Publications Manager Herrera Environmental Consultants, Inc. Portland, OR Job Details Full-time $78,300
- $97,900 a year 16 hours ago Benefits Paid holidays Disability insurance Health insurance Dental insurance 401(k) Flexible spending account Employee assistance program Vision insurance Employee stock ownership plan Life insurance Paid sick time Qualifications Microsoft Excel Bachelor's degree in communications Marketing Bachelor of Science Engineering Environmental Science Performance management Bachelor's degree in marketing Team development Bachelor's degree in journalism Supervising experience Bachelor's degree in English Bachelor's degree Continuous improvement Team management Bachelor's degree in environmental science Mentoring Journalism Microsoft Teams SharePoint Technical writing Communications English Senior level Grammar Experience Leadership 2 years Communication skills Adobe Acrobat File organization Time management Layout design Full 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. Employee owners, employee leaders. Your Opportunity Are you a creative person who also utterly detests typos and formatting errors? Can you speed-read a technical manual on any subject and quickly decipher all the jargon? Are you a self-starter who is eager to demonstrate creative solutions, tackle challenges, and crush deadlines while confidently leading a small team to do the same? In this role, you will oversee a small team of Publications Specialists where you'll be responsible for mentoring, providing guidance, and ensuring team consistency and quality while contributing directly to the work that drives results. If you thrive as both a doer and a leader, this opportunity might be a perfect fit. We will count on you to: Set clear expectations, monitor workload and performance, and lead by example to ensure high-quality deliverables, adherence to standards, and continuous improvement across the team Provide guidance, mentorship, and coaching to team members to support their professional growth, enhance skills, and foster a collaborative, positive team culture Edit and format technical deliverables for correctness, completeness, organization, clarity, consistency, grammar, and conformity with Herrera style guidelines Understand grammatical rules, clear and concise writing, and references and citations Use your graphics knowledge and experience to present technical information in creative and visual ways Navigate various shared workspace platforms (SharePoint, Teams), visual mediums, and delivery options Maintain files and systems to organize, streamline, and advance the delivery of technical deliverables Demonstrate time management skills including completing work on time and scaling your approach to suit the project schedule Create, merge, and structure standard PDFs, including fillable forms Minimum Qualifications Education, Experience, & Licensure/Certifications 8+ years of relevant professional experience 2+ year of People Leadership (supervisory) experience BA/BS in marketing, environmental science/engineering, communications, English, journalism, or similar, or equivalent combination of education and experience Experience designing and producing documents in Adobe and Microsoft Office software Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Ability to act as both a leader and contributor Ability to clearly communicate expectations, priorities, and goals, and provide constructive feedback to foster a strong, collaborative team environment Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Detail oriented with the ability to juggle multiple projects at once Expert command of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and composition Ability to transform technical information into reader friendly content Highly skilled in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat Professional Proficient in Adobe InDesign (full Adobe Creative Suite is a plus) Ability to meticulously review completed work and correct issues with spelling, punctuation, and format Ability to assist marketing and graphics staff, as needed Ability to be both rigorous and flexible in your approach to work Ability to lead by example, demonstrating professionalism, resilience, and a solution-oriented mindset under pressure Comfortable in ambiguous environments Preferred Qualifications Previous A/E/C industry experience Experience leading a team through process changes Experience creating accessible documents Layout and design skills with desire to learn more in this area Exposure to ADA accommodations and federal and state family and medical leave as they relate to leading a team
Application Deadline:
May 16, 2026 We are proud to support our employee-owners by offering the following compensation and benefits: This position is salaried and exempt from overtime; the salary range is $78,300
- $97,900 Pay rate is determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to years of experience, type/relevance of experience, skillset, geographic location, and fit for the role 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)•we are 100% employee owned!
401(k) retirement plan Paid vacation, accrued bi-weekly, equivalent to 15 days per year for a 40 hour/week employee and prorated for employees working 24-39 hours/week Paid sick leave, accrued bi-weekly, equivalent to 10 days per year for a 40-hour/week employee and prorated for employees working 24-39 hours per week 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, 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. To learn more about E-Verify, read the E-Verify Notice and the Right to Work Notice. khhlM1Kda9
