Careers

Alta Planning + Design seeks a Senior Marketing Coordinator for our Durham, NC office. This mid- to senior-level position is a great opportunity for someone who believes in the importance of active, multimodal, and sustainable transportation and who is interested in growing their career as a marketing  professional. If you are looking to join an innovative organization and do work that connects people to places while advancing social justice, safety, and environmental resilience, apply with Alta today!

About Alta

Alta Planning + Design is a sustainable transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs. Alta was founded in 1996 when communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States. We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and gets them to where they need to go.

Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life. As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 26 years with 180 staff and 22 offices, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.

Day to Day

You will use your marketing and proposal development experience to coordinate proposal teams to respond to RFQs and RFPs, developing formal proposals including writing and editing some or all of the proposal and appropriately formatting and proofreading the proposals for presentation. You’ll have the opportunity to bring your creativity to a wide range of projects such as white paper production, branding campaigns, and newsletter development. You will also assist with the management of marketing-related expenditures including managing budgets for targeted conferences, printed materials, and other marketing expenditures. You’ll collaborate with other operations departments including Information Technology, Finance, Administration, and Human Resources in the development, implementation, and execution of operations department goals and objectives.

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of experience in marketing; 2+ years of experience in a professional services firm
• Bachelor’s degree in English, marketing, business or a related field of study
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication and analytic skills
• Exhibits strong initiative, the ability to manage competing priorities and multiple simultaneous projects involving cross-functional teams, and the ability to work independently with little to no supervision
• Detailed understanding of the proposal development process for private and public agencies
• General understanding of the planning and design process
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar products
• Excellent professional ethics, accountability, and decision-making capabilities
• Understanding of enterprise-wide management tools

Preferred

• Experience using Deltek Vision
• Active participation in industry-relevant professional associations and committees
• Experience managing and mentoring staff

What We Offer

Flexible Schedule
Alta offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule where most employees work from home three days per week. In-office days support our collaborative culture, one of our core values. Our Durham office is located downtown, a thriving area with world-class restaurants and entertainment venues and an incubator for creative thinking and innovative ideas. Destinations such as Central Park, Durham Food Hall, DPAC, and the Durham Bulls Athletic Park are just a short walk away; trendsetting trails such as the American Tobacco Trail and the upcoming Durham Rail-Trail are a short bike ride away.

Compensation
The pay range for this job in Durham is $59,500–$72,250 annually. Placement within the range is based upon experience, skill sets, and qualifications.

Benefits
Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees:

• Medical: PPO or HSA medical plans, Alta pays 75% of the cost
• Dental/Vision: PPO, Alta pays 90% of the cost
• Life Insurance: Alta pays 100% of the premium for life and AD&D, equal to your base compensation
• 401(k): Alta provides a safe harbor match up to 4%
• PTO: 21 days accrued annually to start
• Holidays: 11 total company paid holidays
• Parental Leave/Short-Term Disability
• Additional Benefits: Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually, Alta Gets Around benefit of up to $900 annually, 5-year travel award, and professional development opportunities

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About Alta Planning + Design

Alta is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Alta Planning + Design, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. It is our policy that decisions involving people are made on the basis of job-related criteria, independent of an individual’s gender, race, color, national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability for which reasonable accommodation is available, and any other status protected by law. This includes decisions involving hiring, job placement, transfer, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, and company-sponsored programs. Alta Planning + Design maintains formal employment policies, available online and by request.

Affirmative Action Plan
Alta Planning + Design, Inc. is a federal contractor subject to affirmative action regulations requiring written Affirmative Action Plans (AAP’s) for minorities and women, and for covered veterans and individuals with disabilities. We worked intensively with a local firm that specializes in Affirmative Action Plans to develop a program for our company that will not only satisfy our federal obligations but will be a living document. This means the plan is integrated into our recruiting and evaluation procedures and is revisited often in order to ensure we’re doing everything we can to embrace and promote diversity within our company.

Alta requires all employees to complete their COVID-19 vaccination series or have an approved exception to the requirement due to a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief. Proof of vaccination or an approved exemption for new employees will be verified prior to the first day of employment. Failure to provide proof of vaccination or receipt of an approved exemption will lead to withdrawal of the job offer.