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Communications Project Manager Jobs in Renton, WA

Integrated Resources INC

Project Manager

Seattle, WA · On-site

Document and communicate project status to project team and/or management. Provide final approval of project implementation. Working with the Project Management Office, manage projects following the ...

RecruitingDash

*Project Manager

Seattle, WA · On-site

Consultants in our Project Management career track oversee cross-functional projects and effectively communicate project direction, approach, priorities, events and status to all project resources ...

DLR Group

Project Manager

Seattle, WA · Hybrid

DLR Group's Northwest Region has an opening for a Project Manager. We operate within a hybrid work ... Communicate project status reports, identify necessary adjustments, and propose solutions for ...

Keurig Dr Pepper

Project Manager

Sumner, WA · On-site

$84K - $100K/yr

Communicate project milestones, equipment delivery schedules, risks, and status updates to site ... Experience managing purchase orders, supplier relationships, and inventory in an ERP system such as ...

DLR Group

Project Manager

Seattle, WA · On-site

$100K - $150K/yr

Seattle Position Summary As a Project Manager at DLR Group, you will oversee all aspects of one or ... Communicate project status reports, identify necessary adjustments, and propose solutions for ...

US Tech Solutions

Project Manager III

Redmond, WA · On-site

The role involves planning, logistics, and communication across multiple projects, ensuring ... Required : • 3+ years of project management experience within research or product development ...

Continuant Careers

AV Project Manager III

WA · On-site +1

$7.0K - $10K/mo

This role owns project execution, customer communication, schedule discipline, budget health, risk management, and cross-functional coordination across engineering, purchasing, field resources ...

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As of Aug 26, 2026, the average yearly pay for communications project manager in Renton, WA is $108,688.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $82,700.00 and $128,800.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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A Communications Project Manager oversees and coordinates communication initiatives within an organization or for a client. They manage projects related to internal and external communications, including marketing campaigns, public relations efforts, and content development. Their responsibilities include planning timelines, coordinating teams, ensuring brand consistency, and delivering messages effectively to target audiences. They often work with writers, designers, and stakeholders to execute strategic communication plans. Strong organizational, leadership, and problem-solving skills are essential for success in this role.

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To thrive as a Communications Project Manager, you need expertise in project management, strategic communication, and content development, often supported by a bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, or a related field. Familiarity with project management software (like Asana, Trello, or MS Project), collaboration tools, and sometimes certifications such as PMP or CAPM is highly beneficial. Strong interpersonal skills, adaptability, and leadership are crucial for guiding teams and managing multiple stakeholders. These competencies ensure projects are delivered on time, messaging remains consistent, and collaboration across departments is effective.

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Manager, Communications

Puget Sound Educational Service District

Renton, WA • On-site

$99K - $130K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Posted 27 days ago

Job description

Salary: $99,340.00 - $130,342.00 Annually
Location : 800 Oakesdale Ave SW, Renton, WA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 260730001
Department: Administration
Program: Communications & Public Relations
Opening Date: 07/30/2026
FLSA: Exempt
Description
Purpose Statement
Join Puget Sound Educational Service District as our next Communications Manager and help create just and humanizing educational communities where every student thrives and succeeds, benefiting future generations. In this role, you will lead a communications team, overseeing communications planning, managing concurrent projects from intake through completion, and directing creative production across graphic design, video, and photography. Working collaboratively, you will advance digital accessibility, manage multilingual communications, and lead fee-for-service communications projects with school districts across the region. If you are passionate about using communications to strengthen public education and serve diverse communities, we encourage you to apply.
Puget Sound Educational Service District (Puget Sound ESD) is one of nine regional educational agencies serving school districts and state approved charter and private schools in Washington. Serving over 39% of Washington's K-12 public school students, our agency provides critical services designed to ensure that our students are ready to enter school, achieve at high levels in the K-12 system, and succeed in postsecondary endeavors. We are committed to becoming an Antiracist Multicultural Organization driven by equity in education. To learn more about Puget Sound ESD, visit
Position open until filled; please submit application before new extended best consideration date 8/16/2026. Interviews are tentatively scheduled on 8/19/2026.
To be considered for this position, you must provide a resume, cover letter, and communications portfolio.
Your cover letter should address your experience with project management, digital accessibility, and supervising or mentoring others.
Your communications portfolio must include:
  1. Two graphic design samples
  2. Two professional writing samples
  3. One website or social media campaign

