranet database accessible to the entire company. You will also provide support to marketing and technical personnel who use our intranet’s resume and project description tools.

This position is great for detail-oriented individuals who enjoy focus, consistency, and the reliability of a structured workday with clear expectations. Become highly skilled in a specialized process that can make an impact on our company’s growth.

CEC continues to grow with a distinct brand and a business model focused on outstanding client service. If you have an interest in delivering results for a respected nationwide firm, CEC is the place to be! We’ll provide resources and opportunities for you to grow and develop professionally along the way.

Writing samples will be required.

Responsibilities:

Under the guidance of the marketing communications team leadership, write, proofread, and edit copy for project descriptions
Manage workload and coordinate with all necessary in-house teams and internal clients to prepare project descriptions in a timely manner
Maintain project description and project photography files, as well as update an intranet database
Ensure accuracy of materials by coordinating with team members effectively and professionally
Create project description layouts utilizing an existing Adobe InDesign template
Responsible for complying with firm branding guidelines, departmental procedures and standards, internal client preferences, and instructions

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, or related field
0-3 years of experience
Demonstrated strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills
Experience using AI to draft content narratives preferred
Experience in a professional services workplace will move your resume to the top
Required experience in Microsoft Word
Preferred experience in Microsoft Excel, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Microsoft Copilot

About Us

We have experts! CEC is consistently ranked as a Top 500 Design Firm and Top 200 Environmental Firm by Engineering News-Record. We are looking for people who enjoy using their education and experience to solve difficult technical problems and work on interesting projects. You can accomplish this while working with a team of professionals who are equally motivated to provide high levels of service to our clients and to teach you along the way.

We have support! We have a variety of Employee Resource Groups, including CEC Community – focused on giving back to the communities in which we work; CEC Ignite – focused on helping professionals early in their careers to develop their pathway; CEC iDEA – focused on inclusion, diversity, equality, and acceptance; and CEC Women – focused on creating internal and external opportunities for women to network and leverage professional experience!

We care about our people! People and Culture are two of the five elements of our strategic plan. When you care about your people, they will want to grow a career with you – that is our goal. CEC offers you a small-firm work environment with large-firm opportunities. Not only will we help you develop professionally, but we will also provide an opportunity to become an owner of the firm and share in its success.

CEC offers a matching 401(k); profit sharing; a performance bonus; company stock; medical, dental, and vision insurance; short and long-term disability; tuition assistance; professional development; and work-life balance.

CEC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

THIRD PARTY RECRUITERS

If CEC has not expressly requested recruiting services or contractually engaged with you for recruiting services on a specific position, any resumes or candidate profiles sent to CEC shall be considered unsolicited. Therefore, any such submissions will be considered property of CEC, with no associated fees due to your firm.