Senior Communications Officer, Media & Public Affairs
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JobgetherMarketing
US, substantial overlap with U.S. working hoursFull-TimeSenior
Salary225,000 - 250,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Required Skills
- Stakeholder management
Requirements
- 10+ years of significant experience in media relations, thought leadership, public affairs, or closely related communications functions.
- Proven track record of building or substantially rebuilding a communications function, including hiring and managing people.
- Recent hands-on experience personally producing or shaping high-quality communications work.
- Exceptional communications judgment regarding audience, context, timing, substance, and reputational risk.
- Experience advising executives and senior decision-makers on communications strategy and media engagement.
- Strong understanding of how journalists, influential voices, and media channels shape perceptions.
- Demonstrated ability to build meaningful external relationships and represent an organization publicly.
- Intellectual curiosity to understand sophisticated research and complex subject matter.
- Ability to work with substantial overlap with U.S. working hours.
- Collaborative leadership style with the ability to coordinate across teams and resolve disagreements.
Responsibilities
- Set and execute the strategy for media relations, thought-leader engagement, online communities, public forums, events, and other earned communications opportunities.
- Build and maintain high-trust relationships with journalists, editors, podcast hosts, event organizers, thought leaders, and other influential external stakeholders.
- Identify, develop, and pitch substantive stories and thought-leadership initiatives to increase understanding of complex organizational work.
- Manage inbound media engagement and rapid-response situations, including coordination with subject-matter experts regarding messaging and reputational risk.
- Advise senior leadership on media opportunities, external relationships, and public engagement strategies.
- Prepare executives and subject-matter experts for interviews, speaking engagements, and public appearances.
- Serve as a spokesperson in selected interviews, events, and public forums.
- Manage and develop an initial team of one or two communications professionals while building systems to scale the function.
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