Howard Community College, the public community college located in Columbia, Maryland, is seeking an agency that can assist with the development and implementation of public relations and marketing campaigns and services.

Howard Community College

Founded in 1970, HCC currently enrolls about 30,000 credit and noncredit students each year and offers classes in more than 100 programs through its main Columbia campus as well as two satellite locations.

HCC is looking for a PR and marketing firm that can help provide strategic planning, recommendations, public relations and marketing services support in an effort to enhance student enrollment, increase institutional awareness, improve community perceptions and further meet the college’s institutional goals.

Scope of the work includes developing PR and marketing campaigns; devising media relations strategies and content for various events, campaigns, programs and activities; identifying opportunities and developing pitches for media coverage; creating relevant messaging for earned media, social media and paid media channels; strategy and design work; content development for web, social media posts, feature articles, communications and other editorial content.

Proposals are due by 11 a.m. (EST) on June 29 and should be submitted via email to [email protected].

Questions should be directed to assistant director of procurement Beckie Gotsch, [email protected], no later than11:00 a.m. (EST) on June 19.

View the RFP (PDF).