Instructions:
Include files or links to each item in your portfolio. Provide a brief three to five sentence summary for each item describing:
  • Who it was created for
  • What it was intended to achieve
  • When it was created
  • How it was distributed
  • How accessibility was considered in its design and distribution

If you collaborated with others on any portfolio item, please describe each collaborator's role and responsibilities.
This job reports to Assigned Administrator
Essential Functions
  • Conducts accessibility audits of agency digital assets (e.g., websites, PDFs, presentations, social media content, videos, electronic publications, etc.) and stays current with evolving digital accessibility laws, standards, and best practices for the purpose of identifying compliance gaps, tracking remediation, ensuring conformance with federal and state requirements, and proactively updating agency practices before legal requirements take effect.
  • Designs and produces materials across visual and multimedia formats (e.g. graphic design, video production, photography, infographics, print, etc.) for the purpose of communicating PSESD's programs and services to internal and external audiences in accessible and equitable ways.
  • Develops communications plans for agency departments, programs, and initiatives (e.g. identifying target audiences, key messages, channels, timelines, and measures of success, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring communications work is strategic, coordinated, and aligned with program and agency goals before projects enter production.
  • Develops, maintains, and implements design standards, templates, and style guides for the purpose of establishing the systems and tools that ensure brand consistency, readability, and accessibility compliance across agency communications materials and publications.
  • Embodies the principles and practices that form our culture and commitment to becoming an Antiracist Multicultural Organization for the purpose of meeting the Agency's End: We co-create just and humanizing educational communities where every student thrives and succeeds, benefiting future generations.
  • Leads and manages communications project intake and coordination (e.g. tracking intake, timelines, assignments, deliverables, and completion across concurrent projects, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring all communications work is on time, within scope, and aligned with department and agency priorities.
  • Maintains a variety of manual and electronic documents, files, databases, archives, and records for the purpose of providing up-to-date reference and audit trail for compliance with district, local, state, and federal public records regulations.
  • Manages fee-for-service communications projects with external partners (e.g. graphic design, video, photography, accessibility remediation and training, web updates, social media, branding consultation, etc.) for the purpose of supporting district communications needs and generating revenue for the Communications Department.
  • Manages multilingual communications projects and language access efforts (e.g. coordinating translation and interpretation of agency communications, overseeing quality, accessibility, and consistency of translated materials, working with translation vendors and internal multilingual staff, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring equitable access to agency information and services for staff, families, communities, and partners whose primary language is not English.
  • Monitors assigned activities and program components and prepares progress reports and tracking documentation (e.g. project timelines, program reports, social media analytics, budget tracking, etc.) for the purpose of coordinating activities, tracking progress, and ensuring compliance with established financial, legal, and administrative requirements.
  • Oversees event planning and production (e.g. agency events and community convenings, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring events are accessible, brand aligned, logistically sound, and effectively advance organizational needs.
  • Oversees the agency's social media presence and content calendar for the purpose of maintaining consistent, accurate, accessible, and agency-aligned external communications across all platforms.
  • Partners with staff to coordinate resource & budget development and oversight processes including account balance reconciliation for the purpose of maintaining accuracy of expenditures, budget appropriateness of funding requests, forecasts, and transfers that maintain consistency and compliance with agency and federal fiscal controls and policies.
  • Supervises personnel (e.g. provide coaching and consultation on technical issues, adaptive challenges, personnel matters, strategic opportunities, career goals, professional development, job performance, etc.) for the purpose of advancing the development of effective leaders and high performing teams and achieving agency and departmental objectives.
  • Writes and edits communications content across multiple formats and channels (e.g. web, social media, newsletters, scripts, articles, agency publications, grants, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring agency communications are clear, accurate, accessible, and aligned with the Agency's End.

Other Functions
  • Assist other personnel as may be required for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.

