Colliers Engineering & Design · 1 hour ago
Director of Public Relations and Communications
Holmdel, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$125K/yr - $155K/yr
15+ years expColliers Engineering & Design is a growing organization with more than 3,500 employees, seeking a Director of PR & Communications to lead and strengthen their voice both internally and externally. This role is responsible for shaping firmwide narratives, advising leadership, and scaling communications strategies to support growth and organizational change.
ArchitectureCivil EngineeringMechanical Engineering
Responsibilities
Define and direct an integrated PR and communications strategy that strengthens brand reputation, supports business objectives, and scales effectively across markets, disciplines, and regions. Establish priorities, success metrics, and governance to ensure consistency and impact
Partner with executive and senior leadership to shape and align leadership communications, including thought leadership, firmwide messaging, and change management. Serve as a trusted advisor on narrative, tone, and positioning to support leadership visibility and organizational alignment
Provide strategic direction for how PR and communications leverage digital platforms and emerging channels. Partner with the Digital Marketing team to align messaging with broader campaigns, use audience insights to inform channel strategy, integrate multimedia storytelling including video, audio, and interactive formats
Serve as the firm’s senior communications strategist, responsible for shaping and protecting the narratives that define Colliers Engineering & Design’s work, values, and impact. Develop storytelling frameworks and messaging standards that translate complex technical expertise into clear, compelling narratives, ensuring consistency, differentiation, and credibility across disciplines, markets, and audiences
Set the strategy and standards for firmwide internal communications that build alignment, trust, and engagement. Guide messaging related to growth, change, and strategic priorities, ensuring clarity and consistency across leadership and regions
Set media strategy and priorities, directing outreach that elevates the firm’s visibility in priority markets and disciplines. Cultivate senior-level media relationships and guide the team’s proactive and responsive engagement
Lead communication strategy during sensitive or highvisibility situations, partnering with executive leadership to ensure timely, credible, and consistent messaging
Lead and develop a distributed PR and communications team, setting clear expectations, priorities, and standards of excellence. Create the structure, workflows, and coaching culture needed to deliver consistent, high-quality communications at scale
Manage and mentor a mid-size growing team of corporate and regional PR and communications professionals
Guide workload prioritization, project planning, and coaching to ensure timely and highquality delivery
Collaborate closely with marketing, business development, events, and corporate services to align messaging with business goals
Maintain media and messaging toolkits, executive bios, boilerplates, and corporate narratives
Lead issues and crisis communications as needed in partnership with senior leadership
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or related field
Experience operating in a large, distributed organization where communications must scale across regions, disciplines, and leadership levels
15+ years of experience in public relations, corporate communications, or marketing communications including experience developing national strategies and managing distributed teams
Proven ability to lead through influence and drive measurable results at scale
Ideally within the AEC or professional services industry
Demonstrate effective organizational and prioritization skills
Excellent time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and within deadlines
Strong work ethic and commitment to a high level of quality and accountability
Display professionalism in handling sensitive and confidential information
Proven track record of building high-performing teams and delivering measurable PR results
Strong understanding of technical subject matter and the ability to distill complex information into clear, audience-appropriate messaging
Demonstrated success in collaborating with technical leaders and aligning communications strategies with business objectives
Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills across various formats
Skilled at managing complex projects, competing priorities, and cross-functional stakeholders
Media savvy, with a sharp understanding of today's communications landscape
Strategic thinker with a proactive, solutions-driven mindset
Ability to read, write and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions
Benefits
Company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid pregnancy disability leave
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Life insurance
A company-matched 401(k)/Roth
Paid time off that includes parental and military leave
Employee referral and professional license bonuses
A straight time policy that compensates exempt employees for billable hours worked in excess of 40 billable hours within a work week
Reimbursement for education
A free in-house resource for hundreds of educational and self-enrichment courses
Mentorship program
Wellness program
Women’s Organization
Ongoing philanthropic opportunities
Company
Colliers Engineering & Design
Colliers Engineering is a provider of multi-discipline engineering, design, and consulting services to public and private sector clients. It is a sub-organization of Colliers.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Kevin L. Haney, P.E.
President & CEO
Dave Tingley
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
Rochester Business Journal
2025-05-17
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