Job Description

EXPLORE YOUR MARKETING CAREER PATH JOURNEY WITH TERRACON!
Terracon employee-owners are on a journey together, bringing our talents, our camaraderie, and our curiosity to bravely explore and discover new and better solutions to overcome client challenges. We are looking for students in marketing, communications, business degree programs, and/or related fields who are curious and want to join our journey through an internship program! The internship starts in May and concludes in August, with the potential to continue through the school year, depending on location and schedule. Ranked 18 in Engineering News-Record’s 2024 list of the Top 500 Design Firms (ranked 32 just five years ago), Terracon is an exciting, fun place to explore a marketing and communications career in the professional services industry!

We are looking for a resourceful, creative, dedicated student to join our Kansas City area marketing team! You’ll thrive with the opportunities to collaborate with our talented technical, marketing, and client development professionals to win new business and grow professionally.

HERE’S THE SCOOP!
You will work directly with the members of our local marketing team. They will help you with career planning as well as grow and develop your marketing skills. You will learn how to interact with clients, teammates, and technical professionals to support revenue growth and profitability. Ultimately, you will learn the importance and value of the marketing role at a professional engineering consulting firm and how our employee-owners come together in a multitude of roles to drive the success of our company.

On a day-to-day basis, you will learn how to:

• Work with the marketing team and technical staff to respond to requests for proposals to help win local project work
• Develop a variety of marketing materials for digital and printed media
• Grow and develop your professional networking skills

Working closely with our team, you will have hands-on experience:

• Learning how to translate technical information to non-technical audiences
• Generating communications pieces for distribution through social media channels
• Organizing tradeshow/conference events (as part of a team)
• Generating data reports that influence decision-making via internal data management software
• Maintaining files and records for client development materials, including updates to employee resumes, certifications/licensing database, project descriptions, and related company data for use in SOQs and proposals
• Providing marketing administrative support to the marketing and client development staff for pursuits and proposals including:
  • statements of qualifications (SOQs)
  • presentations and collateral design atting
  • market research
  • vendor compliance documents
• Maintaining quality and branding standards on all marketing projects
• Learning about Terracon’s involvement and role in the Kansas City Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry

The safety and well-being of our interns, employee-owners, and clients is our number one priority. When you become a part of our team, we will provide safety guidelines and standards to learn and follow as well as how to pre-task plan in order to stay safe. We empower our interns and employee-owners to report any safety issues or concerns to management during your tenure.

Requirements:

• High school diploma
• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, public relations/journalism, advertising, or business (or a related field that demonstrates writing and design skills)
  • The ideal candidate will have less than two years remaining to complete their bachelor’s degree
• Intermediate to proficient skill with Microsoft Office. Adobe Creative Suites skills are a plus, but not required.
• Effective organizational, time management, and professional communication skills
• Ability to communicate well through writing
• Capacity to work 30-35 hours/week during business hours regularly

About Terracon
Terracon is a 100 percent employee-owned multidiscipline consulting firm comprised of more than 6,000 curious minds focused on solving engineering and technical challenges from more than 175 locations nationwide. Since 1965, Terracon has evolved into a successful multi-discipline firm specializing in environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services. Terracon’s growth is due to our talented employee-owners exceeding expectations in client service and growing their careers with new and exciting opportunities in the marketplace.

Terracon’s vision of “Together, we are best at people” is demonstrated through our excellent compensation and benefits package. Based on eligibility, role and job status, we offer many programs including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, paid time off and holidays, education reimbursement, and various bonus programs.
EEO Statement
Terracon is an EEO employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, or military status.