Job-Specific Competencies
  • Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Ensures work is thoughtfully completed, accurate, and error free to the highest degree possible.
  • Customer Focus: Commits to clarifying and supporting internal and external customers' goals and strives to meet their expectations and requirements. Consistently acts with customers in mind. Holds self accountable for providing high-quality, responsive and personable customer service.
  • Developing and Empowering Others: Encourages others to work on challenging assignments that grow their skills and abilities. Supports others in identifying their own strengths and skills-gaps, and guides them in creating their own professional development plans that support current and future Agency goals.
  • Managing and Measuring Work: Prioritizes and organizes work plans based on objectives and desired outcomes. Collaborates and shares responsibility for decisions and monitors progress toward goals by establishing strong feedback channels.
  • Project Management: Manages all stages of a project from ideation and planning to its successful completion and implementation.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, marketing, journalism, graphic design, digital media, or a closely related field, or an Associate degree combined with equivalent directly related professional experience.
  • Progressively responsible professional experience developing and implementing strategic communications, marketing, public information, or related communications initiatives.
  • Demonstrated experience planning, organizing, and managing multiple communications projects with competing priorities while meeting established timelines and organizational objectives.
  • Experience creating and editing communications across multiple formats including websites, publications, social media, presentations, newsletters, video, graphic design, or other digital and print media.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of digital accessibility principles and experience developing or reviewing communications that support accessibility and equitable access for diverse audiences.
  • Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) certification, an equivalent accessibility credential, or the ability to successfully obtain the certification within the first twelve months of employment. PSESD will support the successful candidate in completing this certification.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience leading communications within a public education, government, nonprofit, or other mission-driven organization.
  • Experience developing agency or organizational communications plans that include audience identification, messaging, communication channels, implementation timelines, and evaluation measures.
  • Experience conducting digital accessibility reviews or remediation of websites, PDFs, presentations, social media, or multimedia content.
  • Experience managing multilingual communications projects and coordinating translation or interpretation services to improve equitable access to information.
  • Experience supervising communications professionals while supporting professional growth, coaching, and performance development.
  • Experience managing organizational social media strategy, editorial calendars, analytics, and digital engagement.
  • Experience managing communications budgets, contracts, or fee-for-service communications projects.

We offer comprehensive benefits:
  • Medical, dental, and vision through the
  • 24 annual leave days per year
  • 12 sick days
  • 12 paid holidays
  • Participation in Washington State Department of Retirement System
  • Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan
  • Subsidized ORCA card, free parking, and access to EV car charging stations (Renton office)

01
Upon hire can you submit proof that you are legally eligible to work in U.S.?
  • Yes
  • No

02
Prospective staff, interns, and volunteers will have their records checked through the Washington State Patrol criminal identification system and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation via a fingerprint check using a complete Washington state criminal identification fingerprint process. Are you willing to submit to this process?
  • Yes
  • No

03
Are you able to demonstrate an understanding and commitment to using an equity lens?
  • Yes
  • No

04
Which of the following responses best represents your completed education?
  • Master's Degree or Above
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Associate's Degree
  • None of the Above

05
How many years of progressively responsible professional experience do you have developing and implementing strategic communications, marketing, public information, or related communications initiatives?
  • Less than 3 years
  • 3 to 5 Years
  • 5-7 Years
  • More than 7 Years

06
Do you have experience planning, organizing, and managing multiple communications projects with competing priorities while meeting established timelines and organizational objectives?
  • Yes
  • No

07
Do you have experience creating and editing communications across multiple formats, such as websites, publications, social media, presentations, newsletters, video, graphic design, or other digital and print media?
  • Yes
  • No

08
Do you have knowledge of digital accessibility principles and experience developing or reviewing communications that support accessibility and equitable access for diverse audiences?
  • Yes
  • No

09
Which of the following best describes your current Accessibility Core Competencies Certification (CPACC) status and ability to meet the certification requirement for this position?
  • I currently hold the Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) certification
  • I currently hold an equivalent accessibility credential
  • I do not currently hold an accessibility credential but am willing and able to successfully obtain the CPACC certification within the first 12 months of employment
  • I do not currently hold an accessibility credential and I am

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