Responsibilities

• Develop and implement communications strategies, plans, programs and projects in support of the Division’s and District’s mission and goals.
• Plan, organize and develop written and visual content for a variety of internal and external District communication formats.
• Perform or coordinate the graphic design of various internal and external publications, such as newsletters, annual reports, brochures, surveys, booklets, and fact sheets.
• Maintain the District’s presence on current and future social media channels. Track and review analytics to develop plans and initiatives to improve upon that presence.
• Maintain District web content and website organization, including maintaining mandated accessibility compliance, and coordination with outside vendors on general maintenance and compliance. Support maintenance and compliance efforts of TID adjacent websites.
• Coordinate TID Water & Power Podcast, including buildout of topics and guest schedules, recording, editing and final production of monthly release.
• Manage and improve District media monitoring platforms; locate, copy, and distribute news articles that pertain to District and its activities.
• Communicate with media and members of the public concerning the District and the issues it faces, and when necessary, perform as an alternate media contact and spokesperson for the District. Exercise sound judgement in responding to social media comments, questions and misinformation.
• Support internal communications with regular updates to internal employee portal.
• Represent the District at various utility industry, business, community and educational functions.