With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.
The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $84,604 and $112,100 based on experience and education. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees, which include but are not limited to:
A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
457B Retirement Plan
140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year
Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date
The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. In this position, you can expect to work on site three days per week and work from home two days a week, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a lunch hour, with occasional weekend or evening work. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.
In this position you can expect to work on site at the Webb Municipal Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave., on the second floor.
The City and County of Denver is seeking a Marketing and Communications Specialist to lead comprehensive communication strategies for the Department of Community Planning and Development (CPD), which helps guide Denver’s growth, enhancement and preservation, in collaboration with residents, community partners and other city agencies. CPD staff prepares visioning plans, land use regulations, and codes, and reviews, permits, and inspects development across the city. This is a unique opportunity to apply your marketing skills and experience and have a major impact on your local community.
In this role, you will champion transparency and community engagement by creating and promoting communications to internal and external audiences with the goal of helping residents, community groups, contractors, architects, urban designers, property developers and others better understand and become involved in projects related to city planning, code and regulatory updates, development services, historic preservation, neighborhood property maintenance, and building safety.
Key responsibilities include:
Project communications: Strategize, create and post online content and collateral related to long-range planning, landmark preservation, plan review, permitting and inspections, and related projects
Website management: Produce and post content related to CPD services and major projects, manage and complete content update requests from department work teams, and manage and coordinate work of staff web authors
Newsletter/content management: Serve as lead writer and manager of department’s external newsletters, and create and maintain content calendar
Internal communications: Coordinate and support internal communications program for department of 280 employees, manage monthly internal newsletter, and support employee engagement events
Media relations: Respond to media inquiries, serve as department spokesperson (including on-camera interviews), build and manage relationships with local news outlets, and identify opportunities for proactive media outreach
CORA/records: Support communications around management of Colorado Open Records Act requests, including webpage and request form, and manage and complete CORA requests as needed, with a focus on media and high-interest topics
Specifically, as the Marketing and Communications Specialist, you will:
Work with the communications team to develop strategies, goals and tactics for outreach to the general public as well as specific audiences, internal and external
Develop and implement a variety of promotional, educational and informational communications (may include email newsletters, web content, printed collateral, social media, signage, events, video, etc.)
Creatively add to our suite of communications tools by identifying communications gaps, and implementing content strategies to meaningfully engage new people in city and neighborhood planning
Tailor communication to multiple audiences and by different types of projects
Advise, gain buy-in and build support among CPD work teams for your user-friendly approach to resident and customer communications
Create, maintain and organize web content on www.denvergov.org/CPD to ensure an accurate and current source of information about planning and regulatory initiatives as well as plan review, permitting and inspections processes
Work with the communications team to optimize website functionality and user experience
Represent the department at public events, which could include City Council meetings, community and public meetings, public meetings hosted by other government agencies or city departments
Engage with stakeholder groups and others via email, phone, in person on behalf of the department
Write and distribute news releases and media advisories
Manage general media requests and requests for interviews, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and appropriate tone
Periodically act as spokesperson and represent the department to news media, proactively and reactively, including on-camera interviews
Follow department-wide and citywide brand standards
Work effectively and efficiently with internal and external partners
We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.
We are looking for an experienced writer and editor who is highly motivated, detail-oriented and able to manage multi-faceted strategic communications plans for complex projects. Our ideal candidate has some or all of the following experience, skills, and characteristics:
Highly adept at communicating about technical information and complex processes in a way that is user-friendly, easy to understand and improves community engagement and the user/customer experience
Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills with internal/external stakeholders at all levels of an organization
Excellent writing, editing and content management skills, with an eye for design for email newsletters, print collateral, websites and other online content
Experience in journalism and/or media relations
Familiarity with governmental processes, managing information requests (like CORA/FOIA) and supporting web forms
Efficiently demonstrates excellent time/work management skills
Works well under pressure and able to multitask
Proficient with Microsoft Office
Knowledgeable of rules for ADA accessibility for electronic communication
Spanish language skills are a plus
Education requirement: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or a related field
Experience Requirement: Four (4) years of full performance, professional level experience performing marketing and/or public relations functions including research and analysis, developing public announcements and publications, and developing marketing and/or public relations strategies
Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post high school education. Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements
This position is expected to stay open until January 20th, 2026. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than January 20th, 2026 at 11:59 PM MST
Job Profile
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Position Type
UnlimitedPosition Salary Range
$84,604.00 - $139,597.00Target Pay
$84,604 - $112,100 based on experience and educationAgency
Community Planning & DevelopmentRedeployment during Citywide Emergencies
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