• Media Relations: Develop proactive media strategies and journalist relationships to elevate Stanford GSB’s institutional priorities across business, higher education, national, global, and digital outlets.
• Rankings Coordination: Lead major business school rankings submissions, manage data and narratives, and shape messaging around rankings outcomes and institutional strengths.
• Storytelling & Content: Write and edit press materials, translate faculty research into audience-friendly stories, and prep leaders for interviews and public engagements.
• Spokesperson & Outreach: Coordinate media outreach, interview prep, and press strategies with cross-functional teams.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with faculty, programs, institutional research, admissions, career management, and senior leadership to support positioning and communications initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and eight years of relevant experience in media relations, public relations, or strategic communications; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven success in developing and executing strategic media relations initiatives for complex organizations and senior leaders.
• Exceptional writing, editing, storytelling, and verbal communication skills with strong editorial judgment.
• Strong project management, organizational, and cross-functional coordination abilities.
• Ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative information into compelling institutional narratives.

Preferred

• Experience leading or supporting rankings submissions, institutional reporting, or reputational initiatives.
• Experience supporting reputation management or issues communications.